Survived By launched on Steam on December 5th, 2018 and it’s a unique new free to play MMO by the U.S. based company Human Head Studios. The core gameplay in Survived by is remarkably similar to another game called Realm of the Mad God. What makes both of these two games special is that they both feature a permadeath system. Once a character dies, it’s dead forever. Unlike Realm of the Mad God though where death is extremely punishing, dying is a mechanic in Survived By which must be used to grow stronger. Players kill enemies, gain experience, acquire loot, and upon death they gain a special currency called Valr which can be used to gain legacies, which are passive permanent stat boosts which are carried over and applied to all future characters. So the higher level and better geared a character is on death, the more Valr acquired and the better legacies they’ll have access to. It’s actually an innovative concept and something no other MMORPG seems to have done. Permadeath in and of itself isn’t new to MMORPGs. It’s existed in numerous older games like Shaiyafor example and even in some form through hardcore mode in Path of Exile or Diablo 3, but no other game has used it as a means of progression. Continue reading →