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2023 PCNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified 19.99 € 90 % positive Very positive, 1,925 reviews on Steam

You become the reluctant leader of a polar expedition trapped in the ice, juggling scarce supplies and crew morale while making tough calls. A narrative-driven survival adventure with a historical Antarctic setting.

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  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Distinctive, stylised art style
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The closest matches for The Pale Beyond are Through the Darkest of Times, End of Lines and 1954 Alcatraz. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Pale Beyond special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Through the Darkest of Times

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2020 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck playable 14.99 € 84 % positive Very positive, 1,086 reviews on Steam

  • Choices with consequences
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

You lead a resistance group in Nazi-era Berlin from 1933 to 1945, managing resources, members and missions. Every hard moral decision plays out in a haunting, expressionist-styled historical drama.

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End of Lines

Choices with consequences

A narrative survival adventure where you guide a small family across a climate-ravaged world. Your choices and scarce supplies decide whether they find a place to settle.

1954 Alcatraz

Choices with consequences

A story-driven point-and-click adventure about a prison break from Alcatraz, alternating between Joe and his wife Christine. Your decisions about trust, betrayal and greed shape how the story ends.

We. The Revolution

Choices with consequences

You play a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal in Paris during the French Revolution, weighing evidence, balancing factions and trying to avoid the guillotine yourself. Interrogations, clues and morally heavy verdicts drive a tense, comic-styled courtroom drama.

This Is the Police

Choices with consequences

As aging police chief Jack Boyd, you dispatch officers, manage staff, and make morally murky choices while scraping together retirement money over 180 days. A grim noir tale of corruption and guilt told in a stylish silhouette art style.

Bury me, my Love

Choices with consequences

A text-messaging adventure about Syrian refugee Nour's journey to Europe, where you play her husband Majd advising her through a chat app. Your advice shapes the trip and leads to many different, emotionally powerful endings.

War Hospital

Choices with consequences

You run a British WWI field hospital, treating the wounded, managing scarce resources and making morally heavy decisions. The blend of real-time management and a grim narrative makes it especially harrowing.

Beholder

Choices with consequences

As a state-appointed apartment manager in a totalitarian regime, you spy on tenants and make morally heavy decisions. Time, money and conscience are all scarce, and your choices lead to many different endings.

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