Icewind Dale is a role-playing game developed by Black Isle Studios and released in 2000 for Windows, Mac, and later iOS. Set in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, it takes place in the frigid northern wilderness of Icewind Dale, where players lead a party of adventurers through the Spines of the World mountain range. The region is characterized by brutal terrain and dangerous creatures, and the central conflict involves uncovering and confronting an ancient evil with the potential to unleash catastrophic consequences across Faerûn. The game emphasizes tactical, party-based combat in the tradition of Dungeons & Dragons, placing greater weight on dungeon crawling and combat encounters than on elaborate narrative branching. It shares an engine and setting with other Infinity Engine titles of the era while carving out a distinctly hostile and atmospheric corner of the Forgotten Realms world.

Storyline

The game begins in the town of Easthaven, where the player's party of adventurers is resting at a tavern. The town's leader, Hrothgar, invites the party to investigate the town of Kuldahar, which has recently sent word of strange happenings