THE LONG DARK:
SURVIVAL MODE

Welcome to the Quiet Apocalypse™

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?

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 survival games.

A non-narrative open-world that supports 1000s of hours of gameplay, survival is your only goal, and death your only end.

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Survival Mode

There are no zombies — only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

Survival Mode is the free-form, non-narrative survival sandbox that has been honed to a sharp edge after over years of open development, in collaboration with The Long Dark players.

Survival is your only goal, and death your only end. Make your own survival story with every game.

Permadeath

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

Scour the World for Supplies

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

No Hand Holding

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

Condition & Calories

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.

Survival of the Fittest

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.

A Vast Living World

Explore a 75+ 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.

Choose Your Experience

Five 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 Misery 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.

Challenge Yourself

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.

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The Long Dark

The game Wired magazine calls “The pinnacle of the entire genre.” The award-winning Survival Mode + the engrossing narrative of WINTERMUTE Story Mode.