Great with friends in co-op
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“How to Survive 2 is a blast to play with a friend, especially at night for that extra spooky atmosphere.”
Steam review · 10.3 h played ↗
How to Survive 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 69%Mixed · 69%Eko Software2016Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Action
$14.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A grindy top-down zombie crafting and base-building game that is fun in co-op with friends but repetitive solo. Skip it if you want the first game's story and open world, or online play.
Great for
Friends who want couch or online co-op zombie killing, crafting and camp building on sale
Main risk
Endless repetitive mission grinding with scaling enemies, and dead online servers
What players love
Deep crafting and base building
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The crafting system, in particular, is extremely deep and focused as well as being relatively easy to use.”
Steam review · 19.4 h played ↗
Good graphics and Kovac's humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Much better graphics than the first game, and much bigger areas to explore.”
Steam review · 12.6 h played ↗
Fun, relaxed zombie-killing gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“it's a very casual and chill game to turn your brain off to and enjoy.”
Steam review · 107.3 h played ↗
Lots of missions and content
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Less linear play, more of an open world feel that you can explore with tons of quest-dungeons you can do with several NPCs along the way”
Steam review · 136.4 h played ↗
Cheap and good value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“Worth every penny. Great indie hidden asset of a game.”
Steam review · 253.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Worse than the first game, no story or open world
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“first game was better, it was a Sandbox open world while this one is about missions in closed areas”
Steam review · 40.4 h played ↗
Endless grind for materials and XP
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“I think my biggest complaint is the insane grindy gameplay. If you want to upgrade a building, do X quest N number of times.”
Steam review · 19.8 h played ↗
Repetitive missions and reused maps
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Every single quest boils down to the same loop: go to a location, kill the same handful of enemy types, loot, come back.”
Steam review · 114.7 h played ↗
No display settings, awkward UI and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Game spreads across both my monitors, and there are no graphics settings available to fix it.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Enemy scaling makes you feel weaker
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Then you upgrade your base and somehow that makes enemies stronger.”
Steam review · 10.8 h played ↗
Online co-op servers dead or broken
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Online support apparently ended in 2020 it still shows up in the ad for the game and as a feature.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 64 bits
ProcessorIntel i3 3GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 11 compatible
Storage8 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 or higher 64 bits
ProcessorIntel i5 3 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeforce GTX 660 or Radeon R7 200 series - DirectX 11 compatible
Storage8 GB available space
OSWindows 64 bits
ProcessorIntel i3 3GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsDirectX 11 compatible
Storage8 GB available space
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