The Long Dark is an action game developed by Hinterland Studio, available on the Play Station 4 platform as a full version. The game is set in the North Canadian taiga, where you have to survive in harsh conditions, including low temperatures, starvation, and hostile wildlife like wolves and bears. The game's artful visual style beautifully portrays the harsh environment. To stay alive, you need to craft necessary items from the junk found in woods and abandoned buildings, light campfires, find shelter, care for wounds, hunt for food, and protect yourself.

Wintermute, the story mode, is a linear plot where you control a pilot, Will Mackenzie, whose plane crashed, and his ex-wife Astrid is missing. The goal is to survive and rescue Astrid. Wintermute serves as a tutorial to the open-world sandbox mode, where you can explore new areas and are not restricted to the plot. The open-world sandbox mode is the most popular mode in the game.