- 4+players
- PC
- Xbox
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.
Who can play
Store (how we check facts)- Same-screen play on PC. Steam lists 4-player local. Xbox lists 4-player local play. Not confirmed on Xbox.
- Online on PC. Steam lists 16-player online. Xbox lists 4-player online play. Not confirmed on Xbox.
- Crossplay is not confirmed.
- One copy is enough with Remote Play Together on PC.
- XboxMicrosoft StoreGet it (opens the store in a new tab)
How it plays
Is it good
69%
Mixed on Steam
- 69MetascoreMetacritic (Metascore; opens Metacritic in a new tab)
- 66Top criticsOpenCritic · Oct 2018 (OpenCritic top critic average, 15 reviews, as of Oct 2018; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
- 33%RecommendOpenCritic · Oct 2018 (OpenCritic critics who recommend it, 15 reviews, as of Oct 2018; opens OpenCritic in a new tab)
Steam Deck Playable
Every way to play together
Steam lists couch co-op and online co-op for PC. On PC one copy is enough with Remote Play Together. Player counts and console play are not confirmed yet.
- 4+
- 16+
- 4+
- 4+
Quick facts
- Developer
- Eko Software
- Publisher
- 505 Games
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox Series X|S
- Series
- How to Survive
- Released
- Sep 8, 2016 on PC
- Controllers
- Full controller support on PC
- Languages
- Text in 12 languages, voices in English
- Age rating
- Mature 17+ (ESRB): Intense violence, blood and gore
In these lists
Answers
- Can you play How to Survive 2 on one screen?
- Yes. The store lists shared or split-screen play without saying which. Same-screen co-op and versus on PC. Not confirmed yet on Xbox.
- One of 1,279 couch co-op games
- Is How to Survive 2 crossplay?
- Crossplay not yet confirmed.
- Do you need two copies of How to Survive 2?
- On one screen, one copy is enough. On PC the host can stream it to friends with Steam Remote Play Together.
- One of 1,371 co-op games where one copy is enough
- Does How to Survive 2 work on Steam Deck?
- Yes, with some extra steps: Steam rates it Playable for Steam Deck.
- Is How to Survive 2 free?
- No, it's a paid game.
