

Skyrim doesn’t really need an introduction. Looking at the massive mountains available, your family will appreciate that this is just a winter video game and not the real thing for more reasons than one. The snowy world you’ll be pulling tricks over is topographically accurate, so it’ll save you a lot on plane tickets and lodging to see it in real life.

SSX is a series of skiing/snowboarding games that let you race down huge, powdery slopes with tons of peaks and drops in different modes (race, trick, and survive). Take to the slopes in ways that would make your mother faint on the spot. Make sure to always keep an eye out for containers that you need to keep your thermal suit from turning into a popsicle.Īs a winter video game centered around surviving in inhospitable surroundings, this is a good game for anyone who’s a glutton for punishment. Enjoy the frigid scenery as you go out into raging snowstorms to complete missions. Take an alien planet and give it an ice age and you have the backdrop of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. Remember to button up before your wintery steampunk workday starts! Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Gather resources to power generators and other machines and decide carefully what kind of edicts will govern the people you’re trying to keep from freezing to death. Okay, so maybe it’s not exactly a dream job after all. The terrible cold and ice, as well as your choices can have major consequences in a world where you are simply trying to survive. Those Northern Lights though… Frostpunkįulfill your dream of becoming the ruler of a city, even if it’s the last city on Earth. Freezing temperatures, snowstorms, and fragile ice are just a few of the things waiting to send you to an early grave before you get the chance to rub two sticks together and try to dethaw. Explore a frozen, post-apocalyptic wilderness in The Long Dark, an open-world survival game with crafting and permadeath. 26 winter-themed video games The Long Dark
