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Pale Abyss - Prototype
Descend into the Pale Abyss, a cursed chasm where the forgotten truths of a dying world fester in its depths. Inspired by games such as King’s Field and Shadow Tower, Pale Abyss is a first-person action RPG about exploration and adventure. Currently it's just a demo with about 1 h of playtime.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“É um protótipo bem OK, embora a premissa seja interessante, com mecânicas inspirada em dark souls e lunacid, ainda precisa de um pouco mais de originalidade, tomara que a versão completa traga mais mecânicas interessantes, além das melhorias na IA e HUD”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“This game has a ton of potential. I adore the aesthetic, the otherworldly influence is an interesting and pretty unique mechanic for spellcasting, and the level design is pretty solid (if a bit aimless in the second half). That being said, midway through my play session, my…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“I only played for a bit but the game's vibes are amazing! Hopefully a full release is coming soon!”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
The Year One Patch & the Future of Pale Abyss
It’s been quite some time, hasn’t it? First of all, we want to apologize for the long silence and the lack of updates about both the game’s future and to the game itself. As some of you may know, Pale
Pale Abyss - Official Soundtrack is available on YouTube!
You can now listen to the Official Soundtrack of Pale Abyss anywhere you want! Since the reception of our game since release has been so amazing and a lot of people loved our Soundtrack, our talented
Pale Abyss is available to download NOW!
Pale Abyss is now available on Steam! It's finally here! Pale Abyss is now officially available on Steam to download and play! We hope you'll enjoy your adventures in the Pale Abyss. Please let us kno
24 Hours until Release of Pale Abyss
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2 Days until Release of Pale Abyss
Pale Abyss' launch is closing in! Only two more days left until Pale Abyss is public for everyone to play for free! Wishlist the game now if you haven't already to be notified when we go live.
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Indie · Exploration · Dark Fantasy · Souls-like · Dungeon Crawler · Adventure · Atmospheric · Action-Adventure · RPG · Stylized · 1990's · First-Person (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 4 |
| Official site | https://permanentcrabstudios.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-8700 CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 970 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 900 MB available space