StrategyFit check
Is Until We Die worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who prefer side-scrolling action alongside base defense and management
- Strategy fans who want to assign work directly rather than rely on autonomous workers
- Players interested in defending a base through escalating attacks over a roughly 30-day run
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking workers who independently choose and carry out tasks
- Players looking for a strategy game without direct character movement and combat
- Players who want an open-ended base-building experience rather than a survival run with specific loss conditions
Our take on Until We Die
The task-assignment premise may suggest a managed workforce, but workers do not take initiative on their own. Much of the base routine therefore depends on Ivan moving around and issuing orders, alongside the combat and defense emphasized by the premise.
What is Until We Die?
Until We Die is a side-scrolling base-defense strategy game set in a subway station after a meteorite brings mutants.
Players control Ivan, move around the base, and assign work to people who do not act on their own. The goal is to survive about 30 in-game days as attacks grow from small groups of creatures to a large mutant horde. The run can end sooner if Ivan dies or the power generator is destroyed.
Base work includes building and researching fortifications, gathering supplies, and producing food from mushrooms and other sources. Players can also send expeditions to the surface and attack mutant lairs to open land for farms and tents. The game combines direct movement and combat with task assignment and base management.
How Until We Die plays
- 01Base fortifications
- Research opens access to stronger defenses for the subway station.
- 02Surface expeditions
- Trips and attacks on mutant lairs can secure land for farms and tents.
- 03Escalating attacks
- Survival lasts about 30 in-game days, with assaults growing from small groups to a horde.
- 04Two loss conditions
- A run ends if Ivan dies or the station's power generator is destroyed.
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Until We Die: platforms & release
Is Until We Die worth it?
It is worth it if: players who prefer side-scrolling action alongside base defense and management. Skip it if: players seeking workers who independently choose and carry out tasks.
Where can I download Until We Die?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Until We Die's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Until We Die on?
Windows only.
