You see there's this little thing about The Long Dark that I feel you should be aware of before jumping in.

My first steps into this gaming world, well, it was anything but love. I was enthralled with the concept of The Long Dark, and I so wanted to love this game. When I heard the game was coming to Switch, I was champing at the bit to finally get to play a game that had practically become a personal unicorn. I did finally buy it last year on one of the annual sales, but still haven't found the time to fit it into my gaming schedule as I so rarely get in front of the screen of my PC for anything other than work. So many times I had nearly pulled the trigger and purchased it only for my better judgement to take hold, take a look at my long list of unplayed games not in 'Early Access,' and take my finger off the mouse button hovering over the Add to Cart button. I remember first finding out about it in early access long before its initial full release on Steam in 2017.

The Long Dark is a game I've been wanting to play for probably five years.

On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.

The long dark mountain town map