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Dec 14, 2020·63% positive·
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Northern Lights is an open world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the arctic tundra. Clinging to life, you must use real-life survival techniques to gather resources, craft, and hunt while tending to your health and sanity. Can you survive your way out of the mysterious island?
Best games like Northern Lights
The best games like Northern Lights are The Long Dark, Winter Survival, Arctic Anxiety, Sons Of The Forest, and Under A New Sun. GAMESLIKE ranks these alternatives using shared gameplay metadata, Steam review sentiment, and similarity signals. Evidence includes 63% positive across 227 Steam reviews, Steam genre and tag overlap across Indie, Simulation, Early Access, platform support for Windows, and $3.59 pricing signal.
- The Long Dark - The Long Dark is closely similar to Northern Lights because both are Indie and Simulation games, and share gameplay elements like Open World Survival Craft, Survival, and fit the same survival/crafting and systems/automation/colony intent.
- Winter Survival - Winter Survival is closely similar to Northern Lights because both are Indie and Simulation games, and share gameplay elements like Open World Survival Craft, Survival, and fit the same survival/crafting and systems/automation/colony intent.
- Arctic Anxiety - Arctic Anxiety is closely similar to Northern Lights because both are Indie and Simulation and Early Access games, and share gameplay elements like Open World Survival Craft, and fit the same survival/crafting and systems/automation/colony intent.
- Sons Of The Forest - Sons Of The Forest is closely similar to Northern Lights because both are Indie and Simulation games, and share gameplay elements like Survival, Open World, and fit the same survival/crafting and systems/automation/colony intent.
- Under A New Sun - Under A New Sun is closely similar to Northern Lights because both are Indie and Simulation and Early Access games, and share gameplay elements like Open World Survival Craft, and fit the same survival/crafting and systems/automation/colony intent.
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You find yourself helpless in front of the unforgiving Siberian wilderness without any food or equipment. In an attempt to find a way out of the island, you are forced to embark on a dangerous journey that will test your survival capabilities beyond your imagination. There is no manual to show you how to survive. Your success depends on getting out there and using all your abilities to master necessary wilderness survival skills.
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Survival Mode: Survival is your only goal, and death is your biggest impediment. Will you live to fight another day?
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Choices & Outcomes: Keeping your stats under control is crucial. Not keeping your Hunger, Hydration, Body Temperature and Energy in balance can have repercussions on your in-game Sanity.
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Only the strongest can survive: In Northern Lights you will find a wide range of activities you can do. Be ready to hunt, fish, scavenge for food and gear items, start fires, craft items, and most importantly, endure the harsh environment with its predators and the variety of possibly deadly afflictions you could contract.
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Be the hunter or become hunted: Diverse wildlife, ranging from ferocious predators such as Bears and Wolves to non-threatening animals such as Reindeer, Moose, Foxes, Boars and Hares.
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A broad and animated world: A beautiful yet frightening island that contains a delicate balance between pure nature and an abandoned world composed of a variety of locations.
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Pick your challenge: You can choose between four difficulty scenarios, made for every kind of player, from beginners who want to explore the world in peace to skilled survivors who wish to experience a hardcore challenge.
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