Choose Escape Dead Island
Choose Escape Dead Island if it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 54.9% positive across 408 reviews.
Escape Dead Island vs How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
Escape Dead Island and How To Survive: Third Person Standalone both land in Adventure on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Adventure games on Steam. Escape Dead Island (2014) is 1 year older than How To Survive: Third Person Standalone (2015). Escape Dead Island scores higher on Steam reviews (54.9% positive) than How To Survive: Third Person Standalone (52.5% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
Choose How To Survive: Third Person Standalone if you want an Action and RPG game with Steam Leaderboards. On Steam, it's currently about 33% cheaper on the Steam Store. How To Survive: Third Person Standalone launched in 2015.
Both Escape Dead Island and How To Survive: Third Person Standalone sit in Adventure on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Escape Dead Island |  How To Survive: Third Person Standalone | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2014 | 2015 |
| Genres | Adventure | Action, Adventure, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Playable |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 54.9% positive (408 reviews) | 52.5% positive (379 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Fatshark | Eko Software |
Side by side
- Both are Adventure games on Steam.
- Escape Dead Island (2014) is 1 year older than How To Survive: Third Person Standalone (2015).
- Escape Dead Island scores higher on Steam reviews (54.9% positive) than How To Survive: Third Person Standalone (52.5% positive).
- How To Survive: Third Person Standalone is currently ~33% cheaper on Steam than Escape Dead Island (9.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Steam Deck: Escape Dead Island is Deck Verified, How To Survive: Third Person Standalone is Deck Playable.
Escape Dead Island vs How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — FAQ
- Which is better, Escape Dead Island or How To Survive: Third Person Standalone?
- On Steam reviews Escape Dead Island scores higher (54.9% positive) than How To Survive: Third Person Standalone (52.5% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Escape Dead Island is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Escape Dead Island or How To Survive: Third Person Standalone first?
- If you want chronology, Escape Dead Island (2014) came out before How To Survive: Third Person Standalone (2015). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Escape Dead Island and How To Survive: Third Person Standalone similar?
- They overlap on Adventure on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.