<Tr> <Th> Genre (s) </Th> <Td> Survival </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mode (s) </Th> <Td> Single - player </Td> </Tr> <P> The Long Dark is a first - person survival video game developed and published by Hinterland Studio . The player assumes the role of a crash - landed bush pilot who must survive the frigid Canadian wilderness after a global disaster . The game received seed financing from the Canada Media Fund, and further funding was secured through a successful Kickstarter campaign in October 2013 . </P> <P> 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 . Early reviews of the alpha release were generally positive, and the game went on to sell around 750,000 copies by April 2016 . It was officially released on all aforementioned platforms on August 1, 2017, as well as for PlayStation 4 . A film adaptation has been confirmed to be in the works . </P>

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