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How to Survive 2 cover art

How to Survive 2

Eko Software · 505 Games · 2016-09-08

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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.

15
playing now
69%
positive of 11k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
79/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
56/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 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 10% of 10,970 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 275k–661k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,014 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$2.96-80%
GreenManGaming$3.00-80%
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 1 of 2 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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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 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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2522026-08-06 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 25 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 14 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 20 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

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.

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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