Near Death is an adventure developed by Orthogonal Games, released 2 August 2016 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Near Death is
Near Death is an adventure game developed by Orthogonal Games and released in 2016. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
During an emergency winter flight your plane crashes near an abandoned Antarctic research facility in the midst of a deadly blizzard. Cut off from civilization and with no hope of rescue, you must explore Sutro Station and scavenge for the means of escape while enduring blinding whiteouts and temperatures 100 degrees below zero.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 18 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Near Death holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 3 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 2.00 GHz or AMD equivalent (64-bit processor required), 4 GB RAM and Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 with 1GB memory (or AMD equivalent). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it launched against
Near Death launched on 2 August 2016, within three weeks of No Man's Sky, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Abzu and Overcooked!. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: No Man's Sky, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Abzu, Overcooked!.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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