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After emerging from a bunker, Joe scavenges a zombie-ravaged world, recruits survivors, and builds a community shaped by his choices.
Released 30 Jan 2015
Recruit Survivors
Issue Survivor Orders
Build Base Defenses
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world RPG where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences.
Developed by Bob · Published by Ginormocorp Incorporated






One year after civilization collapses, hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler leaves his bunker when his food runs out. He searches for supplies and encounters other survivors in a world threatened by zombies.
Explore the open world, scavenge, trade, and take on quests for people and settlements. Your choices can involve moral dilemmas and affect how characters regard you; survivors may join your community through earned respect or intimidation.
Develop a base, assign community members jobs, and take control of or issue commands to characters who join you. Combat and real-time strategy elements sit alongside survival activities such as crafting and farming, while characters remember your actions and form opinions of you.
Players who enjoy Survivalist often point to its character-driven quests, moral choices, and survivor relationships, along with the freedom to explore and shape a community. Some find its survival systems and emergent encounters compelling and replayable. Others describe the experience as a time-consuming grind, and reviews also raise concerns about difficulty, AI, and dated presentation.
It's one year after the collapse of civilization and self-centered hedge fund manager Joe Wheeler emerges from his specially constructed bunker in search of food. This is a huge open-world Role Playing Game where you have the freedom to play how you want - but your choices have consequences. Your aim is to find other survivors, gain their respect, and build a community. You'll scavenge for supplies, trade, plant crops, go on quests, face moral dilemmas, go to war, and uncover dark, terrible secrets!
Innovative dialog system with characters that remember your actions and form their opinion of you accordingly.
Combines Action-RPG and Real-Time Strategy elements - you can take control of, or issue commands to, any character that joins your community.
Fast zombies and challenging combat that requires you to make use of all resources available to survive!
There's also a sequel, Survivalist: Invisible Strain!
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 39 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |