Choose How to Survive
Choose How to Survive if you want the Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Co-op side of the pairing. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 76.5% positive across 4,613 reviews.
How to Survive vs How To Survive: Third Person Standalone
How to Survive and How To Survive: Third Person Standalone both land in Action, Adventure, RPG 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 share Action, Adventure, RPG on Steam. How to Survive (2014) is 1 year older than How To Survive: Third Person Standalone (2015). How to Survive scores higher on Steam reviews (76.5% 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 it's currently about 33% cheaper on the Steam Store. How To Survive: Third Person Standalone launched in 2015.
Both How to Survive and How To Survive: Third Person Standalone sit in Action, Adventure, and RPG on Steam and both list Steam Leaderboards, 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
 How to Survive |  How To Survive: Third Person Standalone | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2014 | 2015 |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, RPG | Action, Adventure, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Deck Playable |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 9.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 76.5% positive (4,613 reviews) | 52.5% positive (379 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Co-op | Single-player only |
| Developers | Eko Software | Eko Software |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Adventure, RPG on Steam.
- How to Survive (2014) is 1 year older than How To Survive: Third Person Standalone (2015).
- How to Survive scores higher on Steam reviews (76.5% positive) than How To Survive: Third Person Standalone (52.5% positive).
- How To Survive: Third Person Standalone is currently ~33% cheaper on Steam than How to Survive (9.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- How to Survive has co-op; How To Survive: Third Person Standalone does not.
- Steam Deck: How to Survive is Deck Verified, How To Survive: Third Person Standalone is Deck Playable.
How to Survive vs How To Survive: Third Person Standalone — FAQ
- Which is better, How to Survive or How To Survive: Third Person Standalone?
- On Steam reviews How to Survive scores higher (76.5% 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, How to Survive is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play How to Survive or How To Survive: Third Person Standalone first?
- If you want chronology, How to Survive (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 How to Survive and How To Survive: Third Person Standalone similar?
- They overlap on Action, Adventure, RPG 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.
- Does How To Survive: Third Person Standalone have multiplayer like How to Survive?
- No. How to Survive supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player, Co-op), while How To Survive: Third Person Standalone is listed as single-player only.