2017

The Long Dark: Wintermute

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Adventure Indie Simulator Strategy

PlayStation 4 PC (Microsoft Windows) Xbox One Nintendo Switch Linux Mac

Developer: Hinterland Studio Inc.

Game Modes Single player

Themes Action, Open world, Survival

Perspective First person

Summary

The episodic story-mode for The Long Dark, WINTERMUTE, includes four of the five episodes that form WINTERMUTE. Episode Five is in development, and is slated for a late 2023 release. This will bring the WINTERMUTE storyline to its conclusion.

Storyline

The premise of Wintermute centres around the relationship between Dr. Astrid Greenwood and a bush pilot named Will Mackenzie, whom she hires to fly her and her mysterious hardcase to a remote location in the Canadian wilderness of Great Bear Island. After a mysterious geomagnetic disaster causes their plane to crash land, Astrid and Will become separated. Now the two must survive this cold and unforgiving landscape they find themselves stranded in while doing whatever it takes to reunite safely. Experience the story from their perspectives, and face the struggle to survive head on.