The Long Dark

The Long Dark - Survival Edition - PC & Mac (Steam)

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THE LONG DARK: SURVIVAL EDITION - This edition of the game features the award-winning Survival Mode as a stand-alone product. THE LONG DARK - This edition of the game includes both Survival Mode & the WINTERMUTE Story Mode. Bright lights flare across the night sky. The wind rages outside the thin walls of your wooden cabin. A wolf howls in the distance. You look at the meager supplies in your pack, and wish for the days before the power mysteriously went out. How much longer will y...
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Developer:
Hinterland Studio Inc.,
Publisher:
Hinterland Studio Inc.,
Release date:
Genre: Adventure, Indies, Simulation, Strategy,
Recent Steam reviews: Very positive (659)
All Steam reviews: Very positive (99199)
User tags*: survival open world survival craft open world exploration atmospheric first-person adventure crafting sandbox simulation post-apocalyptic indie walking simulator survival horror strategy difficult co-op action ...

Editions

The Long Dark - Survival Edition

Survival Edition - Global

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Visuals

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Game features

Steam Deck Playable
Single-player
Steam Achievements
Steam Trading Cards
Steam Cloud
Remote Play on TV
Family Sharing
Xbox Controller Support

Description

Survival Edition includes

- Standalone Survival mode

THE LONG DARK: SURVIVAL EDITION - This edition of the game features the award-winning Survival Mode as a stand-alone product.

THE LONG DARK - This edition of the game includes both Survival Mode & the WINTERMUTE Story Mode.







Bright lights flare across the night sky. The wind rages outside the thin walls of your wooden cabin. A wolf howls in the distance. You look at the meager supplies in your pack, and wish for the days before the power mysteriously went out. How much longer will you survive?

Welcome to THE LONG DARK, the innovative exploration-survival experience Wired magazine calls "the pinnacle of an entire genre".



THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

THE LONG DARK: SURVIVAL EDITION brings you the genre-defining Survival Mode, honed after years of open development and frequent updates. Widely considered the paramount Survival game of all time, SURVIVAL EDITION gives you pure focus on THE LONG DARK’s Survival Sandbox -- the experience that started it all!

In THE LONG DARK, you are getting both the genre-defining Survival Mode, honed after years of open development and frequent updates, and the award-winning episodic narrative mode, WINTERMUTE.









Included with both THE LONG DARK: SURVIVAL EDITION and THE LONG DARK, Survival Mode is the free-form, non-narrative Survival Sandbox that has defined the genre since launching on Steam in 2014. After years of open development and dozens of major updates, THE LONG DARK now stands at the pinnacle of the entire genre. Survival is your only goal, and death your only end. Make your own survival story with every game.



The game that defined death for the survival genre. When you die in Survival, your save is deleted. Every decision matters.



The game challenges players to think for themselves by providing the information but never the answers. You have to earn the right to survive.



Monitor your Hunger, Thirst, Fatigue, and Cold as you struggle to balance resources with the energy needed to obtain them. Every action costs Calories, and time is your most precious resource. Choose your path carefully.



Over 100 gear items including Tools, Light Sources, Weapons, First Aid supplies, Clothing, and more.



Explore a 50+ square kilometer Northern Canadian wilderness spanning 12 major regions and all the zones that connect them in search of life-saving supplies. Distant mountains, coastal towns, mines, farmlands, and a huge expanse of brutal winter wilderness to test your survival mettle.



Hunt, fish, trap, climb, map, search for life-saving food and gear items, and try to avoid dying from the hostile wildlife, succumbing to hypothermia, frostbite, or dysentery (amongst other uncomfortable afflictions), find and maintain your life-saving gear. Hunt and be hunted by: Wolves, Bears, Moose, Rabbits, Deers, Crows, and more to come in future updates.



Four distinct Experience Modes let you find a challenge level you are comfortable with, such as Pilgrim Mode, which is meant to be quiet and pensive, all the way to Interloper Mode, where only the most experienced survivors have a chance to last a week. If none of the four Experiences suits you, use Custom Mode settings to tailor your Survival Mode game to your specific tastes.

Features the music of Sascha Dikiciyan.



Several standalone Challenge Modes offer objective-based experiences designed to last 1-3 hours each, such as Whiteout -- the race to gather enough supplies to prepare for a monster blizzard. Or Hunted, where you need to escape a murderous Bear. Complete them to unlock Feats that provide long-term gameplay benefits in Survival Mode. Additional Challenges include: Hopeless Rescue, Nomad, Archivist, As the Dead Sleep, and Escape the Darkwalker.





Included in THE LONG DARK The episodic story-mode for THE LONG DARK, WINTERMUTE, includes four of the five episodes that form WINTERMUTE. Episode Five is in development, and is slated for a late 2023 release. This will bring the WINTERMUTE storyline to its conclusion.

The first four episodes of WINTERMUTE represent approximately 30 hours of gameplay. Episode Five is included in the price of the game, and will be unlocked for free as they are released.

Please note, if you purchase THE LONG DARK: SURVIVAL EDITION you can add WINTERMUTE by purchasing the







Bush pilot Will Mackenzie (player character) and Dr. Astrid Greenwood are separated after their plane crashes deep in the Northern Canadian wilderness in the aftermath of a mysterious flash of light in the sky. Struggling to survive as he desperately searches for Astrid, Mackenzie comes across the small town of Milton, where he begins to understand the scope of this quiet apocalypse.



Mackenzie’s search for Astrid takes him deeper into the savage Winter wilderness. A mysterious trapper may be the key to finding Astrid, but can he be trusted?



In the aftermath of events in Milton, an enigmatic stranger rescues Dr. Astrid Greenwood (player character) from near death. Facing the blizzards of Pleasant Valley, Astrid must bring all her skills as a doctor to bear on the survivors she encounters. But will she find Mackenzie, and get closer to the mystery that's taking them to Perseverance Mills?



A murderous gang of convicts has captured Mackenzie. Desperate to escape one of the darkest corners of Great Bear Island, he must somehow survive his fiercest enemy yet. Can Mackenzie recover the Hardcase, continue his search for Astrid, and also save the innocents caught up in this deadly confrontation?

NOTE: Unlike Survival Mode, WINTERMUTE does not feature permadeath. You can save your progress as you play.

Features performances by Jennifer Hale, Mark Meer, David Hayter, and Elias Toufexis (Episode Three), and the music of Cris Velasco.





In addition to releasing the remaining episode of WINTERMUTE, we intend to continue updating Survival Mode with limited free updates alongside our paid DLC Expansion Pass, TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY, running through 2023. This is on top of the over 100 updates we have made to the game over the past 8 years of open development. Keep in mind that your purchase of THE LONG DARK entitles you to all five episodes of WINTERMUTE without extra charge. For more information about the free updates coming to Survival Mode, please visit the Expansion Pass roadmap at http://www.thelongdark.com/expansion.





To learn more about THE LONG DARK, and get news and updates, please visit www.thelongdark.com. To join the official community, please visit www.hinterlandforums.com and share your stories. For Technical Support, please visit our Support Portal at hinterlandgames.com/support.













Hinterland is an independent video game developer and IP creator headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Established in 2012 by game director & writer, Raphael van Lierop, Hinterland is a multi-ethnic, international team united around a singular goal: to create thought-provoking, story-rich entertainment experiences set in compelling original worlds.

Our fictional settings -- our IP -- are conceived from the ground up to exist across multiple mediums. We believe that when people love a world, they want to experience it across as many platforms as possible.

Hinterland's first IP, THE LONG DARK, first launched on Steam Early Access on September 2014. The game's multi-platform 1.0 launched on August 2017. Today, THE LONG DARK has more than 10-million players around the world.

We aim for our games to foster a sense of social awareness, and we aspire to provide immersive, sophisticated worlds for anyone seeking a mature entertainment experience.

Join us on our journey.

Configurations

  • Windows
  • SteamOS + Linux
  • MacOS

minimum*

  • OS *: Windows 8
  • Processor: Dual-Core Intel i5 CPU @ 2GHz+
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel 4xxx Series w/ 512MB VRAM or better
  • Storage: 7 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Any on-board chip will work.

recommended*

  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel i7 CPU @ 2.6GHz or higher
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: nVidia GTX 555 w/ 1GB VRAM or better
  • Storage: 7 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Ideally, something with Surround capabilities.

minimum*

  • OS: SteamOS or Ubuntu 16.04 or 17.04
  • Processor: Dual-Core Intel i5 CPU @ 2GHz+
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel 4xxx Series w/ 512MB VRAM or better
  • Storage: 7 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Any on-board chip will work.

minimum*

  • OS: OSX 10.9.3
  • Processor: Core i5 @ 2.2GHz
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5000
  • Storage: 7 GB available space
  • Sound Card: On-board.

recommended*

  • OS: OSX 10.9.3
  • Processor: Core i7 @ 2.7GHz+
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated standalone GPU w/ 1GB+ VRAM
  • Storage: 7 GB available space
  • Sound Card: On-board

Game's latest news

Hinterland Studio (The Long Dark) teases its next survival game
Hinterland Studio (The Long Dark) teases its next survival game
Little known to the general public, Hinterland Studio is nevertheless behind a title that has been extremely well received, The Long Dark, released in 2017. On X.com, Raphael van Lierop, the studio's president, teased his teams' next survival game. The video shows a pre-alpha version running under Unreal…

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Great game, from many points of view. Played over 1000 hours and still things to do, try, explore. Some people say it has therapeutical effect on them. For others, just calming, and humbling... Especially for the money ($10) it is very good. And - as long as you bought also the story mode -, the creators are still adding new things. There should be Episode 5 later this year... so we'll know what happens to the two main heroes: Astrid and Will. I am lookning forward for that as well.
  • Good survival game with stylish graphics
  • Makes you think, and by doing that, shows you who you are
  • They have e-shop with items from the game (coffee mug...)
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Perfekt thx.
  • very fast
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Big fan of this game! One of those hidden treasures that you find, would recommend to anyone who enjoys sim/survival games. ............................................................................
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a realy nice game! not a big fan of the tipe of animated grafics but the story line and the complesity of tha game make me play it aldo im not a fan at al of the animated grafics ower all a realy nice game i recomand it
  • cool game
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Jetzt schon ein Klassiker, Survivalgame für viele Stunden in kühler Winterlandschaft, schöne Grafik, kann von jedem gespielt werden; einfach cool bleiben, aber nicht im Spiel! Hinterland bringt ständig neue updates.
  • Grafik
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  • Spiellänge
  • ständig updates
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