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The Long Dark: Wintermute

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First release
Aug 01, 2017
Genres
Indie, Adventure, Simulator, Strategy · Open world, Action, Survival

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.

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Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords

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.Read more

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.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Aug 01, 2017
Mac
Aug 01, 2017
PlayStation 4
Aug 01, 2017
All 6 release dates
Xbox One
Aug 01, 2017
Linux
Aug 01, 2017
Nintendo Switch
Sep 17, 2020
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
First person
Keywords
steam

How it plays

Languages

  • Englishinterface, audio, subtitles
  • Deutschinterface, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 6 Nov 2026
Also in 16 other languages

Language data: IGDB · recorded 6 Nov 2026