Now stranded and lost, the two now must reunite while battling everything mother nature has to throw at them, from frigid cold, to hungry wolves and bears, to the strange cosmic phenomenon that has knocked out anything and everything electric, while also unraveling the mystery of what happened to the world around them.and why they are here in the first place. The two take flight in Will's plane against a worsening storm.but while en route a bright green aurora flares up from the north and knocks them from the sky.
The story itself focuses on two characters, Will McKenzie and Astrid Greenwood, a pilot and a doctor, respectively, who were once married and have since gone their separate ways.until one cold, snowy night when Astrid suddenly shows up at Will's front door with a locked hardcase and a request to be flown to Great Bear, a remote, nearly uninhabited region of the Canadian Wilderness. It was finally released in full on August 1, 2017, with the first 2 episodes of the story campaign unlocked on release, Episode three was released Octowith the remaining episodes to be released at a later date. The Long Dark was released in alpha form for Steam Early Access on September 22, 2014.
