Shake off the snowflakes and gather around the warmth of your PC or console, because the Ned Stark impressions have arrived. That’s right, winter is creeping in.
So, let’s bring the heat with some seasonal games you can enjoy in the warm comfort of your friends. We’ve asked around here at Overclockers UK for some winter games you can enjoy with your crew. As an added bonus, we’ve recommended some gaming PCs for you to play these titles on.
Project Winter
What better way to spend time with your friends than by betraying them? Project Winter lets up to a whopping eight players team up in a game focused on social deception and survival. Like the iconic board games Werewolf and Resistance, your group will be split into teams. One group will be trying to achieve their goal and another trying to sabotage them, but you do not know who is doing the latter.
Survivors must complete objectives, repair equipment, and gather resources to help the group, well, survive. Ultimately, they want to get everyone off the mountain and escape to win. Traitors must work together in secret and earn the trust of the survivors, all while working to pit them against one another without being found out or killed.
Project Winter Official Specifications
| Component | Minimum Specs | Recommended Specs |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows 7* | Windows 10 |
| Processor | 3rd or 4th Gen Intel i3 AMD FX-6300 | Intel i5 6600 + |
| Memory | 4GB RAM | 8GB RAM |
| Graphics | GTX 660 Ti HD 7870 | GTX 970 |
| Network | Broadband internet connection | Broadband internet connection |
| Storage | 3GB available space | 3GB available space |
Refract Gaming Crimson Pre-Built PC
Part of our range of pre-built Refract Gaming PCs, the Crimson is perfect for entry level-gamers. It has been designed as a plug-in and play system ideal for Project Winter. Equipped with an AMD Ryzen 7 8700G APU with Radeon 780M Graphics, it’s great for navigating the mountain to save or betray your friends. Plus, like all of our Refract Gaming PCs, the Crimson comes with three-years parts and labour warranty included as standard.
Winter Warland
If you like to be a bit more violent with your friends, then this game will be right up your street. A free-for-all multiplayer battle where you are all playing as snowmen? It’s equal parts adorable and nightmare fuel.
As one of the many snowmen brought to life in the name of violence, your goal is to be the last one standing. Hide amongst your fellow snowmen and use the terrain to gain an advantage. Fight from a distance by slinging snowballs, or get up close and personal using your carrot as a deadly, yet delicious sword. Add some festive spice with a range of mutators that can turn the game on its head, such as explosive snowballs and sudden death!
Winter Warland Official Specifications
| Component | Minimum Specs | Recommended Specs |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows 7* | Windows 7* or higher |
| Processor | Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5200 or equivalent | Intel Core i5 or higher |
| Memory | 2GB RAM | 4GB RAM |
| Graphics | DirectX 9.0c compatible dedicated graphics card | GeForce GT 740 Radeon R7 250 |
| DirectX | Version 9.0 | Version 9.0 |
| Network | Broadband internet connection | Broadband internet connection |
| Storage | 1GB available space | 1GB available space |
OcUK Gaming Carbide Pre-Built PC
The OcUK Gaming Carbide is a great option if you’re after 1080p gaming and quick! As a pre-built PC, the Carbide is fully tested and ready to ship. What’s more, it is based on some of our best-selling specs, so you know it’s going to deliver. The Intel Core i5-12400F CPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 GPU are the perfect pair for entry-level to mainstream gaming, so you can enjoy Winter Warland and your other frosted faves with efficient performance and smooth frame rates.
Stardew Valley
Look, what more can we say about one of our favourite farming sims of all time, that we haven’t already? If you haven’t played this game, you’ve certainly heard of it. While Stardew Valley doesn’t take place entirely during the winter, the parts that do feel very significant.
The fourth and final season is an experience like no other. Your ability to grow crops is stripped away, so now it’s time to explore the mines, build relationships with villagers, and discover all the secrets Pelican Town has to offer. Set up your farmland with your friends, let the seasons roll over, and enjoy all the adventures and events winter in Stardew Valley has to offer!
Better yet, the expansive 1.6 update has added cute winter outfits for the folks of Pelican Town and a new winter crop, the powdermelon. This frosted fruit grows in seven days and can even become a giant crop if grown right! Plus, there is a new fishing festival, SquidFest, where you can test your angler skills for prizes. Who says winter is the boring season?
Stardew Valley Official Specifications
| Component | Minimum Specs |
|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows Vista* or greater |
| Processor | 2GHz |
| Memory | 2GB RAM |
| Graphics | 256 MB Video Memory Shader model 3.0+ |
| DirectX | Version 10 |
| Storage | 500MB available space |
Refract Gaming Jade Pre-Built PC
Plug in and start playing with, the Refract Gaming Jade, a perfect PC for a winter weekend. The Jade comes with an AMD Ryzen 7 7700 CPU and 32GB DDR5 RAM to keep it running efficiently. With its NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti Graphics Card, the Refract Jade can unlock the potential and power of Ada Lovelace architecture. Plus, all Refract Gaming PCs come with three years parts and labour warranty as well as next-day delivery, so you won’t have to wait long for your new system!
Steep
Fancy an Alpine holiday with your friends? Steep lets you take to a massive open world set across the Alps where the powder is always fresh and the run never ends. Nothing says winter game like a digital ski trip you can play together after all.
Choose from skis, wingsuits, snowboards, and paragliders and hit the mountains. Whether you want to hit the slopes test your skills or take epic photos, you don’t have to do it alone. You can drop in next to other players so share adrenaline-filled rides and discover new paths through the massive, snow-filled map.
Steep Official Specifications
| Component | Minimum Specs | Recommended Specs |
|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Windows 7 SP1 / 8.1* / 10 64-bit versions) | Windows 7 SP1 / 8.1* / 10 (64-bit versions) |
| Processor | Intel Core i5 2400S AMD FX-4100 | Intel Core i7 3770K AMD FX-8350 |
| Memory | 6GB RAM | 8GB RAM |
| Graphics | GeForce GTX 560Ti Radeon R7 260X | GeForce GTX 970 Radeon R9 390 |
| DirectX | Version 11 | Version 11 |
| Network | Broadband internet connection | Broadband internet connection |
| Storage | 25GB available space | 25GB available space |
Refract Gaming Celeste Pre-Built PC
You need a lot of kit to take to the slopes. Luckily, the incredible Refract Gaming Celeste has everything you need packed into it. With an AMD Ryzen 7 7700X CPU and 32GB DDR5 RAM, you can hit the mountains at speed. With the power of an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Graphics Card, unlock the performance enhancing features of Ada Lovelace architecture in all your favourite games. Celeste has everything you need to get ready for Steep and all the other winter games ahead!
Keep Cosy and Carry On
We have plenty more cosy games to keep you feeling warm and fuzzy on chilly nights.
What Games Are You Playing This Winter?
What games will you be cracking out to keep warm over cold nights? Have you and your friends got some big gaming dates pencilled in? Let us know your plans, as well as your favourite winter games, in the comments below.
PC specs are subject to change.
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Jacob Smith
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Jacob is a passionate gamer, plus a noted Pokemon and LEGO nutjob, who emerges only when doing the words here at Overclockers UK. Since starting at the tail end of 2021, Jacob has gone on to write dozens of blogs on everything from the latest games to whimsical Dickens-inspired poetry. Outside of creating content and being the one person in the office daring to champion Nintendo, he is often found fawning over his Pokemon card collection and his trio of lovely doggos.
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