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Survive: The king killer is a single player open world hack and slash game. It was developed by WhackAKey Games and was released on February 20, 2018. It received negative reviews from players.

Survive: The king killer is a one man team with a one life only game that is an open world survival game.

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26%Audience ScoreBased on 19 reviews
humor5 positive mentions
graphics3 negative mentions

  • Ambitious concept combining survival, base building, faction warfare, and army management into a unified experience.
  • One-life permadeath mechanic adds high stakes and tension for players seeking a hardcore survival challenge.
  • Base building system offers a sense of ownership and progression for long-term survival preparation.
  • Game suffers from poor controls, clunky combat, and overly punishing mechanics that cause frustration.
  • Technical issues such as bugs, performance problems, awkward UI, and unpolished graphics detract from immersion.
  • Lack of clear tutorials, unclear systems, and hostile early encounters create a steep and unfair learning curve.
  • gameplay

    14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    21% positive mentions, 58% neutral mentions, 21% negative mentions

    The gameplay of Survive: The King Killer ambitiously combines survival, strategy, and base-building mechanics but is often hindered by clunky controls, unclear systems, and unpolished combat. The strict one-life rule adds tension but can amplify frustration due to frustrating deaths and underdeveloped AI behavior. Overall, the gameplay feels unbalanced and exhausting rather than rewarding, with players often facing unfair challenges early on.

    • “Survive: The King Killer is a fiercely ambitious indie survival game that attempts to merge a wide array of systems—open-world exploration, hardcore survival mechanics, base building, crafting, faction warfare, and even army management—into a single, uncompromising experience.”
    • “One of the game’s defining mechanics is its strict one-life rule, creating tension and emotional investment for the player.”
    • “This blend of survival gameplay with strategic warfare is conceptually compelling, suggesting a journey from lone survivor to war leader.”
    • “In theory, the strict one-life rule creates tension and emotional investment; in practice, it can also magnify frustration, particularly when deaths occur due to unclear mechanics, clumsy combat interactions, or technical hiccups rather than player error.”
    • “Unfortunately, AI behavior, combat depth, and feedback systems often fail to support the game's ambition, making large-scale encounters feel underwhelming or mechanically shallow.”
    • “However, frustration dominates much of the feedback, with criticism aimed at clunky controls, unclear systems, repetitive resource loops, and punishing mechanics that lack sufficient support.”
  • humor

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is divisive, with some players finding it frustrating or not to their taste, while others see potential for comedic value, especially in streaming contexts. It tends to lean towards gentle, silly humor rather than vulgar, which may not appeal to everyone. Additionally, repetitive prompts can detract from the comedic experience.

  • graphics

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions

    The graphics are poorly optimized, resulting in minimal impact from different settings. The visual style is cartoonish and somewhat outdated, reminiscent of early Elder Scrolls titles. The inclusion of a humorous "potato" graphics option highlights the game's low graphical fidelity.

    • “Graphics settings are available but don't seem to make much difference as the game is very badly optimized.”
    • “The main menu was amusing, with 'potato' listed as one of the graphics options.”
    • “The entire scene looked like it came straight out of the opening of The Elder Scrolls: Redguard, but with cartoony graphics.”
  • music

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely criticized for being irritating, with technical issues such as overlapping tracks that cannot be turned off. Users also express frustration over the lack of developer response and poor overall audio implementation, detracting significantly from the experience.

    • “The music is atrocious and if you leave and come back to the docks, there is a chance to have 2 or 3 instances of the song overlapping at the same time.”
    • “The music is really irritating and you can't turn it off.”
    • “Had to refund my purchase as the dev wouldn't even respond to the music and mouse flipping issues; just no communication at all.”
  • emotional

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The emotional experience aims to build tension and investment but is often undermined by frustration from unclear mechanics and technical issues. Additionally, the modest audio design fails to enhance atmosphere or emotional impact.

  • story

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The story is perceived as intentionally poor and provocative, with unusual and off-putting elements that seem designed to frustrate or shock the player rather than engage them meaningfully.

    • “I really don't know how to gauge this game, because it feels like everything is on purpose, like it's supposed to make me angry, hurt my eyes, and has a bad story on purpose.”
    • “Then, I was treated to an intro in which the main story character was, one day, looking for panties on the ground.”
  • grinding

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Grinding in the game is often tedious due to simplistic enemy AI, leading to repetitive and unengaging combat encounters rather than challenging or exciting fights.

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's optimization suffers from performance issues and inconsistent polish, which detract from immersion and highlight its indie origins during key moments.

    • “Performance issues and inconsistent polish further erode immersion, reminding players of the game’s indie roots at moments when the world should feel most convincing.”
  • atmosphere

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is understated, with audio design providing functional sound effects that do not notably enhance immersion or emotional impact.

    • “Audio design is similarly modest, offering functional sound effects without contributing significantly to atmosphere or emotional tension.”
  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game is considered replayable, indicating it offers enough variety or engaging content to encourage multiple playthroughs.

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Survive: The king killer is a open world hack and slash game. Common tags for Survive: The king killer include 3D, indie, life sim, third person, action rpg and others.

Survive: The king killer is available on PC and Windows.

Survive: The king killer was released on February 20, 2018.

Survive: The king killer was developed by WhackAKey Games.

Survive: The king killer has received negative reviews from players. Most players liked Survive: The king killer for its humor but disliked it for its gameplay.

Survive: The king killer is a single player game.

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