ActionAdventureRPG
How to Survive
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 15% of players who started
Started playing 87% of owners
Steam reviews 83% positive of 17,106
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 10h it's 1 in 13 (8%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- 15% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Easy survival”: only 15% of starters get there.
- 87% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 17,169 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 9.6h for positive, 6h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (87% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Easy survival Complete the story mode in "Normal" difficulty. Most players quit here 15% −85
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (43)
story milestone ending side
- Dead…again Achieve your first instant kill on a zombie. 100%
- Level Up Unlock your first skill 93%
- One per sec. Kill 5 zombies in less than 5 seconds. 77%
- Discoverer I Enter La Vendida Island 76%
- Discoverer II Enter La Sonada Island 50%
- Discoverer III Enter Santa Barbara Island 35%
- Mass murderer Kill 1000 zombies 30%
- Discoverer IV Enter Horno Island 29%
- Speed killing Kill 10 zombies in less than 5 seconds. 29%
- Close killer Perform 100 instant kills. 21%
- No more room in hell Kill 2000 zombies 20%
- Wait your turn Perform 5 instant kills in less than 15 seconds. 20%
- Easy survival Complete the story mode in "Normal" difficulty. 15%
- Discoverer V Enter Cenizas Island 14%
- Cheap kill Kill 5 monsters in a row with a bullet or an arrow. 13%
- Glass breaker Kill a volcanologist zombie without electricity 11%
- Express cleaner Kill 20 zombies in less than 5 seconds. 11%
- Picky monkeys Complete the 12 secondary quests of Kovac's monkeys. 8.4%
- Discoverer VI Enter Ascuas Island 7.7%
- Four-handed massacre Complete a local or online challenge with another player. 6.8%
- Hot flush Complete "El Diablo" chapter in "Normal" difficulty 5.7%
- Collateral damage Get zombies deer to kill 20 Zombies. 5.7%
- A cat among the pigeons Survive the 5th night of the mode "Barricade!" 4.1%
- Pharmacofobia Complete a challenge in "Normal" difficulty without using medicinal plants nor medikits. 4.0%
- Unbreakable Complete the story mode in "Iron man" difficulty. 4.0%
- Herbalist Find the 20 special plants of the Herbarium. 3.9%
- Perfect run Complete a challenge with a "S" ranking. 3.9%
- Bolts' master Recharge your electric weapon without using an electric pylon. 3.8%
- God of Rain Complete the special remote 3.7%
- Electric skewer Kill 8 monsters in a row using electricity 3.4%
- Monkeys on your back Complete all the monkeys' quests of El Diablo islands 3.4%
- Burn out Complete "El Diablo" chapter in "Iron Man" difficulty 3.1%
- Survival veteran Reach "Survival hobbyist" ranking tag (Challenge mode) 3.0%
- High voltage Kill 500 monsters with electricity 2.9%
- Winners don't use drugs Complete a challenge in "Iron man" difficulty without using medicinal plants nor medikits. 2.9%
- Dead easy trip Complete the mode "One Shot Escape" in "Normal" difficulty. 2.9%
- The hardest part is yet to come Survive the 10th night of the mode "Barricade!" 2.9%
- The weasel Complete a challenge in "Normal" difficulty without losing health. 2.6%
- Back fire Complete "El Diablo" chapter in "Kovac's Way" difficulty 2.6%
- Survival marathoner Survive the 15th night of the mode "Barricade!" 2.6%
- Untouchable Complete a challenge in "Iron man" difficulty without losing health. 2.5%
- Nightmarish trip Complete the mode "One Shot Escape" in "Kovac's Way" difficulty. 2.4%
- Eventful trip Complete the mode "One Shot Escape" in "Iron Man" difficulty. 2.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.