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The Longing

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Adventure
Publisher: Application Systems Heidelberg
Developer: Studio Seufz
Release Date: March 5, 2020

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'The Longing' Gets Release Date - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 14, 2020 @ 11:55 a.m. PST

The Longing is an unusual adventure / sim / idle game hybrid about loneliness and solitude based on the Kyffhäuser legend.

Deep underground, a tired King must sleep to restore his strength. He asks his servant, a faithful Shade, to wake him when 400 days have passed. Then he closes his eyes, leaving the Shade utterly alone in a vast, dark cave. In The Longing, you are that Shade.

The Longing’s 400 days count down in real time from the moment you start—even when you stop playing and exit the game. Your only required task is to awaken the King once the 400 days have passed. So, you could just wait to see how it ends… Or, you can explore the vast cave and eventually decide: will you stick with the King and build a comfortable life for yourself underground? Or will you make a break for it and escape to the world above?

The Longing has several endings, and not all of them take 400 days to uncover.


Key Features:

  • Slow exploration of a vast, hand-drawn cave.
  • Atmospheric Dungeon Synth soundtrack.
  • Various endings.
  • Lots of well hidden secrets.
  • Time-based puzzles.
  • A lonely but cute protagonist.

The Longing will release on PC/Mac/Linux (Steam and other platforms) for for $14.99 / £12.99 / EUR 14.99, and support English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Russian.



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