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The Long Dark

Hinterland Studio Inc. · 2017-08-01

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

AdventureIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 19, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 01, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Aug 01, 2017 (Mac), Sep 17, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 01, 2017 (Xbox One), Aug 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

THE LONG DARK is a thoughtful, exploration-survival experience that challenges solo players to think for themselves as they explore an expansive frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. There are no zombies -- only you, the cold, and all the threats Mother Nature can muster.

The Long Dark is a 2017 Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a Very Positive (89% of 123787 reviews) sentiment.

2,802
playing now
89%
positive of 124k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
135
twitch viewers (latest)
11.3
viewers/channel (concentration)
82/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (196 ratings)
83
Nexus mods (79k downloads)
4.41★
PlayStation Store rating (11,110 ratings)
77/100
opencritic · strong · 71% recommend · from 53 critics
48h
to beat · rushed 22h · completionist 235h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

2,802 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

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.

Trailer

The Long Dark trailer thumbnail

The Long Dark - Official Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,802 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8,147 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,018/week).
  • · Review velocity up 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 28,623 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1M–7.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 124,223 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.99-75%
GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$34.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.49 at Steam (2025-04-24) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 65 of 70 observed days · $1.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.7k3.7k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1,174 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 747 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3,711 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1,059 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 686 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 169 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,128 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,225 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 982 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2,831 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,855 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,135 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 739 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 881 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 274 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 816 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,581 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 180 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 974 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 284 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,053 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 643 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 687 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,670 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,196 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,146 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 736 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 889 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 567 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 815 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,009 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,173 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,790 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,144 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 862 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 412 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 696 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,304 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,241 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 333 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 611 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 495 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,116 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 744 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 633 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 294 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 750 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,242 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 759 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 147 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 482 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 805 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 234 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,183 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 252 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 633 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 494 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,227 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 627 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 966 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 191 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,989 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,382 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 274 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 410 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 38 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.9k1.5k2026-09-14 19:00 — 2,608 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 1,486 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 2,362 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 2,711 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 1,974 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 2,026 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 2,708 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 1,676 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 2,061 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 3,317 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 1,894 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,635 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 2,718 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,800 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 1,949 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 3,544 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 2,003 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,621 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 2,270 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 3,430 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 2,969 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 3,334 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 4,042 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 2,802 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6.1k202Sep 2014Aug 2026Sep 2014 — avg 202 · peak 1,068Jan 2015 — avg 585 · peak 2,576May 2015 — avg 370 · peak 814Sep 2015 — avg 650 · peak 1,822Jan 2016 — avg 1,477 · peak 3,850May 2016 — avg 812 · peak 2,111Sep 2016 — avg 843 · peak 1,881Jan 2017 — avg 1,719 · peak 3,381May 2017 — avg 1,056 · peak 2,157Sep 2017 — avg 1,553 · peak 3,413Jan 2018 — avg 2,683 · peak 6,662May 2018 — avg 1,158 · peak 2,006Sep 2018 — avg 1,057 · peak 1,912Jan 2019 — avg 2,521 · peak 5,254May 2019 — avg 2,261 · peak 6,344Sep 2019 — avg 1,036 · peak 1,900Jan 2020 — avg 2,074 · peak 3,858May 2020 — avg 2,289 · peak 6,507Sep 2020 — avg 1,345 · peak 2,202Jan 2021 — avg 2,474 · peak 4,448May 2021 — avg 1,569 · peak 2,888Sep 2021 — avg 1,866 · peak 3,857Jan 2022 — avg 2,525 · peak 4,973May 2022 — avg 1,508 · peak 2,676Sep 2022 — avg 1,461 · peak 2,576Jan 2023 — avg 2,669 · peak 4,597May 2023 — avg 1,592 · peak 2,831Sep 2023 — avg 1,558 · peak 2,700Jan 2024 — avg 2,922 · peak 5,121May 2024 — avg 1,335 · peak 2,175Sep 2024 — avg 1,677 · peak 2,804Jan 2025 — avg 4,643 · peak 8,146May 2025 — avg 3,771 · peak 11,401Sep 2025 — avg 2,083 · peak 3,443Jan 2026 — avg 3,377 · peak 5,756May 2026 — avg 2,817 · peak 5,571Aug 2026 — avg 2,091 · peak 3,571
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
54542026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 54 new positive2026-09-21: 17 new negative2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 6 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-24: 7 new positive2026-09-24: 4 new negative2026-09-25: 8 new positive2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 11 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 12 new positive2026-09-28: 15 new positive2026-09-29: 10 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 9 new positive2026-09-30: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 6 new negative2026-10-02: 14 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 13 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 8 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 16 new positive2026-10-07: 8 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new negative2026-10-08: 12 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 13 new positive2026-10-09: 4 new negative2026-10-10: 8 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 21 new positive2026-10-11: 7 new negative2026-10-12: 39 new positive2026-10-12: 10 new negative2026-10-13: 18 new positive2026-10-13: 13 new negative2026-10-14: 34 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$34.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-06-20 — best price $9.992015-12-24 — best price $9.992016-05-11 — best price $13.392016-11-01 — best price $19.992017-04-14 — best price $19.992017-08-08 — best price $34.992018-03-26 — best price $17.492018-07-05 — best price $29.992019-01-29 — best price $29.992019-08-15 — best price $29.992020-01-09 — best price $14.992020-03-31 — best price $29.992020-09-21 — best price $22.492020-12-23 — best price $7.492021-03-08 — best price $9.892021-06-24 — best price $9.892021-12-06 — best price $11.892022-04-22 — best price $34.992022-08-08 — best price $34.992022-12-12 — best price $34.992023-05-04 — best price $17.492023-12-07 — best price $17.492024-02-17 — best price $19.992024-04-24 — best price $17.492024-06-27 — best price $17.492024-10-10 — best price $34.992024-12-19 — best price $13.992025-03-06 — best price $34.992025-04-26 — best price $34.992025-07-14 — best price $17.492025-10-21 — best price $34.992026-04-09 — best price $34.992026-08-30 — best price $19.992026-09-11 — best price $9.992026-09-23 — best price $19.992026-10-05 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4061682026-05-14 — 327 pageviews2026-05-18 — 324 pageviews2026-05-22 — 250 pageviews2026-05-26 — 397 pageviews2026-05-30 — 234 pageviews2026-06-03 — 245 pageviews2026-06-07 — 256 pageviews2026-06-11 — 203 pageviews2026-06-15 — 227 pageviews2026-06-19 — 211 pageviews2026-06-23 — 246 pageviews2026-06-27 — 236 pageviews2026-07-01 — 225 pageviews2026-07-05 — 224 pageviews2026-07-09 — 241 pageviews2026-07-13 — 227 pageviews2026-07-17 — 214 pageviews2026-07-21 — 233 pageviews2026-07-25 — 203 pageviews2026-07-29 — 192 pageviews2026-08-02 — 217 pageviews2026-08-06 — 197 pageviews2026-08-10 — 209 pageviews2026-08-14 — 213 pageviews2026-08-18 — 202 pageviews2026-08-22 — 261 pageviews2026-08-26 — 230 pageviews2026-08-30 — 314 pageviews2026-09-03 — 236 pageviews2026-09-07 — 239 pageviews2026-09-11 — 221 pageviews2026-09-15 — 215 pageviews2026-09-19 — 392 pageviews2026-09-23 — 216 pageviews2026-09-27 — 330 pageviews2026-10-01 — 261 pageviews2026-10-05 — 260 pageviews2026-10-09 — 391 pageviews2026-10-12 — 359 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

29632026-09-30 18:34 — 296 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 163 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 120 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 86 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 124 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 119 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 108 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 79 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 165 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 40 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 119 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 188 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 81 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 160 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 135 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
49.7%
earned "The First of Many"
4.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing5 DLC

18 supported languages: English, German, Russian, French, Spanish - Spain, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Swedish…

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2017-08-28, latest 2026-05-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)52,5830%87
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)20,1090%87
PS4 (PlayStation)8,4000%76
PS4 (PlayStation)6,3590%76
PS5 (PlayStation)1,9020%88
Switch (Nintendo)610%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieSandboxCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldSimulationAtmosphericExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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