The Long Dark

Well-balanced winter survival with fun looting and exploration mechanics, gorgeous stylized landscapes, and lovely background music. Hinterland really managed to capture the bleak feeling of winter. The immersion is great, and the virtual world is beautiful to look at. There's a lot of walking, but if you play on harder difficulties (I usually stick with Pilgrim) it'll be livened up by the threat of wildlife attacks, and even on easy you have to manage your temperature, stamina, and remaining daylight. There's a huge in-game world to explore, and it's getting bigger all the time; since I purchased the game there've been many updates with new regions, items, game mechanics, etc. (And all the maps are hand-crafted! No procedurally generated environments here). I've gotten my money's worth many times over.

Amazing game with a beautiful art style, amazing story, and a team that cares about the community. I have over 200 hours on console and they will only continue to grow as the game has endless possibilities for new adventures. Very excited about the release of BlackFrost: The Long Dark 2, can't wait to play with friends and sink more hours into this lovely game.

I like survival games, and was hoping I would like this one too considering the positive reviews. I found myself feeling irritated frequently however. The problem? Boredom induced from choices attempting to be "realistic". Is it slow to walk in boots in the snow? Yup, but I don't want to take forever getting places. Can snow on a slope be slippery? Yup, but I don't want to be very frequently falling and injuring myself trying to just explore. Can walking around be tiring? Yup, but after sleeping 9 hours overnight I don't want to barely be able to move as my stamina is red line depleted and I am huffing like an old train going uphill when it is barely noon. Are blizzards dangerous? Definitely, but I don't want to stare at the screen wasting a full day as I can't go outside or I will freeze to death and can't see. And even the sleeping or advance time mechanic is just a slow trudge. Are nights dark? Ya, but after the minimal lamp oil is gone I want to be able to move in my base and do things and not just waste time. Those skill books don't read themselves and crafting needs doing. But since you can't see, those get pushed to daylight hours instead of being out doing things. There are other things, but you get the idea. People play a game to have fun... Explore, do things, etc, not waste time getting places, waiting out the storm or night, avoiding going many places for fear of injury, bored going from here to there. And hunting is broken. Hard to one shot anything, and tracking it is usually pointless. Takes too long, trail disappears, you get injured trying to follow on terrain that barely slopes, and rarely find the animal making it a frustrating waste of time and waste of precious ammo. I tried playing the story mode hoping it would be better, however the first part of the main quest getting supplies for the Grey Mother would never complete allowing me to advance. Went to the gas station for food, got eh amount of food in the fridge, amount of wood in the bin, both showed full amounts and checks next to them, advanced time to next day, exited and entered her house... Nada. No coat reward as others posted about online. I even saw on the Devs forum someones post about having the exact same problem a long time ago, yet no solution or fix listed, no response from Dev, and issue clearly not fixed making the story mode impossible to advance and play for me. Too late to refund this game unfortunately.

The Long Dark is one of the most immersive survival games out there. Waking up in the cold, starving, with nothing but the wind (or wolves) howling around you—it’s tense, brutal, and incredibly rewarding. The best moments come when you’re wandering through the wilderness, low on supplies, wondering if you’ll actually make it to shelter before succumbing to the long dark. Every trip feels like an adventure, and the world’s quiet solitude is unmatched.

But man, this game has its frustrations. Inventory management is a mess—not so much the weight limit (the new travois helps), but just moving stuff between containers is clunky. Please, just add a hotkey to open a container instantly so I don’t have to sit through the spinner. I remember when the drawer animation was added in, yeah, it's cool, but please don't require me to watch it every time. Especially on containers I already know the contents of. This is actually such a problem for me that I always just drop all of my stuff on the floor so I can see everything at a glance.

Crafting is another pain point. Searching for recipes is a chore, and the game expects you to memorize everything instead of just showing what an item is used for. And then there's actually gathering the ingredients—half the time, it's a wild scavenger hunt where I’m running from stash to stash like a confused squirrel trying to remember where I buried my nuts.

The HUD is also needlessly vague. A little yellow exclamation mark when I have a status effect? Cool, but why not just show what it is? Instead of stopping every few minutes to press F and check, I could just see that I’m hypothermic and react accordingly.

Eventually, all these little annoyances add up, and I step away. But then, a few months later, I’m back—because no other game captures this kind of atmosphere. The loneliness, the quiet, the ever-present question of "Can I actually make it?" keeps pulling me in.

Recommended—but expect some jank.

Ive played the "wintermute" or the story 1-5 on xbox and I enjoyed it very much. Ive already played more of survival than wintermute though having 25 hrs as I write. Game is still very good, holds up well and is one of the better, more harsh survival games that doesnt rely on pvp. 9/10

Game is good. Has good mods too.

-opens game
-creates game
-finds hatchet
-finds steroids
-eats them
-gets eaten by a bear
10 our of 10 would get eaten again

Recently upped the difficulty. First game froze to death in blizzard. Second game bled out to wolf bite. Third game slowly starved to death while huddling over a fire in a cave. 10/10 would recommend.

Love the game, at this point though, quite an ironic title considering how the devs have left us in the dark for so long about finishing the actual game. You have to have a special type of ego to happily announce the sequel of an unfinished game, 10 years later. Not to mention had episode 5 came out when firstly announced, people would have been way more lenient in the end product, after so many years of 'polishing' expectations for the quality have only gone up. That is if we ever see the finished game.

One of the best survival games out there. No you can't build your own cabin in the woods, but you can do quite a bit with what's already there. You're not some incredible carpenter that can carry 50 wooden walls in your backpack and set up shop wherever you want. What you're given is what you gotta work with.

The star of the show is really the weather. Things can be sunny and peaceful, dark cold and foreboding, foggy as hell, or a full blown blizzard rolls in while the wind pushes against you and kills your attempts to start a fire unless you find a shelter or a location that can block the wind. The direction of the wind also matters when it comes to wolves smelling that rabbit carcass you're carrying back from a hunting trip.

The game may not be fully accurate for survival, or have too many deep systems, but what it does have is well balanced and all the sights and sounds are there to draw you into a harrowing but sometimes cozy experience.

Highly recommend!

Pretty fun game but the running simulator aspect of it can get tedious, I made it to the 2nd episode and called it quits but I can see many enjoying the game.

First of all, I really love this game—it's one of my favorites. It gives you so many different ways to play. You can dive into the story mode, tackle the challenges, or just enjoy survival mode. In each of those, you can also adapt the difficulty to whatever suits you.

The design of the game is absolutely gorgeous, and it makes you want to keep playing just to admire the views. The game can be as challenging as you like. If you'd rather focus on exploring and building a cool base, instead of trying your best to survive with really low supplies and dangerous animals, you can set the difficulty lower and do just that. There are many different maps and places you can explore and even after playing more than 200 hours I always find something new. I also recommend the DLCs—they add a lot of awesome new content and make the game even better. - But you do not need them to enjoy the game.

The best survival game of all time. If you enjoy this genre, you’ll have fun for countless hours. It features both a story mode and a survival mode, with the latter being the most compelling. Try playing survival mode before diving into the story—it’s far more thrilling when you haven’t memorized the maps beforehand.

Seems interesting, but few hours in it's gets really boring.

Free updates and dlc's for a game that it's main story is STILL not finished...

Encumbrance always an issue. Max carry drops through the day which exacerbates the issue, falling one inch while encumbered results in multiple sprains and ripped clothing. You can basically never carry what you want to go explore, so you leave unprepared and that results in death from something really implausible, and then you have to start the whole game over. This was my experience in the easiest zone on 2nd easiest difficulty.

Found this game on GamePass years ago. It has made it's way to my all time fave game. The game throws you in and lets you figure it out without hand holding. Wintermute/Story mode is great for players that *Do* was something of a tutorial. The game isn't a "beat the game" game but a "you will die. how long until then?" game. Can not sing it's praise enough.

ProTip: you can NOT pet the moose. They don'y like it much.

One of the best and most challenging survival games out there. Also a really cool artistic style. So much to do and a massive world to explore. *Thumbs Up!*

I play this every winter. Its the perfect survival game. No gimmicks, just you and the cold.

One of the greatest survival games of all time in my opinion. For me, everything about this game is beautiful. Yes it can be tough at times, but that's why its so great, its challenging, you have to learn stuff the hard way by dying and learning your lesson. Death is always around the corner and you have to be prepared in every situation.
I also love that feeling of being completely isolated in the wilderness. + The northern lights are a masterpiece
100/10 game, would highly recommend to anyone who loves the outdoors or survival games

I keep piling up hours in this game because it is a cozy survival game. The environment and sounds are very immersive and the main theme song is one of my favorites.

I love, love, love survival games but am a complete coward about playing survival mode against zombies or cannibals etc. The Long Dark is the first one I have been brave enough to explore different difficulties and after 2 weeks Im 40 hours in and still loving it!

Verry fun game can be customized in many ways i played like 120 hours on Xbox then i swaped to PC id give it an 8.2/10 for these key reasons

* This game has base costomization for indoors but i kinda want to make a base from scratch in the middle of the woods where ever i want not being forced to do it indoors at least make it to where you can place storage and workbenches in snow shelters


* Make it to where you can change how much guns spawn not if they spawn


*maybe make a dlc but add a new weapon and regoins and animals

*Add 2 player multiplayer its a daul sword as look out for eachother but need more resouarces and why have both astrid and mackenize if you can only have one


*blacking out if you dont have enoygh sleep if there was multiplayer you could cary somone who blacked out

Rating: 2/10 -Bad

TLDR:

The video game equivalent of the oxygen torture chamber from deadpool.


back in 2021, I was in love with the survival genre and couldn't get enough. I played the forrest and subnautica and love them very much. I was searching for more. Something new. I came across TLD and it caught my attention with it's more enhanced survival mechanics that go beyond simple food and water stats like the rest of survival games. This game has a story mode and a survival mode. Im gonna talk about both of them in this review since they were shipped together when I bought the game. I bought it for the story. Survival is the sandbox mode you play after your done with the story. atleast, thats what I thought.

Positive:

Survival Mechanics:
I like the survival Mechanics. You've got the obvious food and water stat but you also got Fatigue and warmth. The more tired you get, the slower you run and you can't carry much more gear until you take a nap. When you get cold, you get damage but you also start to shake when aiming a gun. There are also afflictions which are temporary debuffs like food poisoning when eating spoiled food or blood loss after getting attacked by a wolf. There are tons of afflictions. Some are small and some kill you if you don't treat them quickly. This is the games main core IMO. Your body is your temple. You have to keep it in top shape.

Artstyle:
I like the artstyle. It looks unique and you just need to see one random screenshot to find out, it's TLD. I like how Houses look, their interior and the items you pick up.

Story:
Your ex wife wants you to fly her and her mysterious suitcase to this place called great bear. You crash (what a surprise) and your wife goes missing. It's a decent opening to a survival game. The story mode acts like a tutorial and shows you how to do basic things. I was kinda interessted in the story. I want to know how this ends. The story falls off the longer you play. This is sadly the end of the positive.

Negative:

Gameplay:
Absolute torture. It's a walking sim with survival stats. The gameplay around the survival mechanics is ass. The story wants you to get something thats two maps appart. You walk slower than a guy with no legs and no prosthetics. While you are walking, nothing happens. You look around. Drink a can of soda. You walk. A wolf comes near you. You scare it off with the flare gun. You walk. You sleep in a cave till it is morning. You walk. It's like being in that oxygen torture chamber from deadpool. You have fun exploring and finding loot (you get oxygen). You have to walk 5 minutes in a straight line to the level transistion trigger (oxygen gets taken away and im feeling like im suffocating in boredom). Sometimes I closed my eyes, put a finger on W and opened my eyes again when I hear a wolf. I kept on playing cause I wondered how the story might end. Lots of people quit just after couple of hours. According to the achievement completion rates: only 20% completed episode 1. Im not surprised. The gameplay is ass. This game should be made illegal because it contains content that tortures its players. Im joking of course but it's real.

Episodes:
Episode 1 was cool since everything was fresh but the episode had boring fetching quests. In hindsight, it was foreshadowing what was to come in later episodes. Episode 2 Had hellish long walking distances which you had to go back and forth. You are constantly out of stamina and hella slow. It gets tiring really fast. Episode 3 has you rescuing plane crash victims which are scattered around the map. You have to carry them to the local community center. While you carry them, you can't run. You have to WALK across the map to the center. You don't do this once or twice. No. FOUR TIMES. WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH THE DEVS HEADS?!? Is this a game they would play themselves in their free time? Zero fun just super tedious. Episode 4 gets a bit better in the second half when you need to solve a puzzle with steam pipes. Episode 5 is still not out while I write this review.

Hinterland:
Worst indie devs I've ever seen. They Kickstarted this game back in 2014 and promised a survival sim with a story mode. The story mode was released in episodes that were released over the last 10 years. Episode 5 still isn't out and if you ask me: Thats not a big deal, as long as they don't do something stupid like lets say...announce a sequel...Yeah...Imagine that. I forgot about this game till I saw the trailer for TLD 2. I was like "Shit, I missed the episode 5 release". Yeah, I didn't miss shit. It's still not out. I played this game for like 3 hours in 2021 and in 2025 after that announcement, I gave it a second chance. In that time of playing, I was catching up what I missed. In 2022 they released a DLC for survival mode called "Tales from the far territory" which is a DLC that was released in 6 parts. The last part was released back in 2024. So yeah. They ditched story mode not only to work on tales (another project that was released in episodes and actually got finished) but to work on a sequel. Why is this a big deal you ask? People donated money back in 2014 for a story mode they have yet to receive after 10 years and they are already announcing a sequel. PLS finish your first decade old project. Giving the backers what they backed for is top priority. "Don't ask questions, just CONSUME product and then get excited for NEXT PRODUCT". And if that wasn't enough. People who donated for physical rewards like OST CD still haven't received them. Im not pulling this out of my ass. Go visit the Kickstarter page of TLD and check the comments. After some more digging I found out that Hinterland is a politicaly left leaning studio. They supported the stupid anti-white BLM back in 2020 and just this year, 16 days after Trumps inauguration and Elons so called "Nazi Salute" they left X because and I quote: "We do not support the billionaire who owns this platform. As a result, please note that Hinterland will no longer post here about any of our work". This studio is full of leftist retards, playing around with money like they are the USAID. I've seen way better studios. I love ghost ship's deep rock galactic published by coffe stain (the guys that made satisfactory). Those are reputable devs that take criticism and create a good game out of it.

TLD Community:
Bootlickers. I've seen many people complain about The Hinterland forum which only accepts yes man and any criticism gets banned and deleted. Even some superbacker on the TLD Kickstarter comments page says he got banned asking why they work on some DLC instead of the stuff he backed alot of money for. The fans use the common excuse: "They are a small passionate indie studio with limitied resouces, You have to be patient".

Conclusion:

I've read in a review on steam that this game is more like a rougelike with survival mechanics rather than a real survival game. This really changed my perspective on how I viewed the game. It made me realize what the main gameplay loop is. You spawn. You collect loot. You eat and drink. You walk around in an empty map. You die. Thats it. You do it all over again. Why did no review video mention how shallow this game is. They have converted story mode it into a DLC. Even thought It's the games tutorial. I've talked to fans on reddit about this. They say the game is finished since surivival is done. I told them that cutting off an unfishinshed part of the main game doesn't mean it's finished. The fans are delusional and are cleary happy with the slop they get. This is the one and only game in my steam account I regret spending money on.

The informations in this review was gathered by playing the game, checking the wiki and talking to fans and dissapointed people like me. Thank you for reading if you got to the end.

I enjoy learning about the game environment as I explore. The graphics, while basic, are beautiful.
I think that the tutorials are a little weak, but the online community is great and I've learned a lot of things from them.

10 years of loyalty, support, after all the positive posts, achievements, praise I was banned due to Irony.

Warning For: Disrespectful Post
"In the decade I've played and followed this game the simple answer is we get it when we get it and don't bother asking they are very sensitive to any form of critique."

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"Warning For: Disrespectful Post" Literally proved my point.

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Broke my heart TLD, It's over : (
*The game is pretty good

The Long Dark promises deep survival but delivers a slow, repetitive slog. The story mode is unfinished, yet they expect you to pay extra for the rest—pure cash grab. Survival mechanics boil down to tedious resource grinding with little payoff, and the empty, lifeless world quickly becomes dull. With no real excitement or sense of progression, it’s less of a survival challenge and more of a patience test.

I don't like permadeath games. At least... most of the time. However something about this game scratches a survival itch I've had for ages. It's incredibly engaging, perfectly customisable for whatever skill level you're at - whether you're the struggle to survive or struggle to die type - and it has enough built-in forgiveness for me to not ever be frustrated if I die.

Outside of gameplay elements though, the impressive development track record I've only just now been uncovering looking at previous updates and versions has me floored. The devs for this are dedicated beyond pretty much any project I've seen for a long while and the assurance that this was and is being made without crunch is the icing on a very well constructed cake. I'm glad I bought this at full price because of this, but honestly it's also just worth the asking price in general - though there's no shame in waiting for a sale obv.

Probably my favorite survival game of all time. I have never played the story mode, so I cannot speak for its quality, but the survival mode offers an experience unlike any other survival game I've played. No zombies, monsters, or science fiction here - it's just you and the harsh wilderness of Great Bear Island. Away from the frozen wilderness outside, shelters offer a cozy, safe feeling in a way that I've not experienced in this sort of game before. With the update adding safehouse customization, this has become even better! You can decorate your shelter, add new furniture, and clean up the mess of those who lived there before the storm.

peaceful until its not
quiet until its not
this game has more strategy then any other survival game every move you make could be the one that takes you from thriving to dying.
the story mode adds a level of mystery and intrigue that makes it not only a great survival game but also a great mystery.
this is the best survival game ever
this game will have you coming back for more 19/10

Survival genre is maybe my favorite, even RPG comes second after it. And this game scratches all my itches. Is it hard when you start? Yes, absolutely. But satisfying when you learn some of the mechanics and maps. I started with Wintermute first when the game was free on another store, I liked it so much I bought it here. And when the DLC was announced I was already into the game.
The studio is a bit slow on the updates, but the game has all the necessary things to live a nice survival winterland fight against the wildreness, where complacency is your biggest enemy.

this game gives me a graphics/visual boner

I love this game with all my heart. Its fun and well thought out. Its exactly what I was looking for in a survival game. I cant wait for the sequel Blackfrost!!!

Gorgeous peaceful vistas with plentiful food and resources one minute... Absolute whiteout blizzards that leave you lost and hunted by predators the next. I love this game so much. Really keeps you on your toes.

I bought this game 12 years ago and they still havnt finished the last episode in the main story. Other than that, its a good game if you like to play as an loner

Banned me and my friend from the forums because the devs don't know how to take criticism. An actual rule is "No incessantly complaining" So no one is allowed to ask for the 5th part of the story that we've been waiting for since covid? It's crazy how you ban fans for wanting YOUR content.

The game falls short of fulfilling its commitment to wrap up the story campaign. For ages, the developers have dangled the concluding chapter in front of us like a tantalising prize, yet it remains out of reach. Instead, they’ve poured their efforts into endless updates for survival mode and even had the audacity to unveil a sequel while the original game still sits incomplete. Their excuses about being a "small team working tirelessly to perfect it" ring hollow and feel like utter nonsense. If they truly cared about getting it right, they’d have prioritised the story campaign over everything else and held off on endgame extras until, oh, I don’t know, the core narrative was actually done.

They also decided to get all political on X. Leave politics out of games and treat your customers better! I'm out.

The Long Dark is a fun and challenging game but Wintermute was just more frustration than challenge. Too many subtle points that force you to die, and way to drawn out and irritating while the bear is mauling you, for me to appreciate. Things like timing the setting of the spear so you don't lower it just as he is on you. come on, cut me some slack. Never really figuring out just how to even fight with the spear as i fought him four times in a row and i still died. I must have stuck him 20 to 25 times on crack stims for extra power and still he was alive and i bled out and died. Thats four separate battles in a row. I think the whole bear thing is like a slot machine.....rigged. Sorry guys and gals, i guess this wasn't my idea of fun. If it wasn't for story 2
i might have enjoyed it. As for The Long Dark, lot's of fun.

An extremely dry survival experience. Simultaneously hyper realistic and frustratingly limiting.

My first time wandering around the snowy woods was moderately enchanting. Scavenging, looking for shelter, picking up whatever I could find. Opening the menu quickly revealed a nightmare, however. I hate being bombarded with eighteen systems that I have no hope of understanding without dozens of hours of play that are CRITICAL to understanding the game.

Okay: Get exploring again. The cold keeps you from staying outside for more than about three minutes without taking damage. Found a little lodge to park my butt in. Could I upgrade it? Seal it from the cold? Craft things? Open windows? Put things in the boxes that I found? All the things that I would WANT to do in this specific scenario? No, no, no, no, no. You can't even clean the corpses up.

From what I can tell, you can only craft vital supplies and tools at specific POIs on the map. Can I read the map I found in the cabin? No, my only option is to burn it for fuel. Fantastic. Love the realism. So after boiling some snow and taking five hours to read a useless book I found, I stumbled over to bed in the pitch-black room.

The next morning I walked outside to discover that the game had airdropped wolves on my doorstep. No, not a PACK of wolves. Individual, annoying wolves that just follow you around and bark. I have no means of creating a weapon, so I just huck stones at them until they leave. Thrilling gameplay. I hunted some rabbits with the stones, only to discover that the process of skinning, cleaning, and cooking the rabbit consumed MORE HUNGER than it restored.

I will not be "waiting for it to get good." The only realism this game provides is extra frustration.

At this point it's a classic. The story, the visuals, the atmosphere, everything is great. One of my favorite games. It has some more peaceful moments, some action, some times more rough and straightforward, some times more philosophical. It covers a lot of issues but in a annoying way. This game has everything. Really recommend (also love the intro)

i completed every episode in june of 2023- in december 2023, they announced that the fifth and final episode would come out by the end of 2024. fast-forward to today, and the episode still has not released, while several DLCs and DLC updates have been released, and a sequel has already been announced. there's no justification for this kind of thing.

I love this game! It is a game where stories and memories happens.

Great community, game setting, and gamplay. Is one of the best survival games i've played. Would recommend 10/10!

i am Finnish so i know a thing or two about winter but the survival in this, as in almost every other game featuring winter survival, has been made artificially harder which just makes it a complete slog to play. In real life i do not freeze to death after a 20 minute stroll to the store in -20c when wearing a freaking sweater and a warm vest, i can do that :shit: in a t-shirt and not get a cold. I can also jump from a ledge higher than 2cm in real life without breaking my WRIST of all things, let alone legs. I also dont need to eat an entire horse every 30 minutes without starving to death. I love winter, i love survival, i love a challenge, what i don't love is poor game design that has to be band-aided with this artificial hardening of things. Yes i am aware the time in the game passes faster, but i am talking literally eating 3 bags of doritoes and then starving again after 5 minutes of IRL time. Or getting hypothermia from an hour outside in-game, then taking 12 hours next to a fireplace to get warm again, to which i dont have enough wood, that i then go outside to collect, prolonging my hypothermia. This game is misery porn for people who like artificially difficult games that step on your balls in high heels. I can't say anything for the story mode as i only tried the survival. Oh yeah, and on the 2nd easiest difficulty, i literally spawned into a f-ucking pack of wolves lmao. So yeah. I will maybe get it on sale, cause theres something about the mood and all, but definitely not full price, and then of course a game this small you'd think wouldn't need loading screens between biomes but it does so that was also pretty disappointing.

Bought this game 8 jears ago.
Story mode still not finished.
Already selling DLC ans announced Part 2 of the Game.

Getting lost in a cabin at night time is peak snow surivival gameplay.

>Spend dozens of hours slowly trudging back and forth across the maps shuffling materials around with undersized constantly overencumbered inventory
>Finally make it to the cannery to use ammunition workbench
>It's behind a locked door and they want you to backtrack to another map to get the code
>Said backtracking to get said code will also require 2 5kg ropes that will also overencumber you back down to a slog
WHAT PART OF THIS GASLIGHTING CRAP IS FUN?!
Edit: Tell me why I gave this game a second chance and spent hours collecting and moving materials to craft a workbench, only for said crafted workbench to RANDOMLY DISAPPEAR INTO THIN AIR when I re-entered the interior?! FIX YOUR GAME, HOW CAN YOU HAVE A BUG THAT EGREGIOUS, THAT MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED FOR MONTHS, AND CALL THIS A FINISHED GAME WORTHY OF A SEQUEL??? YOU HAVE NO RESPECT FOR OUR TIME.

>spend 100 hours trying to understand how to survive on interloper because other difficulties are boring
>i understand it now
>spend 150 hours on an interloper save
>get mauled by a wolf because it spawned to close to the entrance of the cave i just came from
>axe the bastard
>he leaves me at <50 hp
>keep on moving
>get mauled again by a wolf that spawned right next to me somehow
>get left with 15 hp
>a third wolf spawns below the bridge i was next to, runs up a 80 degree slope, mauls me
>i die
>use a backup save
>feel like shit for cheating a bullshit death
>idk what to do now
thanks hinterland, 10/10 game ill sink another 150 hours ig

A fun sandbox for survival, with lots of regions to explore. The game lacks a "victory" condition for the survival, though.

Pure, unadulterated survival bliss. This game is brutal, unforgiving, and absolutely brilliant. It's just you against the elements, trying to survive in a vast, frozen wilderness. No zombies, no monsters, just you, the cold, and your wits. It's tense, atmospheric, and incredibly rewarding when you finally manage to snag a rabbit or find a warm cabin. If you're looking for a challenging and immersive survival experience, The Long Dark is a must-play. Just be prepared to die. A lot. But you'll learn from each death, and that's part of the fun (sort of). 9/10, would definitely recommend (if you like being cold and slightly terrified).