The Long Dark

About the game

The Long Dark is a first-person survival game set in the northern wilderness after a geomagnetic disaster has knocked out all technology. As winter closes in, food and water are scarce, the roads are no longer safe, and strange aurorae light up the sky. You manage hypothermia, starvation and dehydration alongside injuries and illnesses ranging from blood loss to dysentery, and every decision about what to carry and where to go matters. The story mode follows bush pilot Will Mackenzie through an episodic tale across dozens of locations, with survivors who can turn out to be friends or threats. Survival mode is a free-form sandbox where the goal is simply to last as long as you can in a large open world, balancing your supplies against the weather, the wildlife and the long nights.