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The Pale Beyond

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Developer Saltstone Studios

The Pale Beyond is a survival role-playing video game developed by Saltstone Studios and published by Fellow Traveller. It was released for Microsoft Windows and macOS on 24 February 2023. The game follows an Antarctic expedition that gets trapped in the ice as the player must manage the crew successfully to survive. Saltstone Studios, a small development company based in Belfast, created the game and was inspired… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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  • Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2025

    How did we design an art style for a sequel game set in the same universe as The Pale Beyond, but that has a totally different setting and tone? (Thread —>)

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  • Pear🫂🍐 @hornedpear.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 8, 2025

    [NSFW] I played The Pale Beyond recently! Came for Captain Hunt and stayed for the story. You should check the game out if you haven't already! Also, of course, I had to draw the captain. I mean, look at him.

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  • Jesse Boo-rascia 👻 @jesseguarascia.comBluesky · Sep 10, 2025

    I think this team's previous game, The Pale Beyond, was super underrated! The journey you go on with the crew in that game was so well written and beautifully drawn, equal parts bitterly cold and heartwarming, so I'm VERY excited to see them follow it up with something this ambitious.

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  • Jess Campbell ✨ @jessanight.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 23, 2025

    I don’t know how to explain to AI art advocates that making the thing yourself is what gives it meaning. I was art director on a game called The Pale Beyond. You play as captain of an Antarctic expedition, and try to keep everyone alive and happy enough that they don’t mutiny you. (spoilers 1/8)

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  • birbwell | FREEDOM; SUN ON MY SKIN☀︎ @birbwell.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 17, 2025

    what if we put three different maps and a mountain between them and the Viscount. what then #thepalebeyond | #peakgame | #art

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  • Roy (Comms open) @roytato.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2024

    In my efforts to get more eyes on The Pale Beyond, please take this cheeked up Grimley Stoke. Buy the game, it's on sale right now!!!!

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  • Lile's Indie Corner @lile.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 13, 2025

    Now that @saltstonestudios.bsky.social have revealed their new game in The Hearth and Harbour I feel the need to scream about their first game again: The Pale Beyond. Because it has fun resource management, fantastic music, great writing and OHMYGOD the art!! store.steampowered.com/app/1266030/...

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  • Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker | OUT NOW! @gentletrolldevs.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 12, 2026

    Was the "Narrative Masterpieces" Humble game bundle on your radar? We've got The Pale Beyond, Immortality, Wednesdays, Tavern Talk 2: Dreamwalker, and more! Get cozy and lose yourself in the plot! @saltstonestudios.bsky.social @mrsambarlow.bsky.social @thepixelhunt.bsky.social @humblebundle.com

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  • Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2025

    The Pale Beyond is very much on sale at the moment! Check if out, and wishlist the new game too!

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  • Thomas Hislop @thislop.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2024

    Ahoy new dudes. Check out a Belfast made game that's coming out TODAY! Lots of 'The Pale Beyond' team did a little work on this, including myself. Shane's a stellar dev, support him! store.steampowered.com/app/2948790/...

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  • “Fun” & Games Podcast @funandgamespod.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2026

    Side Quests is back and this episode's host is podcaster, writer and First Mate, Erik aka @dovetail.bsky.social! The game he is talking about today is The Pale Beyond by @saltstonestudios.bsky.social & @fellowtraveller.games. funandgames.libsyn.com/side-quests-...

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  • Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 5, 2026

    The Pale Beyond is (extremely flatteringly) part of the Narrative Masterpieces Humble Bundle! $185 worth of gorgeous video game stories for $13, and a chunk of change donated to charity for your trouble 💖 ✨ www.humblebundle.com/games/narrat... ✨

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  • BarbieBurnanator @barbieburnanator.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 1, 2026

    A couple of Kits from The Hearth and Harbor, a videogame currently in development at @saltstonestudios.bsky.social. I highly recommend checking them out, as well as their first game The Pale Beyond. Neat stuff going on over there. #hearthandharbor #digitalart

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  • Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2025

    The Pale Beyond is currently 70% off for the Steam Spring Sale!! You can grab our polar-narrative-/-management-game-with-lovable-characters-who-nothing-bad-ever-happens-to… for £5.02 until 20th March!! ❄️ bit.ly/3CY2jA9 ❄️

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  • cere(s) | commissions OPEN‼️ @imayooshi.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 24, 2025

    Celebrating TWO years of The Pale Beyond with a Templeton card! Fellow polarheads, if you've wanted to play Antarctic Expedition Simulator: The Game, take this as a sign I will NOT stop yapping about this game it's so so so dear to my heart ♡♡♡ #ThePaleBeyond

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  • Saltstone Studios ⚓️The Hearth and Harbour⚓️ @saltstonestudios.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 24, 2025

    What a year it’s been! We rebranded the studio, moved into a new office, started a creative games hub, announced a new game, and even released a physical edition of The Pale Beyond! 🍾

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  • Jesse Boo-rascia 👻 @jesseguarascia.comBluesky · Sep 10, 2025

    I think pivoting to a social sim/restaurant management RPG that takes place in the same world as a game that's as harsh as The Pale Beyond is genius. And like, I'm sure for No Reason Whatsoever, the idea of operating a third space where all you do is help make peoples' lives better sounds nice rn

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  • Niko @niko-trash.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2024

    Posting more recent art here, The Pale Beyond is a good game :) #thepalebeyond

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  • Oliwia Białek @sfaira.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 22, 2025

    Okay at five hours in I can wholeheartedly recommend The Pale Beyond! If you like the Terror series, Frostpunk games or amazingly drawn characters with developed personalities, give a try to this gem of a game! store.steampowered.com/app/1266030/... #gamedev #PaleBeyond

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  • Lile's Indie Corner @lile.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 13, 2024

    Bluesky, share you favorite indie game(s) Outer Wilds The Pale Beyond The Case of the Golden Idol The Wreck Stray Gods Killer Frequency Genesis Noir Before Your Eyes I‘m an interactive fiction lover and proudly so!

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  • Jordan Wood @thecrossoverappeal.comBluesky · May 2, 2025

    There's a narrative game bundle on Steam right now on sale for 14 bucks that includes Citizen Sleeper Sable A Space for the Unbound Norco Beacon Pines The Pale Beyond Unbelievable value. If you haven't played these games, pick this up.

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  • Oliwia Białek @sfaira.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 20, 2025

    Guys, really. Play The Pale Beyond This game... I wish I could forget it so I could experience it again.

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  • LoS Draws 🔞 @monsterfucker.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 12, 2023

    I'm gonna get to work on the next iteration of the strip game soon I took yesterday off to play The Pale Beyond, which was a pretty interesting survival management game But I'll work on Denri's next pose today!

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  • Torix_2D_ @torix-2d.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 21, 2025

    THERE'S SO MUCH I WANT ON THE STEAM SALE AAAH! The Pale Beyond,Disco Elysium, Detroit Become Human,Haven,Hell Let Loose,Outer Worlds,lunar silverstar story,Grandia 2,Ghost of tsushima, battlefield 6,the kingdom hearts games, the new digimon game, the new rune factory JUST UUUUUUUGH SO MUCH I WANT

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  • Chris Wright @surprisingchris.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2025

    Following up the announce of The Hearth and Harbour last month, you'll shortly be able to pre-order a physical release of the team's first game, the Pale Beyond.

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  • Lile's Indie Corner @lile.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 29, 2024

    2. I will never get over how beautiful The Pale Beyond is. I came for the art style and stayed for the fun management gameplay and fantastic characters. Absolutely love this game and I hope every VN lover will try it! store.steampowered.com/app/1266030/...

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  • buffalosteve.bsky.social @buffalosteve.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 12, 2026

    Finished The Pale Beyond via Steam Deck in about 8 hours. What a fun story, not sure what this gameplay style is called but I love it and the resource management and story driven nature. Great cozy game, and really impactful crew mates

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  • Heather H @turbokat42.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 29, 2025

    The closest I found was Inua: A Story In Ice And Time. No Captain Crozier, but Graham Gore for a minute OR! In the same vein, The Pale Beyond, a fictional story about a ship beset. store.steampowered.com/app/1479890/...

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  • 🚲insert into haunted select uid from partisans where party = "R" @db-user.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 9, 2023

    These people should check out the game The Pale Beyond.

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  • NeverMore Niche @nevermoreniche.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 17, 2025

    Announced by @saltstonestudios.bsky.social and @fellowtraveller.games, The Hearth & Harbour is a new RPG, story-driven game set in The Pale Beyond universe. Play as Kit, owner of a restaurant in Lewthport, a town on the brink of war. nevermoreniche.com/2025/09/16/s...

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  • Lile's Indie Corner @lile.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 10, 2025

    OHMYGODOHMYGODOGMYGOD!! It's happening! The Pale Beyond folks are making a new game!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

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  • JammeBamme @crowboye.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 28, 2024

    I played The Pale Beyond. Good game. I will continue to play it for like the next three months

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  • Gregory A. Wilson @gregoryawilson.comBluesky · Jul 1, 2023

    Testing to see how these announcements work on Bluesky--the great PNW trip continues, and I'm in a new undisclosed location; join us at 9 p.m. EDT as I stream the Patreon-fueled, chat-chosen game of the month: The Pale Beyond! www.twitch.tv/arvaneleron

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  • PSYCH 🎃🐶 @psychabscond.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 16, 2026

    Trying a new game I know nothing about! The Pale Beyond Looks kind of like Sunless Seas, so let's play it!! 🔴Live now 💜

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  • Takahiro - Hellfire Elemental Vtuber ⛩️🌋 @v-takahiro.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2025

    Trying out a new game on stream today! Come hang out as I check out "The Pale Beyond!" www.twitch.tv/takahiroyama...

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  • Deku Deals @dekudeals.comBluesky · Apr 2, 2025

    Fellow Traveller Publisher Humble Game Bundle: bit.ly/42eF3Xo #ad $12 for 8 games - Times & Galaxy - Pine: A Story Of Loss - Kraken Academy - The Pale Beyond - Genesis Noir - In Other Waters - The Invisible Hand - The Stillness of the Wind

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  • Lile's Indie Corner @lile.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2023

    The Pale Beyond for me! Waited two years for the game and it was everything I had hoped for ☺️

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  • Lile's Indie Corner @lile.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2023

    This is the first collector‘s edition I have ever bought for a game. I just love this one so much. Everyone: go play The Pale Beyond! #indiegames

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  • Cat @thecat1994.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2026

    You're welcome! Just seen that Ive also played The Pale Beyond. That game was good, though I wasn't very good at it haha.

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  • Ethan McLean @ethanjmc.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 20, 2025

    Painterly 2D art was one of our strong suits with The Pale Beyond, we wanted to keep it organic looking for this next game. I've seen people do this lighting method online with pixel art, we're doing those tricks except we're using higher res art, ambient occlusion maps + 3D ground Shadows.

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  • Orestis F @balthuk.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2025

    Some words on The Pale Beyond. A survival game, set on a ship on a polar expedition across the seas and ice, in order to find a lost ship.

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  • Heather H @turbokat42.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2025

    Yes! There is a game called The Pale Beyond, not creepy but it's a little rough to keep everyone alive store.steampowered.com/app/1266030/...

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  • Alice_TSG @alicetsg.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2025

    I'm live ! Today we'll be playing The Pale Beyond on stream ❄️ www.twitch.tv/alice_tsg

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  • Kenton @kentonio.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2024

    Lovely game. The Pale Beyond is also well worth a look if you like well written, creepy boat games.

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  • Pendragon @pendragonvt.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2024

    game ideas dart board/checklist to stream: - Disco Elysium - Death Stranding - Outer Wilds - Crow Country - The Pale Beyond - My Child Lebensborn - The Long Dark - Oxenfree 1 + 2 - Dredge - Trepang2 - Elden Ring + DLC - Hades II - Highfleet - Metro Exodus - Omori - God Of War - Everhood -Funger 2

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  • RJ Lackie @rjlackie.comBluesky · Nov 7, 2023

    In addition to the game itself, THE PALE BEYOND features a making-of documentary that’s pretty interesting. I’ve watched two episodes of six - one about the origin of the game, and then one about the narrative design - and it’s really cool to see the team’s philosophies and how it came together.

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  • Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven @asmodaiMastodon · Jul 31, 2023

    Bellular on their experience of #Valve selecting their game The Pale Beyond for the #Steam store frontpage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9UDiC4vVLM https://store.steampowered.com/app/1266030/The_Pale_Beyond/ #GameDev #ThePaleBeyond

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  • Chungo Tumpus: Clear Sky @mrfinnmccool.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2026

    The Pale Beyond A narrative management game about leading a crew on a treacherous voyage through the South Pole. The wellbeing of every member of the expedition is paramount, and the loss of even one can lead to things spiralling out of control.

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  • Motts CEO of Dadastor @mottsfiddle.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 29, 2026

    The Pale Beyond is a resource management game that will hurt your soul guaranteed! It takes inspo from the Franklin's Lost Expedition. Your expedition to the arctic has become stranded and you must lead your crew through this disaster if you ever hope to escape store.steampowered.com/app/1266030/...

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  • Heather H @turbokat42.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 25, 2026

    I'm so out of the loop anymore, but, thank you for the offer! I've been puttering around with a PC game called The Pale Beyond. Trying to keep everyone alive on the ice, yeah, that's not easy.

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  • Ethan McLean @ethanjmc.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 21, 2025

    I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and toasty fires this season :) :) Here's some of my appropriately chilly artwork from our last game to get youse in the mood! 'The Pale Beyond' is on sale for a deep discount this Christmas! store.steampowered.com/news/app/126...

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  • Chungo Tumpus: Clear Sky @mrfinnmccool.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2025

    The Pale Beyond ($5.90 AUD) A narrative survival game about keeping a ship's crew alive in the frozen south. Really loved the sheer amount of writing on this one and how much it gets you to care. No faceless NPCs here, every setback and death matters.

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  • MonriaTitans @monriatitans.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 23, 2025

    more!" Purchase our debut game, "The Pale Beyond": bit.ly/TPB_Steam ■

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  • S.A. Harian @saharian.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 8, 2025

    I just finished The Pale Beyond (or did I?) by Bellular Studios and @fellowtraveller.games and my god, what a criminally underrated game. The characters. The art. The music. THE TWIST. I won't be able to stop thinking about it for a while.

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  • 鋼🎃Stephen Meyerink @sjmtaelus.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2024

    The Pale Beyond is absolutely awesome, great discount on an awesome game

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  • Filip Magnus @filipmagnus.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2024

    A few days ago, I uploaded my review of a remarkable narrative game, The Pale Beyond. This is the work of Bellular Studios and every piece of it shows the signs of a true labour of love. Put this on your radar! Review (Vid&Text): wp.me/p8LkPa-2My youtu.be/HVr5liJhOMs

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  • GameSense.co @gamesenseMastodon · Nov 27, 2023

    Here's an interesting little data point for you, as the developers behind the polar exploration and survival game The Pale Beyond have given an update on Steam Deck engagement with their game. #ThePaleBeyond https://gamesense.co/game/the-pale-beyond/news/discuss/over-5-of-the-pale-beyond-players-were-on-steam-deck/

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  • ohanditdidntgo @[email protected]Mastodon · Mar 9, 2023

    #IndieThursday you say? Well I'm currently working through #ThePaleBeyond on my Steamdeck. It's a survival game where your choices matter and will mean the difference between life and death. It's loosely based on the events of the Franklin Expedition, and the fictionalised novel of that story called #TheTerror I'm hoping my knowledge of the real life event and the novel itself will hold me in good stead to maybe make it through this game in one run..

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  • Juegos Gratis @juegosgratis.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 23, 2026

    Prime Gaming regala The Pale Beyond (Desde el 23/04/2026 al 27/05/2026) A narrative simulation game where you take charge of a crew stranded on the ice.

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  • TheSixthAxis @thesixthaxis.comBluesky · Apr 6, 2026

    Read Aran's thoughts on The Pale Beyond, and how this survival game is a microcosm of the philosophical debate of free will and fate.

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