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Platforms

Mac
PC
PS4
Xbox One

Initial release 1 August 2017

Developers

Hinterland

Genres

Action Adventure
Indie
Shooter
Simulation
Strategy

Publishers

Hinterland

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Review: Wot I Think: The Long Dark - Wintermute Redux

Cold to the bone

John Walker

5 years ago

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Long Dark dev criticises Manor Lords for lack of updates, Hooded Horse CEO replies that not every game needs to be "some live-service boom or bust"

Medieval town-builder under no publisher pressure to expand

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

2 weeks ago

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The Long Dark is getting a Cheat Death system, but don't worry, it's also getting a Misery Mode and cougars

All coming in part five of the Tales From The Far Territory series

Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

2 months ago

5
The 30 best survival games on PC

Promise me that you will never die

Ed Thorn

6 months ago

85

The Long Dark Feed

The key art for Manor Lords, showing a knight atop a horse observing a castle town.

News

Long Dark dev criticises Manor Lords for lack of updates, Hooded Horse CEO replies that not every game needs to be "some live-service boom or bust"

Medieval town-builder under no publisher pressure to expand

July 8, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

An illustration of an ailing Long Dark player curled up holding a knife and covered in snow

News

The Long Dark is getting a Cheat Death system, but don't worry, it's also getting a Misery Mode and cougars

All coming in part five of the Tales From The Far Territory series

May 14, 2024 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Artwork from Valheim, No Man's Sky and Astroneer form the header for our best survival games list

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The 30 best survival games on PC

Promise me that you will never die

Jan. 1, 2024 Ed Thorn

A screenshot of Alex giving a side-eye in Life Is Strange True Colors

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April's Game Pass leavers include Life Is Strange: True Colors and The Long Dark

Say farewell to superpowered teens and voxel fishing

April 3, 2023 Kaan Serin

Artwork for The Long Dark, Subnautica and Valheim for the RPS Bestest Best Reader Edition Survival Games list

Feature

These are your 25 favourite survival games of all time

As voted for by the RPS readership

March 31, 2023 Katharine Castle

A walkie-talkie in the snow sending out electrical charges in The Long Dark's Tales From The Far Territory expansion.

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The Long Dark's expansion pass trailer shows its mysterious new region

The first game to feature ptarmigans?

Nov. 26, 2022 Graham Smith

The Long Dark’s mountainous Survival Mode expansion beckons in December

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The Long Dark’s mountainous Survival Mode expansion beckons in December

First of a series of paid updates over a year, but more free stuff is coming too

Oct. 21, 2022 CJ Wheeler

A survivor warms themselves by a camp fire in The Long Dark

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The Long Dark gets its first paid updates for Survival mode later this year

Coming in the form of a season pass and DLC packs

May 3, 2022 CJ Wheeler

The Long Dark - Mathis stands inside a prison cell holding a wrench and talking with the player while another convict stands guard outside.

News

The Long Dark Episode 4 is out now with its prison break survival story

He was cold as ice

Oct. 6, 2021 Lauren Morton

A ruddy man in a room of sleepers in a The Long Dark: Wintermute screenshot.

News

The Long Dark's story campaign continues with Episode 4 in October

Chill out

Sept. 23, 2021 Alice O'Connor

The 35 best ultrawide games on PC

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The 35 best ultrawide games on PC

The best games in the whole wide world

May 20, 2021 Katharine Castle

The Long Dark is becoming an actual survival horror game for Halloween

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The Long Dark is becoming an actual survival horror game for Halloween

More like The Short Dark if the monster catches you

Oct. 23, 2020 Lauren Morton

The Long Dark's new event adds Canadian snacks and harsher temperatures

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The Long Dark's new event adds Canadian snacks and harsher temperatures

It's getting cold in here

June 29, 2020 Lauren Morton

The 8 bleakest post-apocalypses in PC games

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The 8 bleakest post-apocalypses in PC games

One Off The List

June 19, 2020 Brendan Caldwell

GeForce Now asks developers to opt-in before streaming their games

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GeForce Now asks developers to opt-in before streaming their games

Always ask permission

May 28, 2020 Natalie Clayton

A survivor walks through a snowy mountain scene in The Long Dark

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The Long Dark developers talk episode four timeline and recommit to modding tools

Snowed in no more

May 1, 2020 Lauren Morton

The Long Dark and Machinarium now on Xbox Game Pass for PC

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The Long Dark and Machinarium now on Xbox Game Pass for PC

New juice for the game library

April 17, 2020 Lauren Morton

A survivor walks through a snowy mountain scene in The Long Dark

News

Nvidia didn't ask permission to include The Long Dark on GeForce Now

Hinterland have asked for it to be removed

March 2, 2020 Lauren Morton

Goodnight, sweet Steam Controller

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Goodnight, sweet Steam Controller

Death of a gamepad

Dec. 12, 2019 Craig Pearson

The 9 harshest winters in games

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The 9 harshest winters in games

One Off The List

Dec. 6, 2019 Brendan Caldwell

Fluffy the wolf is coming back to The Long Dark in its next Survival Mode update

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Fluffy the wolf is coming back to The Long Dark in its next Survival Mode update

No, you cannot pet the wolf

Dec. 2, 2019 Lauren Morton

Game DNA: Making yourself a home

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Game DNA: Making yourself a home

Why every survival game needs wheat

Oct. 24, 2019 Brendan Caldwell

The Long Dark story mode continues in episode 3 today

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The Long Dark story mode continues in episode 3 today

We're switching protagonists

Oct. 22, 2019 Alice O'Connor

The Long Dark's next story mode chapter arrives October 22nd

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The Long Dark's next story mode chapter arrives October 22nd

Crack open a cold one

Sept. 24, 2019 Natalie Clayton

How 'climate crisis games' could better model our problems and our future

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How 'climate crisis games' could better model our problems and our future

Is it getting hot in here?

July 8, 2019 Robert Yang

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