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role-playing video game
Fade to Silence
By Black Forest Games, released 1 Jan 2019
- Microsoft Windows
What it is
Fade to Silence is a survival adventure from Black Forest Games, set in a post-apocalyptic world locked in winter. Players take the role of Ash, a leader gathering resources and building a refuge while facing freezing conditions, blizzards, and hostile creatures. Scavenging for materials requires expeditions across a frozen landscape, and even routine needs such as equipment upgrades can mean venturing out into the cold.
Survival also depends on bringing followers into the refuge. Their individual skills and traits unlock access to better resources and gear; without them, players are limited to basic supplies and makeshift tools and weapons. The game combines character-driven group survival with a dynamic winter climate. It supports single-player and co-op, including online co-op. Fade to Silence released for Windows on April 30, 2019, and is listed as an RPG. Its Steam age rating is 17.
What players like, and what they don't
- Single-player and online co-op modes
- Followers unlock higher-tier resources and gear
- Dynamic winter weather shapes survival
- Available on Windows only
- Steam age rating is 17
Who it suits
It suits players looking for a winter survival adventure built around scavenging, refuge-building, and recruiting followers. It also offers co-op for players who want to take on the survival challenge together.
Fade to Silence makes the winter setting part of the survival challenge, from resource expeditions to dangerous blizzards. Followers are central to progression, so building a refuge also means bringing useful people into it.
