Winter Survival
First-person winter survival with crafting and a sanity system
DRAGO entertainment · Published by DRAGO entertainment, HeartBeat Games · Released Nov 19, 2025
ActionAdventureIndieSimulation
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 63% of 776
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 1
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 5 months ago
- Apr 17, 2026
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
What is Winter Survival?
A first-person, open-world survival game set in a frozen wilderness. You scavenge for supplies, craft tools, build shelter, manage hunger and sanity, and avoid or fight predators. Story mode follows Danny, a novice survivalist trying to get home; a customizable sandbox mode and a score-based Cold Wave mode provide other ways to play.
For you if...
- +you enjoy scavenging and building shelter in open worlds
- +you want a guided survival story or customizable sandbox
- +you like managing sanity alongside hunger and predators
Not for you if...
- −you prefer survival games without resource and sanity management
- −you want linear levels rather than open-world exploration
What players say
63% of 776 reviews are positive
Players praise the story and the choice of survival modes. They complain about bugs, performance problems, confusing menus, and sharp difficulty spikes in Story mode.
Screenshots and trailer
Winter Survival system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen 5 1600X / Intel Core i5-7600K
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 15 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
- Notes
- SSD
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen 7 3700X / Intel Core i7-9700K
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 / AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 15 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
- Notes
- SSD
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 30
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Graphics settings cannot be configured to run well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian.
Tags
- Survival
- Open World Survival Craft
- Cooking
- Open World
- Atmospheric
- Exploration
- Singleplayer
- Adventure
- First-Person
- Base Building
- Hunting
- Early Access
- Building
- Survival Horror
- Stealth
- Action
Recent updates
- Apr 17, 2026 · Game Update #13 is here!
- Dec 19, 2025 · Hotfix #4 is now live, bringing additional fixes and improvements.
- Dec 12, 2025 · Hotfix #3 is here! 🛠️
- Nov 28, 2025 · Hotfix #2 for 1.0 version is available! 🛠️
- Nov 21, 2025 · First Hotfix for 1.0 version is here! 🔥
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