How to Survive

How to Survive

Steam Deck Verified

Eko Software · Survival · Aug 29, 2014

Yes, worth buying.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $3.74.

83%
Very Positive
17k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 54 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Co-op: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 91 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 17k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
34% of themes are praise33% are divided33% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Overall gameplay is satisfying, killing tons of enemies is fun, inventory management is alright (not too tedious), crafting is neither too simple nor too complicated.
54 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
The campaign is playable co-op, and to me was the saving grace.
49 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
I have a friend that I got to also get the game and together we found the multiplayer gameplay just as fun, you can either to a simple challenge which is essentially an island with a single goal such as finding a plane to escape.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
along with the characters being somewhat bland they have no voice acting for any of them whatsoever which makes them pretty much more bland because at least diablo 1 and 2 of what this game tries to pull off here but at least the rest of the game has voice acting and some of the characters dialog its SO GOOD, especially Kovacs, his is pretty much my favorite besides the one in the El diablo islands dlc where you try to get the fireproof boots off of him i dunno who exactly voices him but he did a damn good job IMO, but the rest of the voices arent as good and some are flat out terrible not to mention but reading the text boxes and listening to the voice actor/actresses sometimes they go completely off script from what the text boxes show.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Gameplay54 reviews
Co-op49 reviews
Multiplayer16 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters112 reviews
73%
Interface44 reviews
64%
Graphics34 reviews
76%
Controls8 reviews
38%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat91 reviews
73%
Difficulty28 reviews
82%
Bugs14 reviews
57%
Crashes10 reviews
50%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

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Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $3.74.

4 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
83%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
43
total to unlock
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Average playtime
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