Choose How to Survive 2
Choose How to Survive 2 if you want an Action and Adventure game with Steam Leaderboards, Online PvP, and Shared/Split Screen PvP. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 66.1% positive across 1,936 reviews.
How to Survive 2 vs Fade to Silence
How to Survive 2 and Fade to Silence both land in 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 are RPG games on Steam. How to Survive 2 (2016) is 3 years older than Fade to Silence (2019). How to Survive 2 scores higher on Steam reviews (66.1% positive) than Fade to Silence (63.6% 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 Fade to Silence
Choose Fade to Silence if it's the newer release (2019) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Fade to Silence launched in 2019.
Both How to Survive 2 and Fade to Silence sit in RPG on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online Co-op, and Co-op, 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 2 |  Fade to Silence | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2019 |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, RPG | RPG |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Playable |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 29.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 66.1% positive (1,936 reviews) | 63.6% positive (522 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Eko Software | Black Forest Games |
Side by side
- Both are RPG games on Steam.
- How to Survive 2 (2016) is 3 years older than Fade to Silence (2019).
- How to Survive 2 scores higher on Steam reviews (66.1% positive) than Fade to Silence (63.6% positive).
- How to Survive 2 is currently ~50% cheaper on Steam than Fade to Silence (14.99 USD vs. 29.99 USD).
- Both support cooperative play.
- Both are Deck Playable.
How to Survive 2 vs Fade to Silence — FAQ
- Which is better, How to Survive 2 or Fade to Silence?
- On Steam reviews How to Survive 2 scores higher (66.1% positive) than Fade to Silence (63.6% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, How to Survive 2 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 2 or Fade to Silence first?
- If you want chronology, How to Survive 2 (2016) came out before Fade to Silence (2019). 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 2 and Fade to Silence similar?
- They overlap on 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.
- Do both How to Survive 2 and Fade to Silence have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: How to Survive 2 ships Online Co-op, Co-op; Fade to Silence ships Online Co-op, Co-op.