A lot more Les Stroud than Bear Grylls. Which is a good thing. Les said that when you're in a survival scenario, you should try the get maximum resources with minimum of effort. TLD is great. It's you vs. the cold and the wild. No zombies, no nonsense. Routine matters. Options are weighted. Long term and short term have to be balanced. It's survival, so winning means staying alive. Robinson Crusoe stuck in Canada.

Got this game a long dark time ago, when it was still in beta. It's getting better and better. There's nothing quite like it out there just yet. Green Hell might be something in the same vein, with a tropical setting instead of a polar one. But if you want to see the aurora borealis, listen to the wind howl and watch how you freeze and starve, TLD is definitely for you.