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. The alpha version was later launched on the Xbox One as one of the first two launch titles associated with Microsoft's Game Preview Program in June 2015.