We launched THE LONG DARK on Steam Early Access on September 22nd, 2014. Since then, we have updated the game over 150 times. Until now, everything but the most current update has been unavailable to our community.

We created the TIME CAPSULE to let you step back in history and play every major update since our launch. Think of it as a playable retrospective of how the game has evolved over the years -- based on developer vision tempered by player feedback.

We have created a forum on the official Hinterland forums for players of THE LONG DARK to discuss playing these TIME CAPSULE builds and sharing their experiences in the earlier versions of the game.

The TIME CAPSULE builds are all unsupported, meaning that we no longer are providing fixes or updates for them.

Please do not submit queries to our Support team for anything but the MOST RECENT (Current) update. We have taken steps to protect your Save Files but please ensure you follow the TIME CAPSULE instructions carefully.

To access the TIME CAPSULE builds and for more details on the individual builds offered please visit the TIME CAPSULE page on THE LONG DARK's official website.

NOTE: TIME CAPSULE only works on STEAM. It's the only platform that currently offers us the tools we need to provide this playable archive.