The Survivor

The Survivor is a survival game set in an open world after an unknown virus wipes out most of the population. You play as one of the few survivors, called stalkers, and fight to stay alive against infected people, wildlife and the environment. You explore, gather materials, craft equipment and build shelter and fortifications while managing hunger, thirst, cold and radiation.

Explore the world

The world is a randomly generated 1 sq. km chunk of a post-Soviet state, with abandoned villages, military bases, deep forests, roads, rivers, lakes and wilderness locations. A dynamic day-and-night cycle includes sun and moon phases. You explore and build during the day, then defend your base at night.

You can destroy or scrap world structures and items for resources, then place building pieces by hand to create custom structures and defences in real time. Build a small shelter or a large fortress, lay traps around your perimeter, chop trees for materials and light a fire to keep warm.

Craft and survive

Resources such as wood, stone and rust metal can be used to make weapons and tools. Items and equipment can be improved, repaired or turned into something else; tools degrade with use. The inventory system supports crafting and character customization, and its recipes are described as continually growing.

Hunt animals for meat when abandoned buildings have been plundered, and scavenge food to avoid starvation. You can find and repair abandoned vehicles to drive. A stealth system takes account of whether zombies and animals can see, hear or smell you, while cold nights and long days make shelter or a campfire important.

Key features

• Randomly generated post-Soviet world with villages, military bases, forests, roads, rivers, lakes and wilderness locations.
• Dynamic day-and-night cycle with sun and moon phases.
• Destructible and salvageable world structures and items, with materials reused for custom, hand-built structures.
• Inventory for survival items, crafting and character customization.
• Crafting, item improvement and repair, with tools that wear out over time.
• Animals to hunt for meat.
• Abandoned vehicles that can be repaired and driven.
• Stealth against zombies and animals that can see, hear and smell you.
• Environmental temperature affected by cold nights and long days.