- 70/100
- Players10 ratings
- 60/100
- Critics1 review
More scores
- Metacritic7 critic reviews
- 69/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 65/100
- GameFAQsJust Right
- 3.63/5
- Player reviews
- 76% positive8,135 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$24.99
Where to get it
2020 · Team17 · Adventure · Indie
The Survivalists
A living world full of surprises, secrets and danger awaits in The Survivalists, an adventure-filled survival sandbox set in The Escapists universe. Explore, build, craft and even train monkeys with up to three friends in a desperate bid to survive. Have you got what it takes to be a Survivalist?
- Released
- 9 October 2020
- Platforms
- Nintendo SwitchPlayStation 4WindowsXbox OneiOSmacOS
- Genres
- AdventureIndieRole-playingSimulationStrategySurvival
- Developers
- Team17
- Publishers
- Team17
- Modes
- Co-opMultiplayerSingle-player
- Themes
- Action
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Age ratings
- PEGI 7CLASS_IND LGRAC ALLESRB E10+CERO A
- Languages
- Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, English (UK), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish and 4 more
- Time to beat
- 22hmain story48hcompletionist
About
The Survivalists is a 2020 sandbox survival video game developed and published by Team17. It was released for iOS, macOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, tvOS, Windows and Xbox One on 9 October 2020.
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The Survivalists is a sandbox survival on a desert island which is set in the same universe as The Escapists. Players must build a home, craft items, hunt for food and raid temples for loot whilst monkeys can be recruited to build and fight for the player. The ability for players to farm was added in 2021. Co-operative gameplay with up to four players is also supported.
Development
At the Nintendo Indie World Showcase in December 2019, The Survivalists was first announced with a planned release date for 2020 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One.
In June 2020, a limited-time beta was released on Steam. The game was released on 9 October 2020 on all platforms alongside a version for iOS, macOS and tvOS via Apple Arcade.
Reception
The Survivalists received "mixed or average" reviews from critics on PC, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One whilst it received "generally favourable" reviews from critics on PlayStation 4, according to review aggregator site Metacritic.
PC Games rated it 4/10 and was critical of the game compared to its predecessors. Nintendo Life rated the game 6/10 and wrote: "As an entry-level take on the principles it's pretty good, but even the least experienced survivor will reach endgame gear quickly and find there's just not a whole lot left to do."
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Title IDsone per regional release, with its latest update
Editions and related releases
- Downloadable content
- The Survivalists: Monkey Business
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Collections1 collection
Years
- Games released in 2020List › October–December
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