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Northern Lights

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App ID 1090800
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher MadGoat Studio
Supported Systems Windows
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 29238107
Last Record Update 28 May 2025 – 14:23:43 UTC ()
Release Date 14 December 2020 – 14:59:53 UTC ()
❓ 64.87%
286 reviews
0
In-Game

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?

Additional Information

Developer MadGoat Studio
metacritic_name Northern Lights
controller_support partial
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher MadGoat Studio
Store Release Date 14 December 2020 – 15:00:03 UTC ()
osarch 64
community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://discord.gg/Wjju5Ae
https://www.facebook.com/northernlightsgame/
https://x.com/NLightsGame
https://www.youtube.com/northernlightsgame/
Primary Genre Simulation (28)
Store Genres Indie (23), Simulation (28), Early Access (70)
Steam Release Date 14 December 2020 – 14:59:53 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 25 June 2022 – 17:11:46 UTC () (1656177106)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine, Discord SDK, cURL SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game's graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on Steam Deck
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  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game does not default to external Bluetooth/USB controllers on SteamOS, and may require manually switching the active controller via the Quick Access Menu
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 29 September 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 9272647
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Content Descriptors General Mature Content (5)
Early Access Release Date 14 December 2020 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 17 May 2019 – 15:13:27 UTC (), in changelist #6264532
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

14 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes
German Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes
Romanian Yes Yes
Spanish - Latin America Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes
Hungarian Yes Yes
Polish Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes

Tags

🌎 Open World Survival Craft 🌲 Survival 🌍 Open World 🗺 Exploration 🌫 Atmospheric 🧱 Sandbox 🔧 Crafting 🖥️ Simulation 🌱 Realistic 🌎 Immersive Sim ☢️ Post-apocalyptic 🚶 Walking Simulator 🙌 First-Person 👤 Singleplayer 🧊 3D 🏹 Hunting ❄️ Snow 🤫 Mystery 🌱 Indie 🕹️ Multiplayer

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Family Sharing Early Access

Hardware Categories

Partial Controller Support

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  • 0 players right now
  • 1 24-hour peak
  • 78 all-time peak 14 December 2020
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Store data

  • 5,361 followers
  • 195 positive reviews
  • 91 negative reviews
  • 68.18% positive reviews

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  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 18,940 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • ❓ Mixed
  • 64.87% SteamDB Rating
  • 195 68.2% positive reviews
  • 91 31.8% negative reviews

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Northern Lights had an all-time peak of 78 concurrent players on 14 December 2020.

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