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How to Survive 2

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App ID 360170
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher 505 Games
Franchise 505 Games Official
Supported Systems Windows
Last Changenumber 28972462
Last Record Update 14 May 2025 – 03:07:40 UTC ()
Release Date 8 September 2016 – 13:15:00 UTC ()
😌 68.02%
10k reviews
19
In-Game

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.

Additional Information

Developer Eko Software
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metacritic_name How to Survive 2
controller_support full
metacritic_score 69
metacritic_fullurl https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/how-to-survive-2?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1f
community_visible_stats Yes
DLCAvailableOnStore Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher 505 Games
Store Release Date 8 September 2016 – 13:18:33 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Adventure (25), RPG (3)
Steam Release Date 8 September 2016 – 13:15:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 2 October 2019 – 11:44:20 UTC () (1570016660)
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Detected Technologies (?) OpenAL SDK, OpenSSL SDK, SFML SDK
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • This game's launcher/setup tool may require the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  • Note: This game's launcher/setup tool may require a touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
  •  
  • category: Playable
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 20 September 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 1824651
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Content Descriptors Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)
First seen on SteamDB 26 March 2015 – 15:25:14 UTC (), in changelist #961350
Content Descriptors (Including DLC) Frequent Violence or Gore (2), General Mature Content (5)

Supported Languages

12 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles Achievements
English Yes Yes Yes Yes
French Yes Yes Yes
Italian Yes Yes Yes
German Yes Yes Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes Yes Yes
Russian Yes Yes Yes
Japanese Yes Yes Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes Yes Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes Yes Yes
Korean Yes Yes Yes
Thai Yes Yes Yes
Turkish Yes Yes Yes

Tags

🌲 Survival 🧟 Zombies 🕹️ Multiplayer 🌎 Open World Survival Craft 🌍 Open World 🤝 Co-op 🔧 Crafting 💥 Action 🎲 RPG 🗺️ Adventure 🏠 Base Building 👥 Local Co-Op 😖 Gore 👤 Singleplayer 👤 Third Person 🌟 Top-Down Shooter 🔫 Shooter 4️⃣ 4 Player Local 🐤 Early Access 🗿 Dark Humor

Categories

Single-player Online PvP Shared/Split Screen PvP Online Co-op Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Remote Play on TV Remote Play Together Family Sharing Multi-player Co-op PvP

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

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Steam charts

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  • 19 players right now
  • 19 24-hour peak
  • 2,823 all-time peak 1 June 2016
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  • 71,523 followers
  • 7,553 positive reviews
  • 3,363 negative reviews
  • 69.19% positive reviews

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  • 0 viewers right now
  • 7 24-hour peak
  • 21,051 all-time peak
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  • 😌 Mixed
  • 68.02% SteamDB Rating
  • 7,553 69.2% positive reviews
  • 3,363 30.8% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
8 September 2016 – 13:15 Steam Release -
31 October 2017 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Jumbo Bundle 10 -
21 August 2018 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Spooky Horror Bundle 2018 -
1 June 2020 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Store: 505 Games Build Your Own Bundle -
3 November 2021 – 18:00 ⇄ Humble Bundle: Humble Survive or Die Bundle -
15 April 2022 – 17:00 ⇄ Humble Store: 505 Games Build Your Own Bundle -

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 19 players live playing How to Survive 2 on Steam.

How to Survive 2 had an all-time peak of 2823 concurrent players on 1 June 2016.

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