Arctic Anxiety

Arctic Anxiety is a survival simulator set in the Arctic Ocean. You play as a cargo-plane pilot whose aircraft is caught in a storm and makes a hard landing on the water. After several hours at sea, you reach a small group of islands in a life raft. To survive, you search for cargo washed ashore or floating in the water and build a reliable raft.

Survival in the Arctic

Your character’s health, cold, thirst, wetness, hunger, stamina, oxygen, carried weight and sleep affect one another. The weather brings cold, rain and strong winds, with temperatures dropping further at night. Wind strength also affects how quickly you cool down, and bad weather is best waited out in shelter.

Cold is the main danger. Gather fuel for the fire, and avoid rain and falling into the water: getting wet causes rapid cooling that can lead to death. Nearly all items you find can also be used as fire fuel.

Build and explore

Build rafts to explore the islands, and construct shelters and bases to protect yourself from the harsh weather. You can craft survival items from things you find. Search the shore and the water for supplies, which mostly come in boxes.

Hunt and recover

Hunt and cook food over a fire to avoid starvation, but remember that you are also being hunted. You must also sleep periodically, either by a fire, in a life raft or in another shelter. Sleep restores your maximum stamina, but all your other characteristics continue to decline while you sleep.

If your sleep indicator reaches its minimum, your character loses consciousness and cannot wake until sleep is restored. Losing consciousness with low health results in death.