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Dead Maze vs Survarium

Dead Maze is a fighting mmorpg game from Atelier 801 (2018) while Survarium is an FPS mmorpg game from Vostok Games (2015).

Dead Maze

2018 · Atelier 801

6.4GamingPickz Score

Free

Steam: Mostly Positive

Survarium

2015 · Vostok Games

5.4GamingPickz Score

Not listed

Steam: Mixed

What each one is

Steam files Dead Maze under Fighting and Mmorpg. In contrast, it files Survarium under FPS and Mmorpg.

Dead Maze

Dead Maze is a 2D MMO game set in a destroyed contemporary world, filled with zombies. Explore the world, scavenge and craft as many items as possible, to survive the hostile environment and upgrade your gear and camp as you go.

Description from its Steam store page

Survarium

Survarium is a post-apocalyptic online FPS game. If you are looking for a shooter where skills matter, look no further! The opposing players and deadly anomalies will never stop you on the way to victory, right? Then start playing now for free!

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Dead MazeSurvarium
GamingPickz Score6.4/105.4/10
Steam ratingMostly Positive (75%, 4,811)Mixed (55%, 25,266)
Critic aggregateNo aggregateNo aggregate
PriceFreeNot listed
Install size0.24 GB16 GB
Steam DeckUntestedunsupported
Released20182015
DeveloperAtelier 801Vostok Games

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Dead Maze vs Survarium, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Dead MazeFighting mmorpg game
    SurvariumFPS mmorpg game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Dead MazeFree to Play, Survival, Zombies
    SurvariumFree to Play, Survival, FPS

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    Dead MazeScore 6.4 · 75% on Steam
    SurvariumScore 5.4 · 55% on Steam

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Dead Maze4,811 reviews · 0.24 GB
    Survarium25,266 reviews · 16 GB

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Dead MazeFree
    SurvariumNot listed

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

Dead Maze takes 1 of the marked rounds to 0. That is only what a number can decide, not which you will enjoy more.

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2 games have both

01000100PlayersPopularity

Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

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How positions are decided

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  • Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
  • No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
  • A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
  • Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.

Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Dead Maze (GamingPickz Score 6.4)
  • Lighter on storage: Dead Maze (0.24 GB)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Survarium (25,266 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

Free to PlaySurvivalZombiesMultiplayerMassively MultiplayerOpen WorldActionAdventure

Where they differ

Dead Maze is also

2DMMORPGOnline Co-OpLootIsometricCharacter Customization

Survarium is also

FPSShooterFirst-PersonPvPEarly AccessAtmospheric

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Dead Maze is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Survarium is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Dead Maze and 0 for Survarium. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Dead Maze and Survarium in scope?

Dead Maze has drawn 4,811 Steam reviews and installs in 0.24 GB. Survarium has drawn 25,266 Steam reviews and installs in 16 GB.

Is Dead Maze or Survarium better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Dead Maze rates higher (6.4 to 5.4). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Dead Maze or Survarium?

One or both do not have a current listed price, so a straight comparison is not possible. See the table above.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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