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The Long Dark

  • 2014
  • Nintendo Switch
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  • hybrid console
  • 9th generation

History

Wolves, cold, and an empty cupboard are the antagonists in The Long Dark. Hinterland's Canadian wilderness survival game entered early access in 2014, with its story mode, Wintermute, arriving later.

Will Mackenzie and Dr. Astrid Greenwood carry that story across Great Bear, while a separate survival sandbox drops a player into the weather with no plot at all. Matches, a hatchet, and a cave are worth more than a gunshot that attracts everything nearby.

The early-access years were the sandbox. Wintermute is the narrative layer Hinterland added once the cold itself was already a finished system.

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RAWG record

RAWG rating3.91 / 5
Ratings881
RAWG date2014-09-22
ESRB on RAWGTeen
GenresIndie, Adventure, Action, Simulation
DevelopersNot listed
PublishersNot listed
Platforms on RAWGpc, xbox-one, playstation4, nintendo-switch, macos, linux

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