10 Best Games Set in Antarctica: Experience the Icy Wilderness

by Fernando Diaz / Articles, Lists / 11 Oct 2024

Antarctica is a no-man’s-land, frozen and inhospitable, at the edge of the Earth; the cold feels like an oncoming truck, and survival definitely is not a funny thing. It is that kind of place that makes one go back in life and review all the choices taken thus far—all that snow and ice, with sometimes mysterious happenings right beneath it. Legendary explorer Admiral Byrd, who tackled this wild landscape, truly stirred the imagination by uncovering secrets about what could lie hidden in the most remote corner of the planet.

But Antarctica has also inspired gaming. One can keep one’s butt freezing in Antarctica 88 or try to dodge some creepy monsters lurking in the darkness, for example. Other examples include diving into the icy-cold depths with Subnautica: Below Zero, where the underwater adventure is just as chilling as the frozen landscape mentioned above, or—when team efforts are more appealing—We Were Here Together lets you and a friend overcome brain-bending puzzles while braving this hostile environment.

If you’re up for braving the cold and taking on whatever Antarctica throws at you, take a look at these 10 games you have to play that are set in the world’s coldest and most remote continent. Get your equipment ready, put on your warmest clothes, and prepare for an incredible journey through the icy south—you’re in for quite an adventure!

List of Games

Check out these awesome games in the video above. (Click on the game titles to go to their Steam pages and learn more.)

Antarctica 88

The Thing Remastered

Subnautica Below Zero

South of the Circle

Near Death

We Were Here Together

Fernando Diaz

Fernando is doing what he always did, sharing his honest opinions about games whenever he can. The difference is now he is writing and not talking about it.
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