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How to Survive 2

Eko Software · 505 Games · 2016-09-08

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 08, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 13, 2017 (Xbox One), Feb 06, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana…Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your own tools and weapons while you secure your camp and face flesh hungry zombies.

How to Survive 2 is a 2016 Action, Adventure and RPG game priced at $14.99, with a Mixed sentiment from 69% of 11016 reviews and an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners.

12
playing now
69%
positive of 11k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
56/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (3.0k downloads)
4.10★
PlayStation Store rating (4,141 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Several years have passed since the original How to Survive events on Los Riscos’ archipelago. Now the local infection has turned into a worldwide pandemic. Everyone around the world, groups of people or lone wolves, try to survive one more day among the infected, attempting to recover a semblance of normal life. You find yourself in Louisiana and your survival chance starts by building a safe camp and becoming a skilled survivalist. Find water, food and shelter and talk to the unconventional locals to make your way around.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

How to Survive 2 trailer thumbnail

How to Survive 2 | Trailer | Steam | English

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 81 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 275k–661k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,016 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Humble Store (2019-01-10) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 70 of 90 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10410420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3472026-09-15 12:00 — 18 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 22 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 30 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 17 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 24 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 27 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 19 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 24 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 17 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 16 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9251Sep 2015Aug 2026Sep 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2016 — avg 41 · peak 115May 2016 — avg 156 · peak 456Sep 2016 — avg 925 · peak 2,698Jan 2017 — avg 347 · peak 994May 2017 — avg 167 · peak 356Sep 2017 — avg 165 · peak 459Jan 2018 — avg 190 · peak 488May 2018 — avg 111 · peak 246Sep 2018 — avg 142 · peak 458Jan 2019 — avg 97 · peak 232May 2019 — avg 109 · peak 423Sep 2019 — avg 72 · peak 233Jan 2020 — avg 75 · peak 210May 2020 — avg 68 · peak 154Sep 2020 — avg 77 · peak 346Jan 2021 — avg 60 · peak 144May 2021 — avg 73 · peak 230Sep 2021 — avg 81 · peak 380Jan 2022 — avg 49 · peak 119May 2022 — avg 32 · peak 82Sep 2022 — avg 52 · peak 222Jan 2023 — avg 48 · peak 123May 2023 — avg 34 · peak 106Sep 2023 — avg 30 · peak 117Jan 2024 — avg 23 · peak 63May 2024 — avg 24 · peak 79Sep 2024 — avg 21 · peak 69Jan 2025 — avg 20 · peak 48May 2025 — avg 18 · peak 51Sep 2025 — avg 13 · peak 36Jan 2026 — avg 18 · peak 43May 2026 — avg 12 · peak 31Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 28
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.302015-10-292026-10-112015-10-29 — best price $15.992016-10-28 — best price $5.572017-06-09 — best price $11.892017-11-24 — best price $2.952018-05-06 — best price $14.992018-09-15 — best price $14.992019-02-20 — best price $12.592019-08-21 — best price $4.492020-01-01 — best price $12.742020-03-09 — best price $14.992020-05-23 — best price $12.152020-07-31 — best price $2.882020-09-26 — best price $14.992020-11-13 — best price $14.992021-01-06 — best price $11.792021-03-07 — best price $12.632021-04-25 — best price $14.992021-06-08 — best price $2.702021-09-08 — best price $12.632022-01-04 — best price $13.492022-04-21 — best price $13.812022-08-11 — best price $2.432022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-20 — best price $3.002023-08-22 — best price $11.962024-01-06 — best price $11.892024-05-05 — best price $12.742024-08-04 — best price $13.052024-12-04 — best price $9.342025-04-28 — best price $3.742025-09-24 — best price $3.742026-02-13 — best price $2.462026-05-31 — best price $12.632026-09-14 — best price $2.962026-10-11 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
65.7%
earned "Welcome to Kovac's!"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards9 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Thai

Post-launch support: 9 DLC released, first 2016-09-07, latest 2016-11-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)17,1354%50
Steam (Steam)13,6891%49
Xbox One (Xbox)5,4501%49

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGGoreCo-opActionZombiesCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen WorldLocal Co-Op

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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