
How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
Driven by community suggestion, 505 Games and EKO Software introduce you to a new single player 3rd person view experience that allows you to re-play the zombie crafting adventure "How to Survive" from a deeply immersive point of view.
Steam Deck PlayableActionAdventureRPGSurvivalZombiesOpen World Survival Craft










Developer: Eko Software
Publisher: 505 Games

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About How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
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About the Game
Driven by community suggestion, 505 Games and EKO Software introduce you to a new single player 3rd person view experience that allows you to re-play the zombie crafting adventure "How to Survive" from a deeply immersive point of view. Their rotten breath doesn’t smell any better, they don’t look any healthier, they still just grunt, but being closer up makes it a whole load more personal...You’ll have to survive a zombie infested archipelago crafting your own tools and weapons to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter while facing natural and unnatural threats. A survival guide written by an eccentric stranger may be your only help…
Features:
- Navigate islands filled with exuberant scenarios filled with flora and fauna.
- Choose among 4 playable characters, with different stats and skill progressions.
- Hunt, fish, forage for food and water.
- Hundreds of items to handcraft weapons and tools. From fishing rods to flamethrowers.
- Play through the Story Mode or 8 demanding challenges.
- Additional free roaming mode includes Permadeath!
- Three difficulty levels, including new improved difficulty conditions for die-hard survivors!
Game includes:
- All the content of the original game How To Survive :
- 4 islands.
- Story mode.
- 8 challenges.
- Leaderboards. - Kovac’s way DLC:
- Gameplay affecting rain effect.
- Crocodile & bear.
- Item durability. - Hello, my name is Nina DLC character & flamethrowers.
- One Shot Escape DLC - Rogue like mode.
- Tombstones & Backpack extension.
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Game details
- Developers
- Eko Software
- Publishers
- 505 Games
- Release date
- Jul 2, 2015
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, RPG, Survival, Zombies, Open World Survival Craft, Third Person, Multiplayer, Crafting, Open World, Co-op, Third-Person Shooter, Singleplayer, Gore, Horror, Survival Horror, Violent, Indie, Building, Post-apocalyptic
- Modes
- Single-player
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Steam features
- 27 achievements, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Themes
- Action, Survival
- Camera
- Third person
- Series
- How to Survive
- Links
- Official website
Languages
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Supported | Supported | Supported |
| French | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Italian | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| German | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Spanish (Spain) | Supported | Not supported | Not supported |
| Japanese | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
| Russian | Supported | Not supported | Supported |
System requirements
Minimum
- OS *: Windows XP
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or better
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Ati 5700 series/NVIDIA GeForce GT240 or equivalent
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 6 GB available space
Ratings
Steam Deck & Linux
Steam Deck Playable
- Its launcher may need the touchscreen or on-screen keyboard
- Everything works with the default controls
- Shows Steam Deck button icons
- Text is readable on the Deck screen
- Runs well with the default graphics settings
- External controllers don't work for the main player
- SteamOS: Playable
- Steam Machine: Playable
ProtonDB: Early reports: Gold (5 reports) See reports
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Release date: Jul 2, 2015
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