SurvivalResource Management
7 games that share both with The Pale Beyond
Choices MatterChoose Your Own Adventure
10 games that share both with The Pale Beyond
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
The Pale Beyond, but with zombies, and even better loved
Loved · 95%
Choices MatterNarrative
7 games that share both with The Pale Beyond
And more like The Pale Beyond
Each with the kinds it shares, under its name.
The Red Lantern
The Pale Beyond, but a roguelite, and a third of the hours
Liked · 80%Snow · Choose Your Own Adventure
Yes, Your Grace
The Pale Beyond, but pixel art, and medieval
Liked · 87%Choices Matter · Resource Management
Pentiment
The Pale Beyond, but historical, and an investigation
Loved · 95%Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction
Sally Face - Episode One
The Pale Beyond, but a psychological horror game, and full of puzzles
Loved · 97%Narrative · Interactive Fiction
My Child Lebensborn (Original)
The Pale Beyond, but with crafting, and half the hours
Loved · 94%Choices Matter · Resource Management
OXENFREE II: Lost Signals
The Pale Beyond, but side-scrolling, and a mystery
Liked · 88%Narrative · Choose Your Own Adventure
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How this list is made
A game is here when it shares the strongest of The Pale Beyond's Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes, each shared tag counting for more the fewer games carry it: two metroidvanias are alike, two action games barely. Games of The Pale Beyond's own series that play like it stand apart, above the list, and take no place on it. A similar typical length breaks near-ties, and a game sold twice is shown once. A game Steam marks adult-only is listed only for a game that is one too. Games that share the same kinds with The Pale Beyond stand together, under those kinds. Up to 30 games are shown, and the list stops where they grow much less alike. Where to start: the closest; the best loved of the closest fifteen with 10,000 reviews or more; the shortest of the ones 80% or more recommend; and a hidden gem, 90% or more but under 10,000 reviews.
Under each name, how it differs from The Pale Beyond: a kind of game it is that The Pale Beyond is not, a feature its strongest Steam tags carry that The Pale Beyond's barely do, how many hours people play it beside The Pale Beyond, and how its reviewers feel beside The Pale Beyond's.
The sticker on a case is the hours its own page leads with: half of the game's Steam reviewers had played that long or less when they gave their verdict. It is not a time to beat. Under a name, the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it: loved at 90% or more, liked at 80%, mixed at 65%.