Authentic Windows XP nostalgia
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“The amount of love and authentic care that went into this game is crazy, brought out my childhood upon the first boot up screen”
Steam review · 14.7 h played ↗
Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional
Worth buying? What 173 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 173 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 98%Shaun Hammond Business Solutions Limited2026Action Roguelike · Roguelite · Action
$5.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A charming, polished Windows XP-themed Vampire Survivors-like with great music and a low price. Skip it if you want deep gameplay or lots of content, or if you dislike slow meta-progression grind.
Great for
Survivors-like fans and anyone nostalgic for early-2000s Windows who wants a cheap, addictive game
Main risk
Shallow, repetitive gameplay with slow, grindy meta-progression and few bosses and maps
What players love
Addictive, fun survivors gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Haven't been this hooked on a game since the original vampire survivors.”
Steam review · 20.4 h played ↗
Great soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“some of my favorite music to come from any game EVER”
Steam review · 15.7 h played ↗
Lots of weapons and unlocks
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“tons of different ways to approach the game with the 24 different weapon options.”
Steam review · 8 h played ↗
Great value for the price
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Best 6 dollars ever spent”
Steam review · 20.4 h played ↗
Unique twists: clicking files, moving around
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“AVS2003 is a lot more focused on solving the "movement problem" of survivors games by making mini points of interest you need to go around and collect on each map.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Shallow, repetitive gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Beneath a very well crafted shell sits a rather shallow gameplay experience.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Slow, grindy progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“I can't really recommend this absolute grindfest.”
Steam review · 19.1 h played ↗
Boring percentage-based upgrades
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Small procent based upgrades always bore me.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
Limited content: bosses, maps, enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Lack of variety. There are only 6 bosses in the game.”
Steam review · 34.3 h played ↗
Bugs, crashes and lost saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“recent update corrupted save and wiped all progress.”
Steam review · 13.7 h played ↗
No mid-run save
Mentioned in ~1 in 23 negative reviews
“Why can't I stop runs and continue later instead of losing all of my run progress.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support256 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
Processor2.0 GHz
Memory1 GB RAM
Graphics512 MB VRAM
Storage256 MB available space
OSWindows 10
Processor2.0 GHz
Memory1 GB RAM
Graphics512 MB VRAM
Storage256 MB available space
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