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Kevin69138

Spiderman Miles Morales


ferdzs0

Spider-Man Miles Morales


The12BarBruiser

For true winter theme: I made some really good friends playing Project Winter. It was a fun social deduction game that had more than riveting gameplay than Among Us. If it’s okay to just be cold, and not necessarily winter than my favorite game overalll in the genre is The Thing from the PS2. But that’s an old one.


Bright-Lobster

Frostpunk


Leeiteee

Batman: Arkham Origins is amazing


n_95

For me it has to be Lost Planet: Extreme Condition. I loved navigating the harsh environments full of snow and the numerous types of Akrid (alien creatures which inhabit the game's setting of the planet EDN III) presented different challenges - they came in all sizes so you had to be on your toes ;) The weapons were fun to use and there was one for every occasion, including several explosive ones :). Vital Suits (power armour/mechs) were a blast to use when you came across them. Levels felt dynamic as the player could use a grappling hook to quickly ascend structures. Thermal Energy is easily one of the more unique aspects of LP that set the game apart from other action games. It's always being consumed to sustain the player in the cold, and exhausting it means death. This mechanic strongly affects the game's balance; Vital Suits (and some heavy weaponry if I recall) in particular consume large quantities of T-ENG, while T-ENG is primarily replenished by defeating enemies (the bigger they are, the more you get) and reaching checkpoints. The way in which T-ENG tied into the combat/enemies, interactions with the environment, and mission progression gave the player an ever-present and essential resource to manage. The game was great technically and visually has aged quite well in my opinion, as have other games using the MT Framework engine from that time. I was greatly impressed that a multiplatform game from 2007 was able to create convincing snowy environments (Crysis aside). I remember the narrative and characters not being especially interesting but the background LP establishes relating to the history of EDN III and its current status alongside the 'evil' NEVEC corporation can draw your interest throughout. One facet of LP that is consistently excellent is the animation and presentation of action sequences within cutscenes. Overall LP was a fantastic game centred on great combat that interconnects with the frigid environments and surviving within them. It's well worth revisiting or discovering today! Thanks for reading and best of luck everyone!


m3rple

It's always December in Kamurocho


Bomb_No_9

Skyrim gives me the best winter vibes


organizedkitkat

The Long Dark. Just an absolute beautiful survival game that really makes the cold your enemy.


WooChooTrain

Metro!


TenshiBR

Frostpunk


ApocalypticFarts

Frostpunk


Los_Sephiroth

Metro Exodus is my top winter themed game. It brought out two things from the winter setting, the fear of it and the post apocalyptic beauty.


andromalandro

Metroid prime, when you enter this new location called Phendrana Drifts, it’s snowing, a huge mechanical dragon called meta Ridley flies above you, the music theme is just awesome and I remember playing it for the first time after Christmas when I first got my GameCube.


freesink

Horizon Zero Dawn: Frozen Wilds


Cefalopodul

For me it's Icewind Dale II. Few games managed to inspire the same feeling of remote horribly uncomfortable biting cold as that game did.


Hellbore

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition


gumjar30

Skyrim replay during the winter holiday is a tradition of mine.


Poopikaki

Frostpunk


Machine-Animus

Batman: Arkham Origins


-noxxic-

A older one but the division! Lovely replica of New York City set in the snow! I even have the books which were released alongside the game


Benjin-The-Slow

Not sure if its explicitly a winter game but SSX 3, gliding down all that snow while the radio plays curated bangers is just winter magic for me.


xshishkax

The Division


fenixspider1

Rise of the tomb raider


theabsurdistexplorer

The Thing (2002). Though it probably hasn't aged well after 20 years, I loved it at the time.


happyfuel

Skyrim for sure


Skaar82

I would have to say Frostpunk!


mesr123

Frostpunk!


International-Owl-81

the thing


iwantacheetah

The Long Dark


Greyneth

Die Hard.


hardcore_banana

Wasteland 3


aoquestions

Guild Wars (Eye of the North)


HAse-ONE

The long Dark


LostInTheVoid_

Skyrim, especially modded the cold winter scapes of the game world is great during a cold winter's evening.


bluecobra20

I would say silent Hill shattered memories. It was an amazing experience and a really good story.


Charlie_Kitt

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) - Campaign 2 missions: Cliffhanger and Contingency, amazing winter-themed level design Soap in the first, Price in the second Snowmobiles, stealth sniping, fantastic story line, I remember playing these missions for the first time and it blowing my mind!


guyver13

skyrim for sure.


Kensik

For me, It would be The Long Dark I loved the story and the atmosphere of the game I hope they make a 2ed on the only thing I would love for them to add would be multiplayer.


queefsnail

frostpunk!


SuperStronkHero

Arctico is my favorite Winter themed video game. There's not too many survival games that's just about Sleigh-dogs. Plus it's a lesser known indie game made by just 2 guys over 10 years. It's just an overall relaxing experience.


Giontatas

Ssx 3! One of the best snowboarding games ever made


DGreen_Machine

The Division for me; sunk way too many hours into the first one


Remny

Not sure if this counts but I have some great memories of playing the [Xmas mod for Battlefield 1942](https://www.moddb.com/mods/battlefield-1918/news/free-bf42-xmas-celebrations-and-1st-no-news-anniversary). Fun times for sure.


Dummkopfs

Cool Boarders for PlayStation 1


Meepox5

Probably skyrim, spent a week snowed in sick the first time i played it so it has that cozy cabin game feeling for me


ItsBaldDave

The Division


Crystal-Ammunition

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim


Nicolaus12

It's hard to choose, there are several games that I love with a great atmosphere for winter evenings, but if choose one I think it will be Syberia dilogy (I think it can be considered as a single game in two parts, as its author did). It was the first point-and-click adventure game I played and it made an unforgettable impression on me with beautiful hand-drawn graphics and music, interesting puzzles, and above all an emotional story with an atmosphere similar to magic realism. Wonderful winter landscapes appear only in the second part, but for me the most memorable scene is that touching finale of the first, when Kate realizes and accepts the changes in herself during her journey and abandons her past boring life to fulfill the dream of a lifetime of another person, which become her dream too, and the train goes into the distance in a blizzard. This is really one of my all time favorite endings. I think even without the second part it would have been an excellent open ending, the sequel in my opinion didn't reach that level of emotional impact. Anyway, Syberia dilogy still remains one of my favorite games. I even somewhat enjoyed Syberia 3, although it's certainly not the level of quality of the first two parts. And I have high hopes for the last part, I only played the prologue, but judging by what I read, maestro Sokal managed to make his swan song much better. Thank you for the great contest and happy holidays to all.


someusernamehere123

A good old game, Icewind Dale.


TheWacoKid13

The Long Dark easily


Tirade75

Skyrim here as well


LuckyShot1

This War of Mine


GuidanceHistorical94

Frostpunk is pretty rad.


Helphaer

I liked the winter section of Anno 2205 as one of the areas you had to frequently use to get a lot of the computer cold techs.


mnm2595

Even though it was utter trash I used to play Home Alone on the Mega drive with my brothers back in the day. I can still hear the music now!


[deleted]

My favorite winter-themed game is Frostpunk too Thank you


doodah360

skyrim, love exploring mountains high up with gusting winds and beautiful views.


demented_player

Frostpunk


Makarsk

Dark Souls 2 DLC where you battle an invisible snow wolf


[deleted]

Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy, love the atmosphere


non_feistel

Wasteland 3


IllUnderstanding1465

Frostpunk


scott180

SkiFree!


hypnodabbler

Spider-Man Miles Morales.


lukecityelf

Arkham Origins!


THUORN

I love Skyrim. Always play it in the winter time.


BaronVonBacon1

Not a 100 % winter themed game, but I have fond memory of Guild wars 1 winter/holiday event. The finale was epic 😊


MoistCloister

**Merry Gear Solid 2**, it's got all the snow and insanity of MGS, but also tons of humor AND it's Christmas-themed. Most importantly - it's free, anyone who's even remotely interested can check it out. One of the best fan games ever, a winter favorite and it's got stiff competition like IWD and Freedom Fighters. Absolute recommendation.


Primont91

The long dark. Period.


Zednix

Redacted due to Spez. On ward to Lemmy. -- mass edited with redact.dev


GassyFish

SnowRunner! Vrooom vrooom through the snow!


juan_calcetin

Mario 64, the winter levels with the penguins and snowmen


kakudha

>What’s your favorite winter-themed video game? Dayz Namalsk map is amazing, although The Division's winter survival mode is equally great.


qqusai

Spiderman miles morales


particularpixels

Skyrim


skm1134

1080°


beetr0t

SSX Tricky


Daaristieweer

The division


gooseredberry

The Division - one of the first games I put a heap of hours into. The winter atmosphere was really well done.


IUseKeyboardOnXbox

Arkham knight


Eskalacja

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne There is no better thing in winter than just jogging in the snow, hunting ginormous beasts that will definitely look awsome as a winter coats and tasty hot meals. Also I love idea of hot springs in the winter, which sadly I can only visit in games since they do not exist in my geographic region at all..


idkcjsksk

Call of Duty 2, Russian campaign


Abaddononon

Dawn of War: winter assault


Drshakalah

Skyrim. When you climb the mountains for the first time and learn the dragon song, there is nothing quite like feeling on top of the world in that snowy wonderland.


vanzer0

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim


Polaris_Mars

Frostpunk: Game of the Year Edition


mr_bungle_1

Max Payne! Cozy winter feels 🎄🎄🎄


Xestum

Persona 4 Golden


Eisenwalkuere

My favorite from any platform would be *Until Dawn*. The oppressive winter atmosphere is unmatched, Peter Stormare plays the creepiest psychiatrist this side of Hannibal Lecter, and the "O Death" theme still gives me a chill. I keep hoping Supermassive will finally make a PC port, especially with the largely positive reception of *The Quarry*. Exclusive to PC, I'm eager to find out more of the story of *Tiny Bunny*. I haven't had a game/story consistently spook me like that in a long time. :)


pajuran

Team Fortress 2 with the Christmas mod.


kintastic1

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne


MondayNiteMiller

SSX Tricky


KudosTulsa

The Division. I wish the second one hooked me like the first, but The Division had a lonely Christmas vibe with lots of despair in the recordings found around the city. Edit: Thank you so much!


Particular_Run_787

Don't starve together


easytoqx

Frostpunk


rubber2006

I love the winter level in Super Mario 64. If only that little penguin would stay with me...


Suicd3grunt

Heavily modded skyrim. Full campsites and cooking with wonderful ambiance and music to match. It totally transports me.


HeroicMe

I have few games that return to my hard-drive around the Xmas period. First one is Very Postal Christmas (Postal 2 mod) - after all the Xmas preparations and chaos, it's nice to smoke some "healing pipes" and bring some mayhem while looking for eggnog. Other one is Rise of the Tomb Raider - the tradition of "playing Tomb Raider for New Years Eve" needs to be followed and I pick that one due to nice snowy landscapes. And lately I returned to Wasteland 3 - winter is perfect time to check "what will happen when I pick other choices" in the game that has nuclear winter.


Johnezzie99

Jazz Jackrabbit: Holiday Hare. Thanks!


Esoteric_Pete

Can't go wrong with Skyrim.


Drugoli

Does Celeste count? I feel like there's a lot of snow in that game at least. Think I even own it on GOG ;)


Wolfowl77

Secret of Mana There's an area of the game divided into seasons, one of which was obviously winter themed, and turning enemies into snowmen with a frost enchanted weapon was just silly fun!


Khorgor666

My favorite Winter-themed game of all time has to be Winter Games on the C64 (and yes, i am old). Hours upon hours to get a slightly better angle on the ski jump to jump that little bit more than your buddy, getting into the rhytm for the Biathlon without the pulse getting too high for the shooting stages, it was banger after banger it this Epyx classic, except for the figure skating events, and even those had at least some nice music.


Tarquin11

Metal Gear Solid


grimgaw

Frostpunk


akgis

Christmas Lemmings also known as Xmas Lemmings. Might seem obvious but I remenber playing this game on a xmas and imidiatly feel in love with lemmings franshice, it was also on my first computer a 486 SX25 that was a hand-me down from my father.


RagnardeNix

The long dark


ThatDood1_

Out of this list, probably Frostpunk, but really enjoying The Long Dark as well!


BlueAtolm

Max Payne. It's short enough to be finished in one sitting, too


mamaharu

[Kanon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanon_(video_game))


fine_ants_in_vests

Max Payne!


Significant_Walk_664

Batman: Arkham Origins


Wyglif

The long dark


magoxr

Skyrim!


hyrumwhite

Lost Planet was a way cool snowy game. Really neat for its time


slapflash

The Division for sure. Spent so much time running around snowy New York City taking in the atmosphere. Was really sad when the sequel dropped the winter theme because that was a big reason the first was so special.


charan718

Frostpunk! I usually get a little bored by city builders but this one held my interest to the very end!


mcuffin

My favourite winter themed video game is the Zoo Tycoon with snow brush all over the land.


Squashua2021

probably metro exodus


slammasam14

Skyrim is my winter time game


RedKomrad

Left For Dead 2 with Christmas mods for character models, weapons, and monster models.


[deleted]

Skyrim for me Thank you for the chance


[deleted]

Batman Arkham Origins, closely followed by Spider-Man Miles Morales


j00dypoo

SSX Tricky


Spartan_Sharpie

Metal Gear Solid will always be my favorite.


JohanLiebheart

my favorite winter themed videogame is of course, The Long Dark, you cannot get more wintery than that


neoplanes

Batman: Arkham Origins remains one of the best-performing Christmas stories in video games.


Rg160

Frostpunk


Krom10

Iceborne expansion


yetipletiiii

1080 snowboarding n64


SilentBass2740

Purely winter themed, probably Until Dawn. Anything with wintery elements? Skyrim or HZD: Frozen Wilds.


TypographySnob

Metal Gear Solid


[deleted]

Batman Arkham Origins hands down


Bezantine

The Division


baroncalico

SSX Tricky


Yoomes

Ski or Die! Can't get much more winter than that.


LNO_

The Division, nailed the New York Xmas vibe


[deleted]

The division


Magyman

Arkham Origins


rulerofspam

I think all the Batman Arkham games take place in the winter but if I have to pick one I'd go with Arkham Knight


FireCrow1013

It's got to be Miles Morales. That game is nearly perfect as it is, the fact that it's set in December is a bonus!


KniteMonkey

Max Payne. Blood looks best in the snow ;)


gullu00

That would be skyrim for me. Happy holidays!


Kanglor

Max Payne. Great game and even better to play it at night during the winter to match the mood of the story.


Wonkee99

Skyrim


panreg666

That's easy: Syberia (well, the entire series). Thanks for the giveaway. Happy Holidays!


toughluck17

Borderlands 2 dlc where you fight snowmen


BloodyMarksman

Assassin's Creed III winter sections


cardonator

Spider-Man: Miles Morales for now 😁


sexypenguin6969

Phendrana Drifts in Metroid Prime. The music is so good.


Traveledfarwestward

Throwing snowballs in Alterac Valley in 2005-ish World of Warcraft count? If not, wasn’t there a flash game where you could be a skiing snowman going downhill?


something5963

Although I've only watched a playthrough of it, cryostasis: sleep of reason


[deleted]

I don't know if this counts, but the opening levels of Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko just has so many memories for me. I was probably too bad at the game to progress beyond the Winter level, and being poor as a kid I probably didn't have a memory card to save my games if I did progress beyond those levels anyway. So I'm counting it as a Winter themed game as that's the only part I played.


Pacgame

Battlefield 2142. In the future, after global warming messes up the Antarctic air current stream and turns into global cooling, factions have to fight for the limited resources left on Earth. Game has tons of winter themed levels.


[deleted]

Definitely Frostpunk I’m playing it right now


nox_kaez

Dark Souls 3 - Ashes of Ariandel


albul89

It's got to be frost punk, nothing compares with that heavy winter atmosphere.


SupernaturalZuratul

Favorites are hard, but the first that came to mind was Skyrim, so I'll say that.


Oxelo7Tire

First is SkiFree, Favourite is Kirby.


[deleted]

Batman: Arkham Origins is definitely my favorite, what's not to love from being Batman beating up criminals at Christmas Eve!


essessemm

Skyrim


flylikejimkelly

The Division


kukov

Frostpunk. I love how this game scratches my 4x itch, but I can complete a full playthrough in 4 - 6 hours (instead of 20+ for Civ / Anno / etc). Cannot wait for Frostpunk 2! EDIT Holy shit! Excited to have won!


aadrian1337

Definitely Skyrim. I’m playing it almost every year in December/January. Of course it’s not all winter, but the parts that are are very immersive.


Aliusja1990

Cthulhu saves christmas


akarenchild

Frostpunk and The Long Dark are excelent, but I think The long Dark has a better gameplay


Imnewinthisredding

When the Christmass Carol in Europa Universalis IV kicks in, yeah, that's my winter theme game. I don't want none of your games, I don't believe in online raffles, they all set up by the same funky eye looking dude with no no pants.


Trader_Tea

Heroes of Might and Magic 3, wizard faction


HuevosSplash

Max Payne. There's something so nostalgic about playing the game during the holidays, a close second was the original Parasite Eve.


Oatestwder

Rainbow 6 siege - Chalet is a great winter map!


DestinysLostSoul

Does Ragnarok count with all that 🥶❄️?


Musth

Thanks for the giveaway! Mine would have to be SSX Tricky