2026-08-29 20:59 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Things are shifting around a bit over at The Long Dark developer Hinterland Studio. Earlier this year, The Long Dark's story mode wrapped up with the release of Wintermute's fifth and final episode. After that, you may have fairly assumed that focus would have been mostly placed on the sequel that was announced in 2024, Blackfrost. But according to Hinterland, while Blackfrost is still in the works, the main focus will actually be put on The Long Dark's survival mode for a while. Read more
2026-08-29 17:35 UTC · PC Gamer · Tyler Colp
Survival game The Long Dark was supposed to be over when its final story episode was released earlier this year. Developer Hinterland announced its sequel, Blackfrost, two years ago and planned to go the early access route with it just like the first game... Read more.
2026-08-28 21:27 UTC · Community Announcements · Hinterland_Studio
August Dev DiaryDear community, Since a bit of rest post Episode Five’s launch on March 31st, the team at Hinterland has been busy working on a variety of things. I’ve been holding off on providing a larger update on our activities as there are a lot of work streams happening right now, including general planning for the future, and I wanted to be able to share some more definitive information about what we have in mind. It’s still too early to share too much detail, but I figured you’d rather hear something from us even if the decisions are still taking shape. I’m sure some of what I share he
2026-05-05 22:10 UTC · Community Announcements · HinterJon
Dear players,We’re happy to announce the availability of Volume 3 of “Music for The Long Dark”. This volume includes all the music from WINTERMUTE Episode Four: Fury, Then Silence, Episode Five: The Light at the End of All Things”, and from the TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY DLC.The total playtime is 1 hour and 56 minutes, and the soundtrack is now available on Steam mp3 and lossless FLAC quality) and at Bandcamp (mp3 and lossless WAV quality). We’ve also updated the previous two volumes on Steam to include the lossless FLAC versions of those tracks (previously only available as mp3s).We took th
2026-04-23 03:45 UTC · Community Announcements · HinterJon
Hello players,We have just updated THE LONG DARK to: Survival: 2.55 181032Episode Five: 2.54 181117WINTERMUTE: 2.24 181038 This is a Hotfix for THE LONG DARK: WINTERMUTE, addressing bugs introduced with the Episode Five release. Known Issues Spoilers Ahead! The team is currently aware of the following issues in the game. If you encounter one of these issues, there is no need to report it to the Support Portal. The team is currently aware of the following issues in the game and hard at work addressing them:Players who Alt-Tab away from the “Previously On” cinematic shown when beginning Episode
2026-04-08 23:14 UTC · Community Announcements · HinterJon
Hello players,We have just updated THE LONG DARK to: Survival: 2.54 180535Episode Five: 2.23 180559WINTERMUTE: 2.53 180603 This is a Hotfix for THE LONG DARK: WINTERMUTE, addressing bugs introduced with the Episode Five release. Known Issues Spoilers Ahead! The team is currently aware of the following issues in the game. If you encounter one of these issues, there is no need to report it to the Support Portal. We are aware of some potential issues with loading Checkpoint saves created when Jace leads Mackenzie to the bunk room in Suzuki Facility. As we work on fixing this issue, it would be be
2026-04-02 22:17 UTC · Community Announcements · Hinterland_Studio
An Episode Five post-launch status update from our founder and creative director.Hello players! We’re about 48 hours after the release of Episode Five, and I just wanted to give you a quick update on what’s been going on. LAUNCH SUCCESSThe team was thrilled to watch the launch live at 10AM Pacific Time, along with our players. We had a successful trailer watch party on YouTube with over 3000 fans logging in to watch and participate in chat, and then we quickly overcame our historical Steam CCU peak and hit the highest concurrent player count on Steam since our launch back in 2014 -- 14,878 con
2026-04-01 12:16 UTC · GamingOnLinux
The Long Dark from Hinterland Studio has finally finished the WINTERMUTE story with episode 5 bringing us the end. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/the-long-dark-story-reaches-the-finale-with-episode-five-out-now-and-a-big-discount/
2026-03-31 17:53 UTC · Community Announcements · HinterJon
Hello Community,We have just updated THE LONG DARK to: Survival: 2.52 179852Episode Five: 2.52 180269WINTERMUTE: 2.22 180167 This is a Major Update to THE LONG DARK: WINTERMUTE, introducing Episode Five and completing Story Mode. Known Issues Spoilers Ahead! The team is currently aware of the following issues in the game. If you encounter one of these issues, there is no need to report it to the Support Portal. During the SAR Mission, if a player enters a Trailer, they will be unable to leave. Reloading a previous save will be the only way to proceed.Story save files from before 2023 (prior to
2026-03-31 17:00 UTC · Community Announcements · Joshua
The moment you’ve been waiting for, for years, is finally here!Play as Mackenzie and Astrid as they battle the elements and other threats to finally uncover the mystery of the Aurora. The culmination of the epic Canadian survival saga is finally here, and as our friends at Shacknews put it, “Episode Five is the perfect end to The Long Dark’s story”. Episode Five: The Light at the End of All Things is a free update for anyone who owns THE LONG DARK, and is now live on Steam.To all our players, thank you for your years of patience as we finally arrive at this moment. Thank you for taking this jo
2026-03-30 22:39 UTC · Community Announcements · HinterJon
Join other fans of TLD to celebrate the launch of Episode Five. We’ll be premiering the launch trailer on YouTube just before 10AM, so make sure you jump in and experience the pre-release buzz!We’ll update this thread with the final video link, but for now you can simply subscribe to the Hinterland YouTube channel to be notified when the trailer goes live tomorrow morning!We hope to see you there.- The Hinterland Team
2026-03-27 20:18 UTC · Community Announcements · HinterJon
Hello players!We're excited to share the news that soon you'll be able to purchase Volume 3 of THE LONG DARK's soundtrack, on Steam (with more stores to come later). Volume 3 offers nearly 2 hours of original music composed by Cris Velasco (Story Mode) and Sascha Dikiciyan (Survival Mode), and covers EPISODE FOUR: FURY, THEN SILENCE, EPISODE FIVE: THE LIGHT AT THE END OF ALL THINGS, and TALES FROM THE FAR TERRITORY.Volume 3 launches on April 22nd, 2026, for $9.99 USD. (Note: Track titles may contain light spoilers.)- The Hinterland Team
2026-03-26 17:44 UTC · Community Announcements · HinterJon
Hello players,Many of you just purchased THE LONG DARK at a 90% "Deep Discount" during the Spring Sale. In order to ensure the best discount possible during the launch window for Episode Five coming next week, we've worked with Valve to extend the 90% discount until April 9th.This is your best opportunity to grab THE LONG DARK, which includes both Survival Mode and the Wintermute Story Mode Episodes, at a great discount. And if you already own the game, this is a great time to gift it to friends!Remember, Episode Five: "The Light at the End of All Things" launches on Tuesday, March 31st, at 10
2026-03-25 21:09 UTC · Community Announcements · HinterJon
On the run from Mathis' convicts, Mackenzie and Jace discover the meaning of, "out of the frying pan and into the fire".
2026-03-19 19:42 UTC · Community Announcements · HinterJon
The local bartender, Cooper, explains to Astrid what's been going on in Perseverance Mills, and points her in the right direction.
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