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As a researcher on Longvinter Island, gather and trade resources, build a camp, craft gear, and choose cooperation or PvP.
Released 21 Feb 2025
Fish for Island Income
Trade Through Player Shops
Build a Research Camp
Fish, farm, craft, gather, cook, loot or steal from other players and build a campsite or a village with your friends in an open-world multiplayer sandbox game without rules!
Developed by Uuvana Studios · Published by Uuvana Studios
You arrive on Longvinter Island as a researcher tasked with studying its nature and uncovering what lies behind its hidden locations. Starting from a research camp, you can explore the island alone or alongside other players.
Gather resources by fishing, farming, hunting, mining, and exploring, then cook food, craft equipment, and sell what you find. Players can trade through shops and vending machines, or compete with others for valuable areas and supplies.
Build and expand a campsite, store valuables, and develop your research base along eight specialization paths. You can explore by boat or mount, take on hostile mercenaries in bunkers and other sites, and choose between cooperation, PvE, and player-versus-player play.
Some supplied reviews praise Longvinter’s blend of relaxed activities and survival competition, enjoying the freedom to fish, farm, cook, build, or pursue combat. Players also describe its cozy visual style and memorable social moments, especially when playing with friends or meeting helpful neighbors. These positive experiences coexist with frequent complaints about the game’s technical and multiplayer problems.
You have been assigned to travel to Longvinter Island to research everything that makes the island special and uncover what other organizations have desperately tried to hide.
You begin your expedition at one of many research camps around the island. Buy yourself tools, sell the resources you gather, and invest in new and more advanced equipment to compete against fellow researchers. Team up, fight, or betray your neighbours as you battle over valuable resources, and establish trade networks to secure what you need next.
Hand-crafted open-world - explore, learn and take advantage of the surrounding nature. Learn the best fishing and berry spots and build your camp near them to maximize your income
PVP - You're not the only one trying to succeed on the island. Make alliances, defend and conquer new areas you find valuable
PVE - Face off against hostile mercenaries and uncover their secrets hidden in bunkers, cave bases, and massive oil rigs
Building - Build anywhere you want with anyone you want. Pick a spot for your tent, get yourself a campfire going, and start expanding. Store all your valuables inside the tent, which only you can access. Upgrade your research base along 8 different specialization paths to match your playstyle
Crafting - Instantly combine items at a workbench to create new gear from over 500 unique items in the game. Customize your weapons with attachments and paint your furniture to create your perfect base
Farming - Grow food for yourself or sell it to make money
Cooking - Experiment with countless ingredient combinations and spices to create unique dishes. Master the art of cuisine and become the island's top chef
Sandbox - Do whatever you want, wherever you want, with whoever you want. There are no rules or tasks. Make the game what you want it to be
Trading - Sell your knowledge and rare items to other players, set up your own shop to specialize in unique goods, or make steady income from camp vendors
Travel - Navigate between islands using your own boat or hunt local wildlife to acquire mounts for exploring different regions
Dedicated Server tools
Free content updates
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 50 |
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| Players | 1–100 |
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| Multiplayer | Longvinter is an online multiplayer open-world sandbox with both PvP and co-op play. It supports official and player-hosted dedicated servers, with PvP, PvE, peaceful, and hardcore server rulesets mentioned. Players can team up, build together, trade, raid, chat, and fight other players across shared servers. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Reviews state that mods already exist, but the provided information does not describe specific multiplayer effects. The game also supports custom/private servers and configurable server settings, including disabling PvP. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
