Performance Review: Survivor

Performance Review: Survivor is a satirical bullet heaven roguelite in which you survive waves of coworkers using office supplies as weapons. Your AI manager evaluates whether you are still needed, and you try to make it through 30 years to retirement.

Build your arsenal

Staplers, business cards, paper airplanes, reply-all emails and NDAs are among your weapons. They fire automatically while you choose upgrades and stack desk trinkets. Maxing out a weapon evolves it, helping you build up an attack that can wipe out the floor. The game includes 25 weapons, including evolutions, and 25 trinkets.

Performance reviews

Your AI manager calls during fights with a Promotion Packet. You can choose new weapons, upgrade, or gamble on a life event. Each year ends with a performance review, and your numbers determine what happens next. Company policies change with each run, and hidden career challenges offer further goals.

Coworkers and careers

Interns, Micromanagers, The Office Bros, Cold Callers, Consultants and HR are among the coworkers who approach your cubicle. The game features more than 20 coworker types and boss encounters. Water coolers move around the floor, where you can vent, heal and gain damage buffs.

A career lasts 30 minutes: each of its 30 years takes one minute, followed by a 401(k) retirement projection. Losing your job does not end the run. You apply for jobs through a portal, complete an interview and negotiate a salary before deciding whether to take an offer and return to work. These fired-and-hired minigames include the job portal, interview and salary elevator.