The Long Dark

The Long Dark is a 2017 survival video game developed and published by Hinterland. The player assumes the roles of crash-landed bush pilot Will Mackenzie and medical doctor Astrid Greenwood who must survive the frigid Canadian wilderness after a geomagnetic storm. The game received seed financing from the Canada Media Fund, and further funding was secured through a successful Kickstarter campaign in October 2013. An alpha version was released through Steam Early Access in September 2014.