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Northern Lights
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?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
“In my opinion, the game is definitely worth recommending. This is especially true for players who appreciate survival gameplay focused on surviving in harsh conditions. The game has great potential. The mechanics of crafting individual items, the mechanics of hunting and…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Really good since last update.Would definetely recommend on special offer.”
— a player, Steam review · 56 hrs played“This game had so much potential. Its a real shame its been abandoned...SOOOO much you guys could have done to make it one of the best! Sorry I just cant recommend!”
— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
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Latest official news
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Update Notes for Patch 0.17.1
Fixed level design issues at Weather Station location If issues persist or new issues occur, please let us know in the Report A Bug forum section!
Update Notes for Patch 0.17
Fixed issues with nature sometimes no longer rendering after travelling far distances Fixed main menu not working correctly on first launch if steam language is set to other language than english Fixe
Update Notes for Patch 0.16.1
This patch fixes UI being unresponsive in some areas after the latest update. If issues persist or new issues occur, please let us know in the Report A Bug forum section!
Update 0.16 Released!
This update aims at bringing to Northern Lights some of the upgraded backend systems that we've been working on for the past months for our next project, as well as to upgrade the game to a newer engi
Update 0.15 Released!
This update aims at improving some of the basic items mechanics of Northern Lights as well as fixing some core issues. As we continue to develop Northern Lights, our goal is to address all the mechani
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World · Exploration · Atmospheric · Sandbox · Crafting · Simulation · Realistic · Immersive Sim · Post-apocalyptic (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Romanian, Spanish - Latin America, Italian, Hungarian, Polish, Korean * |
| Achievements | 24 |
| Official site | https://northernlightsgame.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64bit or better Processor: Intel Core i3 4170 / AMD FX 6300 or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 660 / AMD R9 270 or better DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 10 GB available space Additional Notes: Installing the game on SSD is highly recommended