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“A real Gem” – Destructoid at E3 “Offers a different experience for zombie game veterans” – Co-Optimus“Has a lot more going for it than smashing brains and gory, red goo ... With a surprisingly deep crafting system” – GamesRadarYou're shipwrecked on an isolated island, a desperate castaway in a total freakshow world. How will you survive?

Release DateAug 29, 2014
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)82.5% (positive) / 82.6%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)80.6% Top 20% / 80.9%  Top 20%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)13.9K  Top 2% / 17K  Top 2%
Curators208 reviews  Top 2%
Median Play Time10.2 hours  Top 15%
Play Time per Dollar41 minutes
Followers45.1K  Top 3%
Owners± 2.2M  Top 2%
Copies Sold± 1.6M  Top 2%
Gross Revenue ($)± 3.8M  Top 4%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of How to Survive steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see How to Survive's Steam rating and reviews between October 2013 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 91.1% (October 2013) to 82.5% (January 2014).

With its 17K reviews Top 2%, How to Survive is indisputably a major AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for How to Survive and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows How to Survive's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (33%), followed by Russian (25%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 7 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying How to Survive percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in How to Survive, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is adequate, reaching 22 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 4 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • functional and intuitive crafting system
  • simple and responsive controls
  • challenges to test skills
  • decent story
  • funny characters
  • frustrating inventory navigation
  • no storage box
  • beginning is much harder
  • difficulty drops with ranged weapons

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 82.5% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of How to Survive's review data that Steam provides. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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