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Just Survive vs Survarium

Just Survive is an FPS horror game from Daybreak Game Company (2015) while Survarium is an FPS mmorpg game from Vostok Games (2015).

Just Survive

2015 · Daybreak Game Company

5.9GamingPickz Score

Not listed

Steam: Mixed

Survarium

2015 · Vostok Games

5.4GamingPickz Score

Not listed

Steam: Mixed

What each one is

Steam files Just Survive under FPS and Horror. In contrast, it files Survarium under FPS and Mmorpg.

Just Survive

Just Survive is a post-apocalyptic survival game that immerses you in a world where humanity is fighting to take back control from the zombie hordes.

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

Just SurviveSurvarium
GamingPickz Score5.9/105.4/10
Steam ratingMixed (59%, 76,763)Mixed (55%, 25,266)
Critic aggregateNo aggregateNo aggregate
PriceNot listedNot listed
Install size20 GB16 GB
Steam Deckunsupportedunsupported
Released20152015
DeveloperDaybreak Game CompanyVostok Games

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

Just Survive 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

    Just SurviveFPS horror 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

    Just SurviveZombies, Survival, Open World
    SurvariumFree to Play, Survival, FPS

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

  3. Reception

    Just SurviveScore 5.9 · 59% 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

    Just Survive76,763 reviews · 20 GB
    Survarium25,266 reviews · 16 GB

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

  5. Price

    Just SurviveNot listed
    SurvariumNot listed

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Just SurviveUnsupported
    SurvariumUnsupported

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Just Survive 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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Just Survive and Survarium on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.

2 games have both

01000100PlayersPopularityJust Survive

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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  • 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.
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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Just Survive (GamingPickz Score 5.9)
  • Lighter on storage: Survarium (16 GB)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Just Survive (76,763 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

ZombiesSurvivalOpen WorldMultiplayerMassively MultiplayerCraftingPost-apocalypticAction

Where they differ

Just Survive is also

Survival HorrorSandboxWalking SimulatorHorrorSimulation

Survarium is also

Free to PlayFirst-PersonPvPAtmosphericSingleplayer

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Just Survive is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Survarium is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Just SurviveSurvarium
Minimum GPUnVidia GeForce GTX 275 series
Minimum CPUIntel i3 Dual-Core with Hyper-Threading (required)
Minimum RAM4 GB
Install size20 GB16 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Just Survive · Survarium.

Accessibility features

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

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Common questions

How different are Just Survive and Survarium in scope?

Just Survive has drawn 76,763 Steam reviews and installs in 20 GB. Survarium has drawn 25,266 Steam reviews and installs in 16 GB.

Is Just Survive or Survarium better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Just Survive rates higher (5.9 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, Just Survive 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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