How to Survive

Play Time: 26.2 hours Achievements: 27 of 43 Date/version: 4/28/2025 / ? Rating: 6.35 I played this game solo, but this game does offer a co-op mode. This review is purely based on my experience. Honestly in my highschool days I would've loved this game and given it probably a higher score. With a top down, and optional “third person” view you'll explorer the world of “How to Survive” a “The Zombie Survival Guide” inspired game. Where you'll be crafting, hacking / slashing, shooting, blowing up, baiting, electrocuting, drinking, and eating plenty of things. With a bit of a story, some fun moments, and plenty of difficult moments. I played the game with all the DLC content which at this point is super cheap by many standards. One of the few things that's still on the $1.00 menu ;) The survival aspects are strong, with 4 different meters you keep track of, Sleep, Drink, Food, and Health. You'll have limited slots in your bag, and you'll have to drop materials so you'll pick up other materials. Organization and where you stash your items is important, otherwise you'll keeping running around trying to find out where you placed that important stuff.... just like I did in this game. Sometimes crafting items will kind of glitch...or are simply strict in how they are crafted. Take for example there is some food, you have to combine it with another plant item as soon as you finish cooking it at a fire-pit, if you don't do this you can't combine those items. You can craft “buffs” but honestly I never crafted them, but they sure would've made things a tiny bit easier. There are multiple difficulties I played on the “normal” difficulties. Challenges you can do before you play on your story mode save. And while in Story mode there are individual quests, mainly crafting and item finding quests. This is probably a 14 -19 hour game. But that's with you skipping all the extra content (I think). PROS: Voice Acting Graphics (old school top down) Unique characters Story Plenty of hidden items Unique weapons that have their own bonuses Buffs Revives at checkpoints Sound = Them mosquito noises.... yeah I hated them Neutral: Music is repetitive Crafting Survival Mechanic a lot of “back and forth” traveling Limit bag space. Cons: