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  • Summary: You have been assigned to travel to Longvinter Island to research everything that makes the island special.

    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
    You have been assigned to travel to Longvinter Island to research everything that makes the island special.

    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.

    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!
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  1. Mar 22, 2025
    66
    Longvinter strikes a delicate balance between relaxation and unpredictability. At its best, it offers a charming, open-ended survival experience where players can shape their own journey—whether that’s peacefully fishing by the shore, running a small trading outpost, or risking it all for high-value loot in contested bunkers. However, this freedom comes with its frustrations. While the game's cozy aesthetic and sandbox mechanics are inviting, its grind-heavy progression, energy restrictions, and PvP balance issues can disrupt the experience. Those looking for a laid-back multiplayer survival game will find enjoyment, especially in PvE servers, but players seeking deep progression or fair competitive play may leave disappointed.
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  1. Apr 23, 2022
    7
    A buggy early game beta with potential. I have been spending a shocking amount of time in this game, I find the game to be a lot of fun butA buggy early game beta with potential. I have been spending a shocking amount of time in this game, I find the game to be a lot of fun but not without some faults that I feel like can and likely will be addressed with patches.

    The bugs are not game breaking but a mild annoyance when they occur, the worst offender being when you chop a tree down and the wood lands anywhere on or near a bush, it can make it impossible to pick that wood up.

    The core concept of this game is a lot like rust, but the repetitive cycle of looting, building, selling etc etc gets a bit stale with such a small island and a small variety of areas to explore. At times I would spend hours just looting an area, selling new found loot and returning to the same area to rinse and repeat.

    Servers are going to wiped soon meaning I am going to lose all my progress, while I understand and kind of like that I am being forced to restart, it would have been nice to have at least one server that does not reset.

    Overall a very fun experience, well worth the $16 or $17 (I already forgot what I paid, less that $20 for sure)
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