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The Longing (2020)

Studio Seufz

Android · Linux · Mac · Nintendo Switch · PC (Microsoft Windows)

3.51 from 61 ratings

334 members have it in their collection · 24 playing now · 120 backlogged · 77 wish listed

How long? · with extras 9600h · 100% 102h (from 3 logged playthroughs)

In utter loneliness, miles below the surface, it is your task to... wait. For 400 days... in real-time.
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Details

Developers
Studio Seufz
Publishers
Application Systems Heidelberg, SmashGames
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator
Themes
Fantasy
Steam
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Release dates

  • Mar 05, 2020 (Worldwide) Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Apr 14, 2021 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
  • Nov 29, 2023 (Worldwide) Android

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Favourites of 2020 by BMO · 22 games · 0

Rating distribution

5 stars
16
4 stars
15
3 stars
18
2 stars
8
1 star
4
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Community All Reviews Statuses

maeday

Status maeday Jul 24, 2021

Since I did a major personal dump, here's something gaming related. The Longing is quite literally my life. Stuck underground, passing the time reading, with no future in sight. A beautiful piece of melancholic art that seems to understand loneliness and sadness in a way very little else ever has.

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donnyblot

Status donnyblot Apr 14, 2021

Well, I’ll let you know how the game is after 400 days lol. But for real, I’m truly curious how this game is. Especially learning the art of patience when my mind is going 100mph. Truly believe this might be a cathartic experience for me.

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Olink

Status Olink Jan 9, 2021

Gonna tell y'all what I think of this in 400 days. I wonder where and who I'll be by then. Hopefully less lonely.

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Torgo

Status Torgo Aug 20, 2020

I think The Longing still stands as my Game-Of-The-Year for 2020.

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I don't think anything else will be able to knock it off the top spot. I'm revisiting it now for a second playthrough and it's just as strange and beautiful as I remember.

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cruise332

Status cruise332 Jun 8, 2020

Tried The Longing last night. Wait 400 days, you say? Lots of time for reading, you say? I'm longing for this game to make me stop longing, am I rite?

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Begbie

Status Begbie Apr 4, 2020

Studio Seufs, the developer of the Longing, is a studio from South germany. The Longing is based on the old famous tale of King Barbarossa (outside of Germany he is mostly called Friedrich I). Barbarossa united the holy german-roman Empire 1155 A.D and conquered the holy Land for a short period. After Barbarossas Death (he drowned in a small stream, …

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Studio Seufs, the developer of the Longing, is a studio from South germany. The Longing is based on the old famous tale of King Barbarossa (outside of Germany he is mostly called Friedrich I). Barbarossa united the holy german-roman Empire 1155 A.D and conquered the holy Land for a short period. After Barbarossas Death (he drowned in a small stream, trying to drink water in his full armor) it was said, that he will return someday, when he is needed. Likewise the little goblin is waiting and waiting for his king to return someday.....

waiting Barbarossa-Statue in the Harz-Mountains in Middle-Germany

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BMO

Status BMO Mar 13, 2020

So, was everyone really smart and started drawing a map of the caves from the get go? Because I didn't and I now realize I should have.

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Torgo

Status Torgo Mar 9, 2020

I'm waiting four weeks for this hole to slowly fill with water from a slow dripping from above. Now that's some epic gameplay right there.

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Torgo

Status Torgo Mar 6, 2020

This is looking like game of the year material. A really atmospheric, peculiar and fascinating experience so far.

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