Long way south

You are crossing a country on foot with almost nothing. THE LONG WAY SOUTH is a fictional first-person psychological survival game about a journey made one careful night at a time.

You do not fight. You listen for footsteps, hold your breath in the dark, wait out patrols, trade what you carry for what you need, and decide whether the person across the table is helping you or selling you. Hunger, fatigue and fear are real pressures. So is the sound of the next room.

What you do

• Move through six places, from village to town to jungle, each with its own people, dangers and rules.
• Hide, crouch, listen and hold your breath to stay unseen. Throw a pebble to pull attention away.
• Talk to dozens of people. What you say, what you owe and what you hide change who helps you.
• Manage warmth, hunger and tiredness. Rest where it is safe, if you can find somewhere safe.
• Reach one of eleven different endings, with your own saved journeys in five slots.

How it feels

• Quiet, slow and tense. Sound matters more than light. Play with headphones.
• Short conversations, long silences, and choices that are hard to take back.
• Some characters are voiced; the rest speak in subtitles.

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