The Long Dark for Mac

Explore the quiet apocalypse

The Long Dark is an adventure survival game developed by a small independent studio, Hinterland Studio Inc. It is an exploration game that will have you venture into a long survival journey. In this game, zombies are not only your enemy. You will also battle yourself, the cold, and all the possible threats from mother nature. This survival simulation game is played in single-player mode. You will singlehandedly explore the expansive frozen wilderness after a geomagnetic disaster and see how long you can survive and if you can make it till the end.

Play in various game modes

The Long Dark comes with three playable modes. The Wintermute mode serves as the game’s episodic story mode. It contains five-long episodes that focus on Dr. Astrid Greenwood and the bush pilot named Will Mackenzie’s relationship as well as their struggles to survive. The first two episodes, Do Not Go Gentle and Luminance Fugue, were firstly released and redux with a new mission structure, story beats, dialogue, animations, etc. Afterward, Crossroads Elegy, the third episode was also released a few months after the two episodes To complete the story, episodes four and five will be published at a later date. 

In the survival mode, your only goal is to survive.  Bear in mind that this mode features permadeath. When death comes upon you, your saved game is deleted entirely, and you have to begin from the start if you want to try your chances once again. This mode is survival of the fittest. You’ll have to scour the world for over 100 gear items, search for life-saving food, and monitor your hunger, thirst, fatigue, and cold. Survival mode offers diverse Experience modes, which give you the option to choose the game difficulty you are comfortable with, it ranges from the easiest mode named Pilgrim, followed by Voyageur, Stalker, and the hardest mode, Interloper.

Moreover, The Long Dark also offers five shorter challenge modes that can be played for 1 to 3 hours each. One of the challenges here is called Hunted. You need to escape a murderous Bear. Once you succeed in completing the game, you will be able to unlock a feat that will be beneficial for you, especially in the long-term gameplay of Survival mode.

One for the books survival game

The Long Dark is a breath of fresh air in the survival game world as here your enemy is yourself and nature rather than the usual zombies and other unidentified creatures. This is an adventure strategy game that you should try out. You won’t be bored as it has a lot of game modes and features to offer. The exploration-survival game satisfaction that you are longing for will definitely suffice in this game.