Action · August 29, 2014

How to Survive (2014)

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Action releases from 2014

146 Action titles launched in 2014 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume17.0k Steam reviewsTop 28% in Action
Positive rating83% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 61%
Metacritic60/100Genre average 77 — top 95% of Action titles
Engagement hours7 h averageTop 60% for session depth among Action

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Survival · 770
  • Zombies · 711
  • Crafting · 485
  • Open World Survival Craft · 470
  • Action · 418
  • Co-op · 416
  • Multiplayer · 356
  • RPG · 298
  • Local Co-Op · 262
  • Online Co-Op · 256
  • Adventure · 221
  • Survival Horror · 199
  • Open World · 192
  • Hack and Slash · 185
  • Post-apocalyptic · 175

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Remote Play Together

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Reception Metrics

Steam community

83%Mostly Positive · 17.0k reviews

14.1k positive · 2.9k negative

Metacritic

60/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.0/10

Curator recommendations

14.0k

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (7)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Russian volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Russian

Press Quotes

“How To Survive is more than just a solid zombie role-playing game, it's also one of the best games of the year. With its mix of Diablo-esque hack and slash and dual-stick shooter action, 505 Games' newest Xbox Live Arcade game is a real surprise. It has a deep crafting system and a world you can't help but want to explore. How To Survive rewrites the book on zombie RPGs!” 90% – Gaming Nexus “While there have been several games…

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

7h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Achievements

43

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 29, 2014
DeveloperEko Software
Publisher505 Games
Base price$3.74 -75%
DLC / Add-ons9 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Content Notes

Players can shoot or chop zombies into pieces, burn them and/ or make them explode.

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Editions & Packages

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