How to Survive 2

Dead or Alive? Make up your mind, stranger. We don’t like that undead business here in Louisiana… Survive solo or with friends as you look to fulfill your basic needs of food, water and shelter, crafting your…

79 8 September 2016

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Horror Survival

How to Survive 2 is an adventure developed by EKO Software, released 8 September 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What How to Survive 2 is

How to Survive 2 is an adventure game developed by EKO Software and released in 2016. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Several years have passed since the original How to Survive events on Los Riscos’ archipelago. Now the local infection has turned into a worldwide pandemic. Everyone around the world, groups of people or lone wolves, try to survive one more day among the infected, attempting to recover a semblance of normal life. You find yourself in Louisiana and your survival chance starts by building a safe camp and becoming a skilled survivalist. Find water, food and shelter and talk to the unconventional locals to make your way around.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, horror and survival. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 49 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

How to Survive 2 holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel i3 3GHz, 4 GB RAM and DirectX 11 compatible. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

How to Survive 2 launched on 8 September 2016, within three weeks of Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Forza Horizon 3. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Forza Horizon 3.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for How to Survive 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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Dlc

How to Survive 2: Dead Dynamite

17 November 2016

Quick answers

How to Survive 2 — frequently asked questions

When did How to Survive 2 come out?

How to Survive 2 was released on 8 September 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for How to Survive 2?

At minimum, How to Survive 2 needs Intel i3 3GHz, 4 GB RAM, DirectX 11 compatible graphics, 8 GB available space of storage.

Does How to Survive 2 have multiplayer?

Yes. How to Survive 2 supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online.

How many GB is How to Survive 2?

The PC version needs about 8 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("8 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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