In my quest to find something to scratch an itch similar to my experience with the survival game The Forest, the newly released Fade to Silence popped up on my radar. Instead of a vast island with climes from tropical to northern tundra, you play as Ash, a survivor of some world-ending disaster who must brave the permanent winter blanketing the new landscape. What starts as small excursions into the unknown for food and fuel soon become full out expeditions in search of survivors, resources, and hoping to cleanse the world of the evil consuming it.

Dine and Dash
Ash and his daughter Allie have found a relatively sheltered nook in which they?ve built a small outpost to call home. The strange crystals jutting out from the earth around them provide some protection from the horrific monsters wandering outside. Food and wood is scarce. Armed with nothing but a torch (initially), you?ll take Ash out as far as you feel safe in search of roots, scrap, and firewood. Basic tools can be fashioned by sitting down at your lit campfire, things like axes to fell healthy trees and bows to hunt for fresh meat. A new tool means venturing out just a bit further next time, better equipped to slaughter the things lurking in the snow. An important yet unsettling tool you have from the very beginning is your Inner Vision. Triggering this mode allows Ash to see what resources are nearby. It also allows him to spot stash boxes and shelter locations, all good things to have a finger on when you s...