Hunters, especially, need to be summoned home by the night horn at dusk.

It’s as much about sound as anything.

Other people may become delirious and wander off into the woods.

A representation of villagers shown as silhouettes with round white eyes standing around a campfire

At its worst, you might have to deal with a full-blown panic and bloody riots.

Further down the line, there’s the prospect of human sacrifice to appease a dominant faction.

I enjoyed my feverish time with The Tribe Must Survive.

A 2D topdown representation of Stone Age villagers gathered around a campfire after darkness

Klei’sDon’t Starveis perhaps the more adventurous artwork about the primordial fear of sunset.

EDIT…unless it’sDarkwood.

A story event from The Tribe Must Survive, with text describing an encounter with a dying explorer who has research secrets to share