Survival sandbox The Long Dark is coming to Steam Early Access on September 22.

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The news was announced by creator and Hinterland Studio director Raphael van Lierop on Twitter . The Early Access edition is a free-form, non-narrative mode that will test to see how long the player can list in the wild.It costs $20 USD from The Long Dark's official site , and includes access to the full game - which also includes an episodic, narrative-driven Story Mode - upon release.The Long Dark boasts a star-studded cast, which includes the likes of Solid Snake actor David Hayter as well as the voices of Mass Effect's two Sheperds: Jennifer Hale and Mark Meer . It started as a Kickstarter project that eventually attracted over $256,000. We found The Long Dark to be a compelling, atmospheric game in our preview

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