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Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
Developer Funday Games
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is a shoot 'em up video game by Funday Games. It is a top down spin-off of the first-person shooter Deep Rock Galactic modeled on the auto-shooter Vampire Survivors. The player controls a dwarf on a solo mission to mine ore, shooting enemies and ultimately defeating a boss at the end of each level in order to gain experience and increase their weapon's power. Funday began developing the… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
566 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
72
Fresh
295 positive · 113 negative
95% range 68–76%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 295 | 113 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 34 | 2 | 65 |
| Lemmy * | 9 | 0 | 26 |
| Mastodon * | 5 | 2 | 15 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
21,920 of 25,106 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
75% recommend · 213 yes, 72 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 285 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (41,782 of 48,467 positive).
Many reviewers note the game is very grindy, especially in later stages, with repetitive meta progression. [1][2][3][4] Some players find the difficulty spikes unfair and the end-game restrictive, limiting viable builds. [5][6][7]
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Representative posts
- [4]
Its a nice game. I really do like the overall concept and gameplay, but it is VERY grindy and has a TON of meta progression. You will be replaying the same missions over and over and over and over and over and over again for a marginal 1-2% stat increase on a single weapon/class/biome. If the devs can streamline the meta progression and grind, I'd give it a positive rating. 42 weapons, 12 classes, and 5 biomes each …
- [10]
Deep rock galatic survivor is a fantastic game with plenty of customization, loot and builds to play through that will keep you active for a long time. I am nearly 50 hours into the game, lets talk pros and cons: Pros: Graphics - Deep rock galactiv survivor has pretty nice looking graphics but its the art style and charm that sells it. Its not a crysis level realism style game, but its a quiry cartoony and fun style …
- [12]
God, I both love and hate this game. But, a €12.99 game that gave me 100+ hours of gameplay doesn’t deserve anything less but a thumbs up— but it isn’t all smooth sailing. It runs excellently on the Steam Deck. Anything up to Hazard 4 performs perfectly. At Hazard 5, however, you’ll run into some performance issues, which is why I switched to PC for most of the mastery runs. Unless you’re planning to 100% the game …
- [11]
If you like Vampire Survivors, Enter the Gungeon, Halls of Torment, or other bullet heaven / auto shooters, this game is probably for you. Most well polished, high production value, plus tons of unlocks to keep you coming back for a more powerful run. Best game in this genre I've ever played.
- [1]
Perfect game for the holidays! Killer dwarfs! bullet hell slash survivor auto shooter. Self explanatory. Kill. Mine. Survive. Upgrade. You will be pulled in for a couple hours guaranteed. The grind is real and can be repetitive . But killer dwarfs never get old.
Summarised from 34 of the 417 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor sits at 72% positive across 408 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Within a month of its release in early access, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor had sold one million copies.
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Reactions
60 of 566 · most liked firstDon't know why we keep having the game awards when Deep Rock Galactic has been scientifically established as the best game ever made
positive · AI labelView post →This is not an entirely bad game, but it’s a bad survivors-like game. The combination with a mining game is refreshing at first, something that I miss in the monotone locations of other games from this genre, but the survivors mechanics are undoubtedly too inferior compared to other games in the genre and definitely below par. Boring and unrewarding flat meta upgrades (like +1% damage / fire rate / reload speed). No synergies between weapon or run upgrades, no game-changing upgrades. Many…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played this game a lot since it first released in early access and continued to iterate on the game. The end result, at least of their 1.0, is that they just never addressed so many of the myriad problems with the game. Weapon balance is terrible. It has always been terrible since the early days and has barely been addressed. A large percentage of the weapons are so bad they actively make you weaker by having them, since you get offered upgrades for your other weapons less often.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Deep Rock Galactic is just a cozy game for boys.
positive · AI labelView post →Its a nice game. I really do like the overall concept and gameplay, but it is VERY grindy and has a TON of meta progression. You will be replaying the same missions over and over and over and over and over and over again for a marginal 1-2% stat increase on a single weapon/class/biome. If the devs can streamline the meta progression and grind, I'd give it a positive rating. 42 weapons, 12 classes, and 5 biomes each with 5 levels of meta progression means you are repeating the same missions up…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Which game do I get that's under 20GB?. I have 25GB-ish left on my steam deck. I like to save space for saves and stuff, so im looking for a game under 20. Whats a fun small-med sized game youve been playing? EDIT!! Awesome suggestions so far everyone. I picked up the following games right now: Farcry Primal Mina the Hollower Animal Well Streets of Rogue Deep Rock Galactic Heart of the Machine Inscryption Moonrise Fall Slay the Spire…
neutral · AI labelView post →Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor releases Sept 17th on Xbox and coming to Game Pass
neutral · AI labelView post →Sadly this makes the same mistake as so many other "Survivor-likes" and makes the End-Game a slog and bore. There is no experimentation allowed at the highest level, only a handful of viable builds if you want to beat the levels. I'm really baffled how all these higher profile Vampire-Survivors clones miss what makes that game truly fun; playing with the mechanics, allowing the player to break stuff and have fun. I'm talking about having fun and all these clones are made and they become…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Follow me if you fw: Bugs Birds Space Monster Hunter Bug Fables In Stars and Time Hollow Knight Terraria Deep Rock Galactic Rain World Helldivers 2 Blasphemous (game) Everhood Hades (game) A Hat in Time Hyper Light Drifter One Shot Neon White Persona Signalis
neutral · AI labelView post →'Challenging' and 'Unreasonable' are entirely different concepts. Make the developers play missions on Hazard 5 every month. And if they fail to clear it, their pay should be docked and given in Red Sugar and Nitra.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really tried to like this game, it has really good bones, it feels great to play, but it's just too difficult and unfair. Massive, insurmountable difficulty spikes require hours and hours of grinding to overcome, rather than skill or strategy or even RNG. The core gameplay loop is leveling dozens of stats by 1% per game and hoping items with minute stat bumps drop. All the weapons and classes are really cool and fun and have some great synergies, but at the end of the day, they don't matter,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Probably the most polished survivor game but one of the worst in terms of gameplay if not the worst. Their idea of having a lot of content is basically locking everything behind an endless grind. After a few hours when the novelty wears off it becomes repetitive. There's no satisfaction in finishing a dive, it's just plain boring.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Brilliant Twist on the DRG Formula The game took me by surprise. I went in thinking this would be a side project, but what I found was a tight, exciting survival shooter that stands on its own. The core gunplay from Deep Rock Galactic works beautifully in this new survival mode. You still feel powerful and weighty with every shot, and the enemies have that same satisfying mix of chaos and danger that made the original so much fun. The moment to moment gameplay is intense and rewarding. Waves…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Deep rock galatic survivor is a fantastic game with plenty of customization, loot and builds to play through that will keep you active for a long time. I am nearly 50 hours into the game, lets talk pros and cons: Pros: Graphics - Deep rock galactiv survivor has pretty nice looking graphics but its the art style and charm that sells it. Its not a crysis level realism style game, but its a quiry cartoony and fun style that really brings home what the game is aiming for. Gameplay -…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well polished but maybe one of the worst games in the genre. You have stunningly little agency, there are a bunch of systems but none of them give you any real depth to make choices as a player. It's basically just a stat grinding simulator with what seems to be escalating grind times for each wall. It's unfortunate because the game is extremely well polished overall, but a survivor game needs to be the right combination of brainless grind and learning what to exploit, and this game is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Greedy Developers charging nearly the price of the full game for 1 Character. 1 Map and one new Event type. Laughable! Dont support this!!!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[Finished - all keys taken] Steam key giveaway. I have spare Steam keys for: ~~Psychonauts 2~~ Taken ~~Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor~~ Taken ~~Asgard's Fall - Viking Survivors~~ Taken First come, first served. Edit: All keys are taken.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's not offensively bad but it doesn't understand what makes the genre fun. Repetition in roguelikes works because of variance between each run. You can try different builds, see new items and abilities, and make different decisions. Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor has extracted all the run-to-run variance into its massively over-engineered and grindy metagame progression system. It's quite telling that to start your first run, you have to click through about 6 screens showing you all the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So yeah, after 20 or so hours, I'm fuging done with this siht. I've been through a lot of bullet hells, it's probably one of my favorite genres in recent years and DRG Survivor is not it chief. Which is a shame because DRG vibe is here, gameplay loop is fun and upgrades are meaningful. Both Elimination and Escort mission types are interesting. So why I won't recommend it? Because of it's horrendous difficulty spike after Hazard 2. Balance of equipment&upgrades vs enemies dmg&hp is totally out…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a very repetitive Survivor game. There is a lot of micro-progression locked behind challenges that gradually increase your stats by a small amount. Gear that also come with randomized stats, different levels of quality that also bring with it some stat upgrades and effects that can make a run more convenient. Finding gear that is high quality is quite rare, compounded with having to fish for good randomized stats is also prolonging the grind. The game itself is quite challenging, more so…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wish I could get myself to buy darktide but I'm sorry the GaaS shit that game pulls is poison to me. Sorry man I've played Deep Rock Galactic, I've tasted the forbidden fruit of an online multi-player game not treating me like a fucking atm
positive · AI labelView post →- Extremely repetitive gameplay - The permanent upgrades feel like they have almost no meaningful impact on gameplay - The weapon balance is terrible. Some weapons are completely useless, while others are overpowered - Various bugs and technical issues, such as your Supply Pod getting permanently stuck, the game freezing between levels or even freezing when launching the game - Sooner or later, you will end up with more resources and money than you can actually spend. They become completely…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The base game was a lot of fun. I was happy to hear that an expansion was coming. Well not that it's here I can say I will no longer be supporting this game. 1 class 1 level 1 mode. almost as much as the base game. If you mention in the forums that other games exist and that you like a mechanic or price of other games, you get warned for "promoting other games" You do know you aren't the 1st "survivor game" in existence right? Hey guys, Did you know that other games exist on Steam? WOWZERS!…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mid. Grindy. Luck-based. When you win, it feels like you had it in the bag all along. When you lose, it feels like you just got unlucky because you won't be able to pinpoint anything specific that you could have done better or played differently. There aren't any meaningful choices you're making, just luck of the rolls. Avoiding getting hit is counter-productive, unlike other games of this genre (eg, Spell Brigade), because the meta progression grind makes you go out of your way to mine. And…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →God, I both love and hate this game. But, a €12.99 game that gave me 100+ hours of gameplay doesn’t deserve anything less but a thumbs up— but it isn’t all smooth sailing. It runs excellently on the Steam Deck. Anything up to Hazard 4 performs perfectly. At Hazard 5, however, you’ll run into some performance issues, which is why I switched to PC for most of the mastery runs. Unless you’re planning to 100% the game like I did, this really isn’t a problem: Hazard 5 is downright ridiculous for a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(And followed up romantasy reading by Family Board Game Afternoon (Deep Rock Galactic -- we won!), and Family Movie Night (silly monster movie that we laughed our way through).) Lot worse ways to spend a Saturday.
neutral · AI labelView post →I got 53 hours out of the game but I ultimately don't recommend it. My main problem is the progression. The first run feels like all runs. You will never really encounter anything that changes. Different weapons and classes all feel the same, and all enemies are literally the same. Most upgrades are simpler +damage type upgrades, that don't feel meaningfully different. I guess I was just chasing something more interesting and never found it. Edit: For clarification, I regret my time with this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hades returns to Xbox Game Pass this month, alongside Visions of Mana, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, and more news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
neutral · AI labelView post →We need more games like Deep Rock Galactic. The game is close to perfection, by being simple and straightforward. Simple engagement, lore/world, look and style. Straightforward gameplay, progress, setup and customization. Worth to mention, no predatory DLC (only to support) and free Battle Pass.
positive · AI labelView post →ALSO: THE DEEP ROCK GALACTIC BOARD GAME
neutral · AI labelView post →Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core is disappointing so far. I went in with an open mind knowing it'd be a very different type of game - but the roguelike mechanics just aren't fun here. Giving it a few more runs later to see if it gets better.
negative · AI labelView post →Deep Rock Galactic (Steam) is $9.89 on Humble buff.ly/chAE3K0 Deep Rock Galactic Special Edition (PS5) $13.99 at PNP Games buff.ly/GyYbyke Deck playable also on Game Pass Standard
neutral · AI labelView post →I just saw that I *shamefully* never wrote a review for this! DRG:S has been a go-to joy for me since picking up a Steam Deck. I’m a HUGE fan of survivors-likes, especially Brotato, Nordic Ashes, and of course, Vampire Survivors. I had no experience with the mainline DRG game, and was a little worried at first that I’d feel out-of-the-loop with this spinoff. Not so! This immediately became my second favorite survivors-like (after Brotato, in which I have over 100hrs). What makes DRG:S…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Deep Rock Galactic (Steam) is $8.99 on Humble buff.ly/8TdrM3i #ad Ultimate $13.74 US PS+ buff.ly/mXaerhH PS5 SE $14.75 at VGP buff.ly/xb5AU67 Deck playable also on Game Pass Premium
neutral · AI labelView post →Deep Rock Galactic is $8.99 on Steam buff.ly/rok0Hbq PS5 Special Edition $19.99 Amazon buff.ly/0zTHKFc $14.32 VGP buff.ly/6lShiFf PNP Games buff.ly/gJVaRd8 Deck playable also on Game Pass Premium
neutral · AI labelView post →A Glyphid Bulk Detonator from the Deep Rock Galactic Board game I did a while ago.
neutral · AI labelView post →Deep Rock Galactic (Steam) $9.89 on Humble buff.ly/V3tfGza Deck playable also on Game Pass Standard
neutral · AI labelView post →Teamwork games? Like Rematch or Foxhole. (This isn't about co-op with 4 friends games like PEAK or RV There Yet, Borderlands or Magicka) # Stage 1 - purely individualistic games In many games - COD comes to mind - you can just bust into a room and solo everyone. That's individualistic gameplay, where other players are merely pedestrians in a saga where you are the main character. # Stage 2 - shallow teamwork Then there's games that have **"** _teamwork_ **"** that boils down to…
neutral · AI labelView post →Coming soon to Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass PC: Hades, Visions of Mana, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, and more! news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
neutral · AI labelView post →[Itch] Forever-Free Friday: Manic Miners (Lego Rock Raiders), a strategy game. The original Lego Rock Raiders strategy game made to work flawlessly on modern PC, with new expanded content. If you've never played this, and like games like Deep Rock Galactic, Lord of the Rings Return to Moria, Minecraft, top down strategy games, or other Lego games, this is for you.
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is decent, but I don't know what these devs are smoking to think that this small amount of content is worth the huge amount of grind that they expect you to go through. The juice is not worth the squeeze. I'm glad I picked it up for seven fiat units, because that's all that it's worth.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →you will like our indie game if you played these games: - Deep Rock Galactic 🪨 - Destiny 2 🪐 - The Borderlands Series ⚙️ - Risk of Rain 🌧️
neutral · AI labelView post →Your new Vampire Survivors obsession is Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - and it's a feast of a game www.eurogamer.net/your-new-vam...
neutral · AI labelView post →Apparently there's #promosky right now so uh. Looking for moots. - Game development - Art - Indie VTubers - Deep Rock Galactic - Modded / Modding Minecraft - Mega Man - good people playing bad games (call of duty) - Metal Gear Solid - Titanfall - Balatro - Snapcube - Northernlion
neutral · AI labelView post →Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is an excellent horde survival game - 1.0 out now #DeepRockGalacticSurvivor #Gaming #PCGaming #SteamDeck #LinuxGaming
positive · AI labelView post →idk what is with Deep Rock Galactic. it’s like it was made in a lab to be appealing to me. love that game to death
positive · AI labelView post →My main problem is that the game lacks diversity when it comes to items, builds and traits. Like the equipment you drop only gives you like +2% mining speed and the upgrades you purchase between missions give you +1% walk speed or +1% crit chance and so on. You get the idea. Ultimately all characters and builds feel too similar and upgrades don't feel meaningful. What makes this genre fun for me is experimenting with different combinations of weapons, builds, items and traits. When they feel…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There was a constant feeling that the game was about to get fun, but after 45 hours, it never happened. Honestly, when you're copying vampire survivors, don't forget that the game should be fun. 62 hours. I decided to give this game another chance, but it's still an absolute nightmare. Playing on the highest difficulty is about as fun as trying to set a world record in Megabonk. You just keep restarting the same level over and over because you have no way to reroll overclocks, and it's…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →4 things I’ve played recently! AMA Magic The Gathering: Commander LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring Trick-Taking Game Burning Banners Deep Rock Galactic
neutral · AI labelView post →also I have finally been exposed to the fact that Deep Rock Galactic is kinda fun Didn't know if it was gonna be a game I would be into but it is,,,
positive · AI labelView post →Learn more about Ubisoft's abandoned sci-fi game called Pioneer in our new MinnMax Interview. The game (teased in Watch Dogs 2) was going to be a bit like Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Deep Rock Galactic, and No Man's Sky. youtu.be/aMl5fUlDxEU
neutral · AI labelView post →Five runs in, I can safely say this game has two big problems: 1. You can barely see or hear what your weapons do, the bullets are too subtle. So indistinct it's impossible to tell your guns apart with a naked eye. Compare it to other representatives of the genre where your arsenal either circles around you like them scythes and Bibles, growing bigger and badder, or creates fiery splashes across the screen like the sword slashes or a ball of lightning in Halls of Torment. You can see your…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wildly inaccurate. There are currently 1,189 Steam games discounted at 70% or higher with a minimum of 5000 reviews, including The Witcher 3, Hearts of Iron IV, Cyberpunk 2077, and Deep Rock Galactic: https://steamdb.info/sales/?min_discount=70&min_rating=0&min_reviews=5000
neutral · AI labelView post →We can finally show some work-in-progress shots from the Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core project! And get the game into a proper open #gamedev state Still a bit of time before we can do the first public playtest, but hopefully not too long www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXnK...
neutral · AI labelView post →I remember playing Deep Rock Galactic drunk. "Oh, its a low Hazard level. Surely I can drop a nuke and we all won't die" Well, I found it funny at least...
positive · AI labelView post →Perfect game for the holidays! Killer dwarfs! bullet hell slash survivor auto shooter. Self explanatory. Kill. Mine. Survive. Upgrade. You will be pulled in for a couple hours guaranteed. The grind is real and can be repetitive . But killer dwarfs never get old.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My take isn't going to be popular, because everyone likes to think of themselves as an elite gamer.... But this game is too hard... This would be a GREAT multiplayer game... But for some reason whenever anyone makes something in the vampire survivors style, they don't do that. But single player? This is just running around in circles, maybe getting a few enemies down as more of them swarm in and barely managing to mine the materials you need. There's an escort mission, this absolutely sucks.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Deep Rock Galactic Survivor is coming to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate on September 17.
neutral · AI labelView post →Very fun roguelike but I personally feel like it needs a bit more work to live up to DRG standards. The game is VERY grindy in the later stages, and there aren't many artifacts to make each run feel unique. I found myself picking the same upgrades time after time rather than trying to diversify my builds. I think it's a very fair asking price for what you're getting, but again, when you compare it to the main DRG game, it has a lot to live up to. Still recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is $9.09 on Steam buff.ly/BRRYvI9 Deck verified also on Game Pass Premium
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