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Driven by community suggestion, 505 Games and EKO Software introduce you to a new single player 3rd person view experience that allows you to re-play the zombie crafting adventure "How to Survive" from a deeply immersive point of view.

Release DateJul 2, 2015
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)56.6% (mixed) Bottom 15% / 57%  Bottom 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)55.8% Bottom 25% / 56.2%  Bottom 25%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.1K  Top 15% / 1.3K  Top 15%
Curators19 reviews  Top 30%
Median Play Time3.7 hours
Play Time per Dollar22 minutes
Followers15.5K  Top 10%
Owners± 191.6K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 124.7K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 468.3K  Top 15%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of How To Survive: Third Person Standalone steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows How To Survive: Third Person Standalone's Steam rating and reviews between July 2015 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 61.1% (July 2015) to 54.9% (October 2018).

With 1.3K reviews Top 15%, How To Survive: Third Person Standalone could be an indie success or even a small AAA success. The chart looks like a long tail distribution, which sometimes means that the marketing was concentrated on the game launch and then stopped, and that no major update or discounts followed.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for How To Survive: Third Person Standalone and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows How To Survive: Third Person Standalone's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (33%), followed by Russian (23%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 23 different languages represented. The game is available in 7 languages. Unless the game has a lot of dialogues, translating is usually not a lot of work compared to completing a game, therefore adding more translations is generally recommended.

Time Played

Chart displaying How To Survive: Third Person Standalone percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in How To Survive: Third Person Standalone, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is decent, reaching 10 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 3.1 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. When the negative review time is low (median : 98 minutes), it can be a sign that the game crashes on some systems or that players misunderstood the nature of the game (Does the Steam page clearly explain it, with gifs and a gameplay video ?). It can also mean that some players were somehow offended by How To Survive: Third Person Standalone and decided to review it and get a refund under 2 hours. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • New feeling from 3rd person view
  • Good survival and crafting mechanism
  • Legit standalone game
  • Shorter story and less boring
  • All DLCs packaged
  • Easier to find resources
  • Better price
  • Crafting system well done
  • Great campaign
  • Fun loot to collect
  • Clunky controls
  • Handmade sniper rifle but can't snipe
  • Zombies spawning out of thin air
  • No multiplayer
  • Aiming is atrocious
  • Half the weapons are a pain to use
  • Inventory and skills screen doesn't pause game
  • Could benefit from mini-map or compass
  • Respawning rate is really annoying
  • Not much new content

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 56.6%  Bottom 15% should be considered while evaluating them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of How To Survive: Third Person Standalone's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. 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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