Karate Survivor

Become a martial arts master in this survivor-like roguelite inspired by action movies of the ‘80s. Use your fists, feet, and the environment to fight off relentless thugs. Master powerful combos, enhance your skills, and remember: everything around you is a weapon!

Karate Survivor is a fighting, casual and action roguelike game developed and published by Alawar.
Released on October 30th 2024 is available on Windows and MacOS in 11 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Russian and Japanese.

It has received 1,935 reviews of which 1,658 were positive and 277 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 3.49€ on Steam and has a 30% discount.

The Steam community has classified Karate Survivor into these genres:

Fighting Casual Action Roguelike Martial Arts Bullet Hell Combat 2D Rogue-like Rogue-lite Singleplayer Action 2.5D Pixel Graphics 1980s Arcade Controller Retro Top-Down PvE Crime

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS: Windows 10 64 bit
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4440 CPU / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX960 / AMD Radeon RX560 Series / Intel HD Graphics 4600
Storage: 2 GB available space

MacOS

OS: OSX Big Sur 11.7.10 or newer
Processor: Apple M1
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: An OpenGL supported GPU
Storage: 2 GB available space

Reviews

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Nov. 2024

It's a beat-em-up Vampire Survivors and is far better than it has any right to be. Your moves happen automatically and cycle through and once it has finished a single cycle, you have about 5 seconds of down time before it does attacks again. Moves are unlocked randomly and same colours do additional damage and then when they're put in order, flow better. Initially, I hated that mechanic because in similar games, I don't really remember it being there or the down time isn't as obvious. But I stuck with it and in the end, completely understood why it had to be like that and ended up loving it. The moves are varied to keep it interesting (although I found about half of them aren't worth using) and upgrades mostly matter. It's not going to make GOTY but for the price, this is an easy recommendation.

Nov. 2024

On the harder difficulties the weapons might get you killed. Maybe implement a manual throw option?

Nov. 2024

Great looking pixel art. Music finds a nice balance of keeping the energy without becoming grating over 15+ minute missions. You control where your karate man moves. That's it. There is just enough nuance to keep the game engaging between when to save, use or avoid pick-ups and optimizing your hits on the attack timer. Variety comes from how you set up your combos, sometimes taking less desirable moves for the sake of making everything else stronger because it's part of the chain. 3 difficulty settings change up gameplay just enough to go from walk in the park to getting deleted if you don't watch your spacing. Small Gripes: Unlocking some of the moves is the most time consuming RNG heavy grinds I've experienced. 15+ minutes just for a CHANCE to get the unlock, which cannot be shared by similar unlocks, AND you have to get the right killing blow after all of that. This might be fixed if there are later patches, as there might be a bug causing progress to not always register. Update on Nov 7, 2024 resolved this one! Weapons and objects don't scale with level, making them strong at the start and potentially the reason you die towards the end. This is a small gripe because a benefit turns into a hazard late game, which is an interesting mechanic (even if unintentional). The actual issue is a bug causing these items to be invisible sometimes. Mini-boss enemies can sometimes 1-shot you on the highest difficulty, invalidating any attempts at selecting defensive options through a mission. Possibly a bug as well. They're also suppose to have a highlight to indicate being a mini-boss, which also doesn't always show up, leading to a surprise death to what you thought was a normal enemy. These gripes have very little impact on the actual experience and may potential be addressed in future patches. A great buy over all, especially for the price.

Nov. 2024

It's a short, flashy and very sweet take on VS formula, but w/o any sort of build variety. There's around 10 hours of gameplay here to unlock everything, but for the price I think Karate Survivor is fully worth it.

Oct. 2024

This game is a pretty unique take on the Vampire Survivors-style genre. When I first watched the trailer, I thought it was going to be a mix of a beat-em-up and Survivors game—and it kinda is. But at its core, it’s still a Vampire Survivors setup: you auto-attack (melee in this case), and tons of enemies deal damage on collision. Although, I noticed they don't hurt you when you're pulling off a combo. You get to mix and match moves from different martial arts, not just karate, which is awesome. And, using a plastic flamingo to smack punks? Hilarious! Yeah, you’ll die now and then, but that just unlocks more moves and upgrades for the next run. I’m still getting the hang of moving around and using the environment. The bar level is definitely tougher than the supermarket, but it's a fun challenge. Definitely recommend this, especially for the price!

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