The Survivalists — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
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| Frostbite Fortress DLC is OUT NOW for The Survivalists!❄️🏛️ | 2026-03-12 | Survivalists! 🐒The day has arrived... the Frostbite Fortress DLC has just launched for The Survivalists! In case you missed what this paid expansion is all about, Frostbite Fortress is a challenging expansion for experienced survivors. Journey to an unforgiving land, harness its unique resources, and prepare to face the evil buried beneath the ice! 👀 Watch our DLC Launch Trailer below to learn more about Frostbite Fortress 👇Frostbite Fortress - Key Features 🥶 Explore a new treacherous biome! Journey to an unforgiving frozen land and prepare to face the evil buried beneath the ice!🏛️ Venture into a Deadly Labyrinth! Brave the perilous maz |
| Frostbite Fortress DLC arrives March 12th for The Survivalists!❄️🏛️ | 2026-03-02 | Survivalists! 🐒We're excited to announce that the Frostbite Fortress DLC arrives March 12th for The Survivalists! Will you survive the treacherous ice?Frostbite Fortress is a challenging expansion for experienced survivors. Journey to an unforgiving land, harness its unique resources, and prepare to face the evil buried beneath the ice! 👀Key Features ❄️Explore a deadly labyrinth🥶Battle new foes & frostbite variants🧪New Crafting & Brewing mechanics➕And more!We hope you are excited for our frosty DLC, launching on March 12th! Learn more about the Frostbite Fortress DLC: ⬇️ |
| Ice contains no future, just the past, sealed away.❄️🏛️ | 2026-02-23 | Survivalists! 🐒Ice contains no future, just the past, sealed away.❄️🏛️Learn more about The Survivalists: ⬇️ |
| ❗Update Required | 2025-10-03 | We want to let you know about an important update. A recently identified security vulnerability within Unity has been spotted, and while there is currently no evidence of impact on users, we’re taking all relevant steps to ensure you’re on the latest and safest version of the game. To keep you safe, we’ve released a new patch that addresses the issue. Please update your game as soon as possible to stay protected. You can read more about it here: https://unity.com/security/sept-2025-01 As always, our priority will be on keeping our games safe and enjoyable for everyone. https://store.steampowered.com/app/897450/The_Survivalists/ |
| Save up to 75% during the Steam Winter Sale! | 2022-12-22 | Attention, Survivalists! Winter Sale is headed straight for us! Now is a great time to snag the deal for yourself or as a gift for a friend, with The Survivalists at a amazing discount! All discounted items: The Survivalists - 75% The Survivalists - Digital Art book - 50% The Survivalists - Monkey Business Pack - 50% The Survivalists - Soundtrack - 50% The Survivalists - Deluxe Edition - 75% Sale ends 5th of January |
| Save up to 75% during the Steam Autumn Sale! | 2022-11-22 | Attention, Survivalists! Sale coming over the horizon! Now is a great time to snag the deal for yourself or as a gift for a friend, with The Survivalists at a amazing discount! All discounted items: The Survivalists - 75% The Survivalists - Digital Art book - 25% The Survivalists - Monkey Business Pack - 40% The Survivalists - Soundtrack - 50% The Survivalists - Deluxe Edition - 75% Check out more of our on sale games here! Sale ends November 29th |
| The survivalists 10% off in the Mega Management Bundle | 2022-11-03 | Survivalists! 🐒 The Survivalists is on sale part of the Mega Management Bundle where you can get a 10% discount on not only this but many great games! Catch them before they drift away! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/28552/Mega_Management_Bundle/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/897450/The_Survivalists/ |
| Watch us play The Survivalists on Twitch! 🐒 | 2022-06-23 | 1. Survive in the wilderness on livestream 🏝️ 2. Befriend Monkeys 🐒 3. ??? = Profit 🍌 ✔️ We're streaming The Survivalists over on our Twitch channel on June 28th (Tuesday)! 🕓 Catch us at 4pm UK | 11 am EDT 📺 Tune in: twitch.tv/team17 |
| Save 75% on The Survivalists! | 2022-01-27 | Attention, Survivalists! Set your sights on a limited time Lunar New Year deal – 75% off The Survivalists! Monkey training, building, crafting? You got it! Set sail and explore the island – your newfound home will change with day/night cycles as you uncover its secrets! Hunt (or be hunted by!) both animals and mythical creatures as you gear up for an adventure unique to every player. A world full of secrets and danger awaits! Now is a great time to snag the deal for yourself or as a gift for a friend, with The Survivalists now available for $6.25! What are you waiting for? Add it to your cart, check out, and get surviving! All discounted item |
| The Survivalists - Up to 75% off during the Steam Autumn Sale | 2021-11-24 | Survivalists! 🐒 Set sail on your desert island adventure and explore, build, craft & even train monkeys, for less! Get up to 75% off The Survivalists during the Steam Autumn sale! See the list of discounts here The Survivalists - 75% The Survivalists - Deluxe Edition - 75% The Survivalists - Digital Artbook - 25% The Survivalists - Monkey Business Pack - 40% The Survivalists - Soundtrack - 50% Ends December 1st at 6pm GMT https://store.steampowered.com/app/897450/The_Survivalists/ |
| Save 10% on Honey, I Joined A Cult! | 2021-09-14 | Survivalists, have you ever considered managing a cult? To celebrate the Steam Early Access launch, we’re giving owners of The Survivalists a 10% discount on Honey, I Joined A Cult! Combine that with the 10% launch week discount and you’ve got a deal of true enlightenment! You can also get the 10% discount if you own The Escapists, The Escapists: The Walking Dead, or The Escapists 2! What is Honey, I Joined A Cult? In Honey, I Joined a Cult you must build and expand your base, manage your cultists and resources, and increase your faith, funds and following. Key Features: Take full control of a funky cult: Recruit cultists to maintain the orga |
| Expeditions Update - Out Now! | 2021-06-24 | Gather your monkeys and prepare for more adventure with the Expeditions Update, out now! 🐒 🗺️ Quests 💎 Trinkets ✔️ Save upgrade system 📖 Bestiary & more! New features: 40+ New Trinkets – It is now possible to level your player character via trinkets. There are 4 trinkets slots that can be earned that can be slotted with a variety of trinkets that can radically change gameplay. Trinkets such as burning damage, death bombs, infection, shields, tool damage and damage reduction and more! Trinkets have 4 unique tier slots so you can customise to your playstyle. Trinkets recipes are earned by performing objectives for the Taskmasters. A new tri |
| Experimental Branch Update! - Faster Rafts, Death Location Marked on Map & More! | 2021-06-11 | Survivalists 🐒 A new update has landed on your island with some very exciting updates Expeditions Experimental Changes: Player Player death locations now have a gravestone on the map. NPCs The Beastmaster now sells the lures needed to summon the elite animals. Every taskmaster now has their own shop! They will sell useful items related to their general theme. Taskmasters have been polished and their task-chains have been re-ordered and refined. Legendary weapons are now made available after completing the final task for each taskmaster. Token shop rewards are now delivered in clusters, giving you more choice when you visit the mysterious str |
| Experimental Branch - Bug Fix Update | 2021-05-19 | Survivalists! 🐒 An update is live now on the experimental branch addressing some pesky bugs! 🛠️ Fixes: Fixed an issue where players on the Experimental branch would be able to match with players on the Live branch. Fixed an issue with the Steam controller profile where the A button was incorrectly being set as the B button. Fixed an issue where delivering animals to the Beastmaster did not progress the taming task. Fixed an issue where Blue dragonflies were not spawning. Fixed an issue where islands were sometimes generating incorrectly and appearing cut off. As always, please note: this is an experimental build and you may encounter bugs, |
| Expeditions Update - Coming Soon! | 2021-05-14 | 🐒 Survivalists! 🐒 Prepare for more adventure with the Expeditions Update, coming soon to Steam! 🗺️ Quests 💎 Trinkets 👺 Animals & pets ✅ Save upgrade system ... and so much more! Plus, The Survivalists is currently 50% off – no better time to dig in! Want to try this new update now?! Head on over to the Steam experimental branch and play! (Please note: this is an experimental build and you may encounter bugs, please back up your save!) Patch notes: 40+ New Trinkets – It is now possible to level your player character via trinkets. There are 4 trinkets slots that can be earned that can be slotted with a variety of trinkets that can radicall |
| The Survivalists - 50% Off! | 2021-05-14 | Survivalists! Set sail on your desert island adventure and explore, build, craft & even train monkeys, for less! Get 50% off during the Team17 publisher sale! Ends May 17th at 6pm BST! https://store.steampowered.com/app/897450/The_Survivalists/ Check out the full Team17 Steam Publisher Sale: https://bit.ly/T17SteamSale21 |
| The Survivalists - Achievement & Crop Limit Hotfix! | 2021-03-22 | A new hotfix for PC has washed ashore addressing a few pesky achievement bugs, crop limits and more - check out the full change list below! GAMEPLAY CHANGES Increased Crop limit from 64 to 512. Added shadows to grown crops. Centred shadows for several objects. BUG FIXES Fixed an issue where in rare cases save data could be corrupted due to the number of crops exceeding the limit. Fixed an issue causing the Forging Ahead Achievement to not trigger. Fixed an issue causing the Camping Out Achievement to not trigger. Fixed an issue that caused animals to become locked in the stagger animation. Fixed an issue with UI scaling on some resolutions. E |
| The Survivalists Farming Update Is Live! | 2021-02-11 | Hey Survivalists! The Farming Update has now washed ashore the Steam live version! This update ties together the Animal and Dangerous Plants updates that brought new enemies, bosses, taming. Adding Farming content with new crafting benches, crop system, dyeing customisation, combat update, fishing and many more top community requests! Thank you to everyone for there feedback that has helped us continue to improve the game and the support so many have shown. We hope this update shows how committed we are to making the game the best it can be. These 3 updates will be coming to all other platforms soon, we’ll let everyone know when we have time |
| Experimental Branch - Farming Update! | 2021-02-03 | Hey Survivalists! A new farming filled update has just landed, bursting to the seams with new content and quality of life improvements! This patch follows the animal and dangerous plants updates, which added taming, new enemies, labyrinth improvements and many more QOL features. As always leave your feedback in the comments below, it is hugely appreciated and has helped us shape up the game to be the best it can be! Plus, we'll be working off of this feedback and doing more testing to get these updates to the live version! Farming Update Crop System Players can now plant and grow their own crops including new varieties of plants to grow. Reme |
| Message in a Bottle - Quality of Life and The New Update | 2021-01-27 | Survivalists! Following 'Island Orientation' pre launch, we now have 'Message in a Bottle'! This is our developer diary where we'll show behind the scenes developer workings and teasers of upcoming content! A big content update is coming soon that will act as an almost part two to the animal update, though today we aren't spoiling that just yet. ːsteamsadː We will be instead focusing on the extra parts to this update and the quality of life additions lots of players have been asking for! Thank you everyone for your invaluable feedback so far. Corrupted Save File Fix Is Here! Before we start, we'd like to again apologies to those that experien |