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After a crash strands you at an Antarctic research station, manage heat, navigate blizzards and gather supplies to escape.
Released 02 Aug 2016
Navigate Polar Whiteouts
Mark Routes With Lights
Warm Rooms With Repairs
Stranded at an abandoned Antarctic research base with no hope of rescue, you must battle a deadly blizzard in a desperate fight to find your way home.
Developed by Orthogonal Games · Published by Orthogonal Games









You play a plane-crash survivor stranded at Sutro Station, an abandoned Antarctic research base. With the storm worsening and rescue out of reach, you must find a way to get home.
Explore the station and the exposed paths between its buildings, following objectives and searching for supplies. Blizzards, darkness and dangerous cold make each trip outside a risk.
Manage your body heat with a personal heater and create safer indoor spaces by making repairs. Craft useful equipment, follow discovered blueprints for upgrades and prepare for the journey to escape.
Players who enjoy Near Death often praise its lonely Antarctic atmosphere and the way its blizzards and cold make travel feel tense. Reviews also appreciate its focused, short survival story and straightforward heat-management systems. Some players instead find the repeated heater upkeep, brief length or movement frustrating.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Steam Deck | Verified |
| Achievements | 18 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 70/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |