Open now · By request
Evolution Survival playtest
by DrierWhisper729
Evolution Survival is a survival game where the universe evolves around you. The plants and animals you saw at the beginning will be different at the end, They may not even be there, the star may have gone supernova or shrunk into a white dwarf. Use the time you have to ensure your survival.
It's free to ask. The developer chooses who gets in.
- Access
- By request
- On playtest since
- Nov 8, 2025
- Planned release
- Jul 2027
- Developer
- DrierWhisper729
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Co-op, LAN, Multiplayer, Online co-op, Online PvP, PvP, Single-player
- Languages
- English
How to join the Evolution Survival playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Request access button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Request access to the Evolution Survival playtest there. It's free and doesn't commit you to anything.
- The developer lets players in, often in batches, so it can take a while. Steam emails you when you're in, and the playtest appears in your library.
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About Evolution Survival
Evolution Survival is a planetary survival sandbox where every plant, creature, and the whole ecosystem evolves in real time. Build biodomes, engineer genetics, and shape the environment to keep your player alive as your star ages, the atmosphere shifts, and natural selection rewrites the world around you. Your actions influence which species thrive, mutate, or go extinct. You can survive alone, or control the world with your friends, and create a safe haven in this hostile environment.
The star, plants, animals, and rocks will change as time moves past, the game simulates evolution as if hundreds of generations happen with each new offspring. Animals may sprout 7 legs and 5 mouths, maybe trees will prefer to be upside down. The star, if massive enough may go supernova after expanding as it burns helium, becoming a neutron star or black hole. Perhaps it will just become a white dwarf and fade slowly for trillions of years. Maybe you will not get a star at all, just a failed star called a brown dwarf that glows for a little while before fizzing out. The Rocks will erode away and leave pebbles and stones for you to pick up and use in your crafting.
*K-Type main sequence star lifecycle
Gameplay:
Hunt unique animals and forage the wilderness to survive. Create shelters and outposts to craft better tools and equip yourself to conquer the world's resources. As you play the animals around you will interact with each other and the plants that surround them. You can tame, breed, and ride them as you explore this unforgiving place. Lay low in the jungle and use precision strikes to keep yourself fed, or build a large base in the high plains and assert your territorial control with high caliber artillery and perimeter defenses. As you are not the only one in this universe to know about this planet, you may run into an intelligent species eager to claim its resources for their own. It's up to you to determine the outcome of your interactions. But rest assured, they want your resources. Pay attention to your sun as it ages. Once it's gone, all life is on borrowed time...
PVP/Multiplayer:
Create a dedicated server, or host a session on your machine with your friends, and if you wish, open up either to the public. Conquer your surroundings, drill for the most prized resources, and adapt to this world. Aim to plunder the loot of other players and build impregnable strongholds. Survival will not be easy with more enemies around.
Development Kit:
With the game comes another application, the Evolution Survival Development Kit. This provides a means to make mods and maps for the game.
From the game's Steam page.
