LIFE EFFECT Survival

LIFE EFFECT Survival

LIFE EFFECT · March 26, 2026 · Adventure, Action, Sandbox, Looter Shooter, Exploration

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LIFE EFFECT Survival price by region

LIFE EFFECT Survival costs £12.79 in the United Kingdom, €14.79 in Europe (EUR), $14.99 in the United States, $14.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$19.49 in Canada, A$21.95 in Australia, NZ$21.99 in New Zealand, R$46.99 in Brazil and zł67.99 in Poland right now.

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United Kingdom £12.79 £12.79 — 1
Europe (EUR) €14.79 €14.79 — 1
United Statesyour region $14.99 $14.99 — 1
Georgia (USD) $14.99 $14.99 — 1
Canada CA$19.49 CA$19.49 — 1
Australia A$21.95 A$21.95 — 1
New Zealand NZ$21.99 NZ$21.99 — 1
Brazil R$46.99 R$46.99 — 1
Poland zł67.99 zł67.99 — 1

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About LIFE EFFECT Survival

✦ AI summary

LIFE EFFECT Survival drops you into a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by alien invasion where you survive through intense combat, craft advanced weapons and robots, and build an underground fortress while commanding mutated creatures and mercenaries as allies. Blend shooter action, RPG progression, and horror atmosphere as you scavenge resources, genetically engineer hybrid companions, and fend off waves of monstrous threats across a dynamically evolving world.

  • History:
    Alien invaders invaded the planet, exterminating most of the population, humanity, being on the verge of annihilation, united its armies and gave a serious rebuff to the enemy, bringing down all its might on him. After several years of war, the climate on the planet has changed significantly, the virus and alien particles have greatly mutated animals and humans. The military created fortifications for protection, and extraterrestrial technologies were mined, which helped create medicines and weapons, vehicles and robots. The war continues, some fortifications are fighting with each other, advancing their goals and ideas, trying to get alien artifacts with which they can move to the next stage of evolution and gain complete superiority.

    The player's task is to survive in this world by helping peaceful fortifications. Collect resources and create the best weapons and equipment, fight off enemy forces and prevent the invasion of monsters from other planets.
  • In the game you will find:
    ✦ Survival in a harsh world from the first or third person perspective of a character.
    ✦ The lives of the surviving civilians and the activities of enemy groups.
    ✦ The infection of the world, mutations, many powerful creatures and Titans.
    ✦ Battles with alien life forms and their technology.
  • The world does not stand still:
    ✦ The longer you play, the more events, encounters, quests, and unexpected situations unfold around you.
    ✦ Lots of quests, plot and stories, NPC stories and adventures, interactive events in the world.
  • Three genres are one brutal reality. Shooter, RPG, and Horror elements.


    ✦ Shooter — intense shootouts where every decision can cost a life. Shoot tactically. Upgrade your hero to match your fighting style. And never forget that you are being watched.
    ✦ RPG mechanics — develop your character, enhance equipment, equipment, drones, turrets and robots. Influence the plot and choose your path.
    ✦ The atmosphere of survival and horror — the world presses, the enemies frighten, and the cold becomes a personal enemy.
    ✦ There is a place for real tension here. You don't just shoot — you survive, evolve, and be afraid. Every shot, every dialogue, and every rustle behind your back may be your last.
  • Not just survival, technology is under control.


    ✦  Creative freedom — create weapons, armor, equipment, and even companions.
    ✦  Own your own army — build robots and cyborgs that will fight on your side. Your allies don't have to be human.
    ✦  Technology warfare — from drones to heavy armored vehicles: everything you build works for you.

    The use of technology, the creation of robots and unmanned aerial vehicles.
    Do you want a drone that scouts the territory? Or a cyborg who watches your back? Everything is in your hands. In the game, you don't just survive — you create.
  • DNA, eggs, cubs, animals, people:
    ✦ Grow, tame, hire — assemble a squad to suit your style of play.
    ✦ Find, grow, create — find eggs, steal a baby, or extract the DNA of a monster and create a unique companion.
    ✦ Genetic Laboratory — use DNA samples to create new species and hybrids.
    ✦ Taming animals — find and tame wild or peaceful animals, they will become faithful helpers on the journey.
    ✦ Mercenaries — hire people who will fight on your side if you trust them with your back.
    ✦ Pets that grow up with you — your companions level up, learn new abilities and help in battle.
  • Capture → development → defense. Your fortress is underground.


    ✦ Capture the bunker — recapture the underground shelter from the monsters and make it your base.
    ✦ Development and Improvement — Build crafting machines, a laboratory, an incubator, and other modules for storing resources, companions, and transportation.
    ✦ Defense — build turrets, fortify entrances, strengthen walls and personally repel hordes of enemies.
    ✦ Automatic resource collection — send mercenaries and pets in search of loot.
There is an old bunker somewhere in the forest. It's crawling with monsters right now. Purify it and it will be yours.
Develop the shelter: Strengthen the defenses to repel the attacks of the creatures. And when you are not there, send mercenaries and pets to collect resources. The bunker lives on, even when you're in combat.
You are not alone in the world of LIFE EFFECT Survival.


⚠️ IMPORTANT ⚠️1. ⏳  If you have a black screen when starting the game, just wait a few minutes, the game will load 100% into RAM. I'm working on speeding up the launch of a client.
2.  🎮 There is currently no gamepad support in the game.
3.  ⚙️ There is no key rebinding.
4.  📝 The game does not have cloud saves. It creates a save folder on your PC.

📢 Therefore, if these features are very important to you, please take this into consideration and do not purchase the game! At the moment, I cannot provide a timeline for when these features will be implemented.

LIFE EFFECT Survival — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

LIFE EFFECT Survival has solid core concepts and immersive environmental design that players appreciate, with decent value for the price as a single-developer early access project, but it suffers from significant balance issues including an overpowered companion that trivializes combat, bullet-sponge bosses, poor gunplay mechanics, inconsistent difficulty, and missing features like aim-down-sights and keyboard remapping.

Not recommended Aug 17, 2026
As soon as you load in you get a mercenary companion that follows you. They're insanely overpowered. Any enemies that spawn he insta kills them faster then I can even turn the camera. Also, he talks a lot, probably was interesting lore about the intro but there's no subtitles for banter apparently so no idea what he was saying. There ARE subtitles for the intro cinematics and actual press E interaction for camp NPCS, so it's playable for English speakers as long as you don't care about the banter. I do, so refunded. Also, holy batman's balls does this game have loot bloat.
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Recommended Aug 25, 2026
Hi there survivors. My personal experience on the game so far. - The initial loading process can take some time. (Black screen). - Bosses are basically bullit sponges. Way to much HP imho. - Player compared to the challenges is way to weak. - Hard to see in the darkness even with a flashlight. (Adjusting this in the video options helps a bit) - Weapon selection is bugged or at least very confusing. - Its (at this moment) not possible to change the keyboard settings. - The game is way too unforgiving, thats a taste i personally don't like. If you like this sort of challenges, it will give you a run for your money. - The price is actually cheap compared to what this early access game inholds. That being said, please keep in mind : - From what i can understand, Its one developer, which is very impressive. Very talented imho. I'm exited for its future updates. Kind Regards, Toranaga.
1 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 24, 2026
Good game, fun i played for a while the movement of the character needs work, and some things need to be improved overall the concept is solid, the game is good and fun to play worth what they are asking.
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Recommended Aug 7, 2026
i am actually completely blown away by this game. there is so much more to it than it initially appears and its incredibly immersive if you play in first person. it pitches it self as a third person game but i REALLY feel this game shines in first person. its extremely hard and unforgiving at first and i love it. the only thing that has completely ruined the immersion for me is the gun play. PLEASE add an ADS mechanic of some sort for first person. even if you keep a third person option please, please please add an actual ADS feature. the weapon handling/gunplay is atrocious. it completely ruins the immersion of the game. you get lost in the vast open world and the cool underground cave base environment etc. every detail of the game feels like a passion project but the moment you step outside and get into an engagement the immersion instantly gets pulled out from under you because the gun play feels like something from 1995. the game is incredible and has the bones to be so good. please consider working on the weapon handling/ads. i want to spend countless hours in this but its so hard with the lack of fun combat. i really think you are on to something and you can tell th…
1 found this helpful
Recommended Aug 5, 2026
[h2]Player Opinion Steam Review[/h2] There is too much to cover in this game! It is a well put together project that has many mechanics and systems that bring a new type of looter shooter to the players who play looter shooter and survival games. One thing I like about the game is that you can command companions and since the recent update you are able to level them as you progress. [b]Gameplay Experience (22/25)[/b] [i]Intuitive Controls - Easy to use.[/i] ☐ Very Difficult (+1) ☐ Difficult (+2) ☑ Moderate (+3) ☐ Easy (+4) ☐ Very Easy (+5) [i]Balanced Gameplay - Fair and equal.[/i] ☐ Poorly Balanced (+1) ☐ Somewhat Balanced (+2) ☐ Moderately Balanced (+3) ☑ Well Balanced (+4) ☐ Perfectly Balanced (+5) [i]Player Engagement - Involving and captivating.[/i] ☐ Not at all (+1) ☐ Slightly (+2) ☐ Moderately (+3) ☐ Very (+4) ☑ Extremely (+5) [i]Decision Relevance - Meaningful choices.[/i] ☐ Meaningless (+1) ☐ Not Meaningful (+2) ☐ Somewhat Meaningful (+3) ☐ Quite Meaningful (+4) ☑ Highly Meaningful (+5) [i]Rewarding Progression - Satisfying advancement.[/i] ☐ Very Unsatisfying (+1) ☐ Unsatisfying (+2) ☐ Neutral (+3) ☐ Satisfying (+4) …
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Recommended Aug 5, 2026
i would like to say for starters this game is fun in it's own little way but it has a few issues that i have personally ran into that i don't know if the dev is aware now i do know this is being made by a single person and i do expect updates to be slow and some issues to exist i'll start with the first one that kind of lead to me restarting my entire save. The baby and The Pain Quest on Survival: now it could've just been my save that broke but i ran up and down that cave 3-4 times even went deeper into the acid caves without finding one baby acidic snapdragon on my last attempt i died deep inside so i restarted on the lower difficulty and got my baby acidic snapdragon so all is good tho i would like to know if what happen to me was a known issue or not. issue/bug number 2. some enemies actually get stuck on small rocks sticking out of the ground or corner rocks for small enemies it's annoying for larger ones this is handy like the murvok (sorry if i spelt it's name wrong) you can shoot it's tenticles and kill it same with the nut crackers if you lure them into a small bolder they can get wedged on it if they are long/close enough together where you can stop running and turn …
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