Difficulty

Difficulty is the level of challenge that you set for yourself on the new game screen in Help Will Come tommorow. It is selected on the left side of the new game screen. You have 3 levels to choose from.

Passenger

The passenger level is the least demanding experience.


 * Milder initial condition of the characters
 * More resources and animals in the Taiga
 * Less threat and aggression from the Renegades
 * Milder Weather and Events

Survivor

The survivor level is an optimally balanced experience where aspects of survival and the story are equally important.


 * Diversified character traits and initial character's condition
 * Average number of resources and animals in the taiga
 * Renegades and weather can give a hard time

Resident of Siberia

The resident of Siberia level is an experience directed to the most persistent players, whre the aspect of survival and telling the story is extremely demanding.


 * More negative character traits
 * Poor initial characters condition
 * Less Resources and animals in the taiga
 * Ruthless Renegades and Siberian Weather

More Info

Most of the extra challenge of the game is pretty much as advertised. The extra challenges to managing your frost levels are particularly noticeable, having a big impact on what makes up advisable early game moves. There are several character traits that only appear on higher difficulties. The traits your characters end up with are all RNG, ending up with a character trait like incompetent could make gameplay quite tricky. The lessened character states on harder difficulties can also push you to build your quarantine point quickly, so you can deal with a character who starts out sick or with a sprained ankle. On the highest difficulty, you might have a character missing an action point, with an injury that will auto heal after a day. There is also a chance for on higher difficulties for characters to start hallucinating on a given day, seemingly at random.

It's worth noting that as of early December, 2022, Less that 17% of people who purchased Help Will Come Tommorw have managed to win the game (measured by looking at the help did come trophy). So despite what the text may allude to, new players should feel no shame on playing on the game's easiest difficulty for the first time while they are absorbing information about all of the game's mechanics such as expeditions and morale.