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Boris and the Dark Survival

Boris and the Dark Survival

A lone wolf struggles to survive the inky abyss of Joey Drew Studios in this top-down survival horror.

Released Feb 10, 2020 Developer Joey Drew Studios Platforms Windows ActionAdventureIndieHorrorStrategy
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-08-12)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

89.4%positive3,725 reviews
Recommended · 82 found this helpful

“A wonderful randomly-generated survival horror. The game offers infinite levels and the gameplay is simple to grasp. The first few runs for supplies gave me trouble, but it is all in the learning process of the game's mechanics. After the first couple of runs, you'll easily find…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 54 found this helpful

“I am now the owner of the one and only $2 discontinued boris and the dark survival game.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 34 found this helpful

“Even though Bendy may not be as popular at the time that I am writing this, Boris and the dark survival gives me hope that there IS hope. If you are a bendy fan reading this, please like so we can get hopes back up again. And if this does help, we can say bendy was right about…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

4peak since Aug 2026
0 1 2 1 avg · Sep 2026

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-08-12 07:53 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

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Oct 24, 2024
Bendy: Lone Wolf

Boris and the Dark Survival will be transforming into Bendy: Lone Wolf , along with a rebrand will have a large overhaul of the entire game. This means that Bendy: Lone Wolf will be a completely new g

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsAction · Adventure · Indie · Horror · Strategy · Casual · Survival Horror · Survival · Singleplayer · Top-Down · Cartoony · Arcade (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Full controller support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 and up Processor: i5 and up Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 770 and up DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 200 MB available space