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Play Overview
Project Winter (2019) is a multiplayer survival game. Up to 8 people work to survive the winter by gathering resources, repairing structures, and braving the wilderness dangers together. However, up to two people are traitors within the group and try to dash your chances of getting out alive.
The players trying to survive have objectives to complete and call in one of several rescue vehicles. To do this you need to break rocks, harvest berries and herbs, and cut down trees to earn crafting materials used to repair objectives and help keep you alive. You can find additional help in crates.
The traitor saboteur players try and stop the survivors escaping, without being identified or killed. Fellow traitors are revealed at the start. You can use crates and secret hatches to gain advantage of equipment or to quickly travel to different locations. You can spend points on special abilities, and use traps, poison and other tools to kill or hinder the survivors. Of course, you need to be careful when doing this so as to blend in with them.
Survivors cannot escape unless they work together. You can communicate with others who are nearby with voice chat as well as private voice chat radio channels, text chat and emotes. You can customise the game with rules and different modes. Add some flair to your character with cosmetics that can be bought with our in-game currency earned after each match.
This is best experienced when played with a group of friends, rather than random online people. In this way, it offers a great way to develop strategies. It's currently on PC but Project Winter Xbox and PlayStation versions are planned.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Project Winter 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 7 months ago.
The players trying to survive have objectives to complete and call in one of several rescue vehicles. To do this you need to break rocks, harvest berries and herbs, and cut down trees to earn crafting materials used to repair objectives and help keep you alive. You can find additional help in crates.
The traitor saboteur players try and stop the survivors escaping, without being identified or killed. Fellow traitors are revealed at the start. You can use crates and secret hatches to gain advantage of equipment or to quickly travel to different locations. You can spend points on special abilities, and use traps, poison and other tools to kill or hinder the survivors. Of course, you need to be careful when doing this so as to blend in with them.
Survivors cannot escape unless they work together. You can communicate with others who are nearby with voice chat as well as private voice chat radio channels, text chat and emotes. You can customise the game with rules and different modes. Add some flair to your character with cosmetics that can be bought with our in-game currency earned after each match.
This is best experienced when played with a group of friends, rather than random online people. In this way, it offers a great way to develop strategies. It's currently on PC but Project Winter Xbox and PlayStation versions are planned.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Project Winter 3 years ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 7 months ago.
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Play Style
This is an Adventure and Communication game with Fighting and Strategy elements. You can play this by yourself or as a 8-player online game. You need at least 5 players for this game to work.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Content Rating
Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games.
Not yet rated, but likely to be PEGI 12 and ESRB TEEN. The developer states it includes "Cartoon Violence and Cartoon Blood".
Skill Level
9+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it's important for parents and guardians to consider the maturity required to process the game content. It's also important to ensure children understand in-game purchases and have spending limits set-up. You need good teamwork and the ability to observe and interpret other player behaviour to work out who is the traitor. The survival aspect of the game requires some forward planning and strategy. You also need to be able to navigate a relatively open world.
Account Rating
You don’t need a platform subscription to play this game online.
Costs
Project Winter usually costs £7.19.
There are the following additional costs associated with this game:
You can purchase Blackout expansion that adds a new progression tree, new map, the Demon and Whisperer roles for traitors and Medium, Hunter, Padre, and Yeti roles for survivors. One Traitor with Demon role can possess downed Survivors and convert them to the Traitor team. One Traitor with with Whisperer role secretly converts survivors to the traitor team without them knowing, until it is too late.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Project Winter
 SALE | PC | £7.19 | £5.75 until 29/04/2024 | – |
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- In-Game Purchases: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience.
- In-Game Subscription: Subscribe to get regular content or game currency and access to special items.
- Trade Items Outside Game: Players can trade or bet items they have earned or purchased, on third-party sites outside the game. Where these sites offer the ability to gamble with items, they require confirmation that the player is 18 or over.
You can purchase Blackout expansion that adds a new progression tree, new map, the Demon and Whisperer roles for traitors and Medium, Hunter, Padre, and Yeti roles for survivors. One Traitor with Demon role can possess downed Survivors and convert them to the Traitor team. One Traitor with with Whisperer role secretly converts survivors to the traitor team without them knowing, until it is too late.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Game Details
Release Date: 23/05/2019
Price: 20% off
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
Players: 1 (8 online)
Genres: Adventure, Communication (Fighting and Strategy)
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Developer: Proj Winter (@ProjWinter)
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