Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor Critic Reviews

It’s all built rather solidly as well. I’ve only witnessed a couple of noteworthy bugs (not counting the angry, bitey ones) and one of them got fixed as I was writing this review. The other, a sound bug where certain noises keep playing through the pause menu and upgrade screens, is hopefully not long for this world. Otherwise, DRG: Survivor is in good nick for an unfinished game. More importantly, it’s a great game per se, where worries over the lack of co-op melt away in the mines amid intense, satisfying, tightly crafted bullet waltzes. I don’t know if I’ll pump the same hundreds of hours into this that I have for its parent game, but I’ll be absolutely happy to spend more alone time down in the depths, stealing shiny rocks from the natives.

The game will be in Early Access for an intended 6-12 months, and while I miss the community cooperation that is so prominent in the first game, I can't give it too much fault here. The game is, as listed, intended as a “single player survivor-like, auto-shooter”, and it does exactly that with an impressive level of polish already. The graphical style is intact and shining, the number of enemies on screen is daunting but doesn't tank performance on my PC even slightly, and there is a strong foundation for growth in its progression, balance, and future content per the development cycle and community feedback. For an Early Access state, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is ready to rock and stone from the get-go, and I can only see it delving deeper with each future update.

Fans of the original game will be in their element as features from the game have been brought over to Deep Rock Galactic Survivor, although many of the voice lines sound reused. New players will find a great attempt at the Vampire Survivors genre that will keep you coming back for more. This being an early access title, we’re sure to see more dwarf classes and weapons, as well as new planets to explore. It’s remarkably great now, it can only get better from here.

Survivor takes players back to the familiar setting of Deep Rock Galactic, while bringing something new to the roguelike bullet hell genre.

Ultimately, for now, unless you are a Deep Rock Galactic fan, there are a few better shoot ’em-ups out there. We’ll see whether Funday Games and Ghost Ship can change that as we approach full release.