Games set in the arctic or the antarctic sorted by release date

Games set in the polar regions of Earth: either the Arctic or the Antarctic. These games (or parts of them) are usually set in an environment with extreme cold temperatures. So you can expect lots of snow, ice, polar bears, etc.

Most popular Arctic / Antarctic games

Airborne Ranger

Transarctica

Prisoner of Ice

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Antarctic Adventure

DOS1986 Konami

Antarctic Adventure (1986) stars a penguin who seems to be training for the Winter Olympics — at full sprint. This early Konami game has you racing across icy terrain, dodging seals, and leaping over yawning crevasses while ...

Arctic Fox

DOS1987 Dynamix

Tank controls + polar bears + Cold War vibes = Arctic Fox. In this early vehicular combat sim, you're piloting a futuristic snow tank across an icy wasteland to stop some aliens or Russians or alien Russians. The plot is thin, the...

Airborne Ranger

DOS1988 MicroProse Software

Strap in and crawl through the mud - Airborne Ranger (1988) is here to chew bubblegum and infiltrate enemy lines. And it's all out of bubblegum. This tactical action game lets you drop behind enemy territory, blow things up, and l...

Ocean Ranger

DOS1988 Activision

Spy vs Spy 3: Arctic Antics

DOS1988 First Star Software

Arctic Adventure

DOS1991 Apogee Software

Arctic Adventure is the sequel nobody asked for to Pharaoh's Tomb, except this time you’re freezing your butt off. As Nevada Smith (not a typo, it’s his real name), you platform-hop through icy ruins in search of... so...