A Cold Comfort

A Cold Comfort is a bleak, text-led survival tale set on a frozen sea where hope throttles with every gust of wind. It follows Amarok, a young canid, and her childhood friend Uvie as they join the expedition aboard the Nautilus, a mighty vessel led by Captain Hawley from Westaria. What begins as a straightforward mission to carve a passage through the icy Argent wastes to open a new trade route quickly spirals into a nightmare of miscalculation, frost, and dwindling courage.

The voyage falters when the ice proves impenetrable and the crew must disembark and march on foot across a sun-scorched, endless white. Illness spreads, rations shrink, and suspicions flare as the harsh environment tests every bond. In this unforgiving landscape, the line between salvation and tragedy blurs. Will Amarok and Uvie find their way home, or will the bitter cold claim them first?

Game details

• 50,000 words of text (approx. 2-3 hours of reading).
• A linear story with no choices and only one ending.
• Gorgeous character artwork by Amordochka.
• Haunting original soundtrack to accompany the icy journey.
• 4:3 resolution to heighten claustrophobic immersion.
• A narrative inspired by Franklin's lost expedition to the Arctic.
• Wolfgirls and a mood of tragic, untold horrors beyond mortal comprehension!!!

With its tightly focused storytelling and stark atmosphere, A Cold Comfort invites players to endure the consequences of ambition, leadership, and survival in a landscape where every decision is a flutter of fate and every mile closer to civilisation feels like a brush with oblivion.