THE DEAD WE KNEW
Boreal Field Manual

Field Manual TDWK-2026  //  Steam App 4890760

THE DEAD WE KNEW Open World Survival

Survive the mist, fortify boreal woodland sanctuaries, outlive sensory-heightened infected hordes, and run four-player fireteam logistics across the Pacific Northwest wilderness.

Squad co-op
4 operatives
Weather vitals
24h dynamic mist
Combat threats
Infected & raiders
Launch window
PC / Steam 2026
Boreal wilderness under volumetric mist, the survival area of The Dead We Knew
PLATE 00  //  BOREAL CORRIDOR, MID-MIST  //  1920×1080 CAPTURE

Acoustic Sensor & Mist Radar

3 PHASES // LIVE SCOPE

The mist does not blur the world, it deletes it. Switch a phase and watch the sight cone collapse while your own noise reaches further than your eyes can.

Sight15m
Sound65m
Horde pull85m

Topographical Sector Reconnaissance

5 SECTORS INDEXED

Recovered Field Camera Reel

7 / 7 FRAMES DEVELOPED

What the last survey crew developed before the mist swallowed the road out. Timestamps are in-game days, not calendar dates.

Four-Player Co-op Fireteam

4 ROLES // 1 REDUNDANCY RULE

Redundant crafting queues are what collapse a squad in the first week. Assign one duty each.

Hardware Benchmarks

12 GB MIN // 24 GB REC

Voxel volumetric fog lighting caches straight into system memory. Dual-channel matters more than raw capacity when you cross a sector border.

Intercepted Field Questions

6 TRANSCRIPTS

Full question index →

Enter the Boreal Mist Prepared

GLOBAL LAUNCH OCT 22, 2026