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Stardust-Forge Games · Published by Stardust-Forge Games
Last updated 6 Oct 2026
Reverse bullet-hell game with a crafting twist. Shoot hails of bullets, missiles, nails, lasers and whatever is at your disposal at your enemies and make tactical choices to overcome all obstacles. You are here to find and extract the 'Life Essence', and you're not leaving without it!
Action, Indie · 2026 · More free games
In Survivesmith, navigate through a chaotic landscape armed to the teeth. Use your wits and arsenal to collect 'Life Essence' while Stardust-Forge Games challenges you with an action-packed indie experience released in 2026.
About this game
Survivesmith is a reverse-bullet hell / bullet heaven game where you craft and forge your way to your final goal- the life essence. With multiple crafting/forging/fusion/skill systems, you create your own survival strategies to survive the hordes (and the biomes).
Biomes
Within a level, you will find many biomes. All these biomes have their own unique theme, look and feel to them so you'll know when you find one. But it's not all looks. All these biomes pose you their own hazard at you, making their traversal difficult and dangerous. Craft and use the Hazard Protection (Haz-Pro) items from the Forge Pod and make exploration a breeze.
Biome Hazards
Every biome has some kind of hazard to throw at you. Make sure you are ready for these random environmental changes, unless... you find a way to turn the tides in your favor.
Resource Gathering
In each biome, there are many resources to find, all unique to each biome. Some are obtained from the ground, some by harvesting mineral nodes, scrap piles or trees, and some by defeating different biome creatures. Collect all you can, because no amount is too much!
Weapon Mods & Haz-Pro Items
Once in a while, a Forge Pod will drop nearby, letting you craft Weapon Mods and Haz-Pro items. But to craft what you need, explore the different biomes and gather enough resources.
There are 3 different weapon mod categories: Propulsion, Impact and Prototype. Experiment with what each mod does and find the best combo that suits you.
Haz-Pro items are crafted in a similar manner, but is essential for making biome traversal easier. Craft the matching Haz-Pro item for the biome you want to explore and be on your merry way for even more crafting!
Survival Kit
Defeating the evil robot minions will grant you with Scrap Metal. But they also have a chance to drop some Fine Metal. Use this resource to craft quick-use items from your Survival Kit to escape tight situations or give you an advantage in battle.
Power Cores
Fuse various core fragments dropped by enemies to create unique power cores with combined effects. One weapon, hundreds of combinations. Try them all!
Tactical Skills
Every survivor has multiple tactical skills, ultimate abilities and their primary weapons are all equipped with overcharge abilities. Use the ones that fit your playstyle and survive the oncoming robot hordes.
Level-Up Systems
Your character levels up in-run by collecting experience orbs. Choose from Strength, Vitality, Agility and several sub-categories in them to maximize your character's survivability. Perform well in-run to permanently level up your characters, weapons and armor modules to have a better chance at getting to that 'Life Essence'.
Helper Gadgets
Bring up to 2 gadgets to swap between in-run to aid you with tedious tasks like finding resources, collecting resources, or to heal yourself or simply have extra fire-support! Level them up alongside you and maximize their effectiveness.
Preset Loadouts
In Survivesmith, you don't have to submit to the randomness of the upgrades you get. While there are many random elements to experience in the game, your loadout isn't one of them. Make sure you know what you're doing, and equip well before a round!
Survive, adapt, and unleash absolute firepower in Survivesmith. Discover hidden weapon secrets, master your loadout, and forge your own path to the ultimate prize—the Life Essence. Do you have what it takes to outlast the human-made machine hordes and the unforgiving nature to save humanity?
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i3-3210 / AMD Athlon II X2 250
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 / AMD Radeon HD 5450 / NVIDIA GeForce 710
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: Any onboard sound card should work
Recommended
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-6200U / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 520 / AMD Radeon RX 550 / NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: Any modern sound card
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 0.6.0.3 - Bug fixes and improvements
Bug FixesFixed being unable to properly exit the bio lab after a research using the esc key.Fixed some buddies not gaining permanent XP for buddy growth in the base.When analyzing a resource, the forge will now correctly show "Ingredient Analyzed" instead of "New Weapon Mod Unlocked".Player level is now correctly reset when restarting a run.Entering the titan stage will now show the correct texts on the time panel. It previously showed "RETURN".Locked gear (sub-weapons and armor modules) will now longer appear in a run.Fixed a possible memory leak that got worse the longer you played in a single session. It might not be permanently fixed, but at least should be better.Other Changes Changed Gone Mayverick anomaly to instead have a chance for any attack to deal double damage. It previously added a chance for all boss attacks to become lethal, but actually applied to ALL attacks caused on the player.Slightly reduced the brightness of lemon been electric lines.Reduced movement speed of Sand Stingers (first robot in the desert).Added a fully opaque back panel to achievements and changed all fonts to bold. It should now be more readable, especially when a UI is open.Bio lab tier-unlocks will now sync with your unlocks whenever loading into the base. This will ensure that any unlocks added later into an already researched level will be automatically unlocked.Pixie treasure will now only provide loot from the current biome, not the current region.Increased mini-boss max HP. Mini-boss HP now also scales based on total time spent on the run .Neo Menaces (blue circling robots) will now exit its circle movement if you move too far away.Changed the interactable overlay text of the teleporter to "Teleporter" instead of "To Base".Improved some hazard effect texts.Slightly nerfed the hostile landmines in Twilight Verge.Added some new journal entries and updated existing ones.All robot enemies now have the same fabrium drop chance across all levels.Increased the time it takes to com...Read full article on Community Announcements (MarkLee)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 0.6.0.2 - Achievement tracking fix
Major Changes Increased the research costs across research levels. It was a bit too easy to get through the levels. Bug Fixes Fixed being unable to exit the armory using the keyboard. Fixed items in the armory not properly updating when unlocking new items through the bio-lab. Fixed weapon workbench showing weapons that hadn't been unlocked yet. Fixed achievements not being tracked during expeditions. Other Changes The expedition teleporter interactable overlay now disappears with the teleporter, and vice versa. Added a cooldown between two resting phases of the forest titan. Previously, it kept running to rest whenever it lost a certain percentage of HP. Forest titan's ground slam attack now follows the player. Removed extra spinner addition with Power level. Slightly reduced lightning strike frequency. Reduced Roobie's (cleaner robot in the base) sound volume a bit. Updated the popup tutorial texts to be even across all scenes. Fixed the gap around the edges on some full screen UI elements. Known Issues There's a memory leak happening that's slowing down both the development and possibly gameplay. You might notice it when you're playing for an extended period of time. I am prioritizing fixing this first. Cheers! -MaRKRead full article on Community Announcements (MarkLee)Patch NotesOfficial
Patch 0.6.0.1 - Codex fix and other changes
Bug Fixes Fixed haz-pro items not showing up on the main UI during an expedition. Completed achievements are now properly shown in the codex terminal. Other Changes Required consumable resources (life essence and life plants) in the bio lab are now displayed better. Reduced the scrap metal amounts recieved by some robot enemies and scrap piles. Changed the default survival kit item count for a new player to 1. The rest will be unlocked via bio lab research and can be equipped in the armory. All gear, survival kit items and other equipment are now properly unlocked via bio-lab progression. Added hint text to the equipment selection UI about sub-weapons and armor modules. Changed the placement of some bio-lab research items on different levels. Cheers! -MaRKRead full article on Community Announcements (MarkLee)AnnouncementsOfficial
Survivesmith is now out on Early Access!
After 2 and a half years in development, Survivesmith has finally released on Early Access!The game went through so many changes during this time, added/removed a lot of features and items, and is finally at a stage where we are happy to show it to the world.The game is by no means complete, and still lacks some features, has plenty of bugs and performance issues, but these will be fixed promptly within the coming days/weeks.We hope you enjoy what we have to offer, and take this journey with us to the release and beyond!Cheers!-MaRK & LizRead full article on Community Announcements (MarkLee)AnnouncementsOfficial
Biome POIs have dropped!
Custom TilesIn Survivesmith, the maps have always been randomly generated, 100% of the time. While their content were all hand-made and hand-animated, the map itself placed those content (trees, rocks and other objects) randomly all over the tiles. Now, we have created a bunch of "Custom" tiles that were handcrafted by ourselves!The custom tiles basically don't generate anything via random placement within that tile, i.e: all its content were placed at the exact positions deliberately by us.Survey SitesRemember defeating creatures or collecting resources randomly to fill up the "Biome Points" bar at the bottom, to progress the game? Well no more! Introducing, survey sites!Survey sites are custom tiles with a surprise in the middle. Rather than having to do random stuff in order to progress through a run, now the player only has to discover these survey sites and place their trusty Survey Beacon at the center of the tile.The beacon will scan the area for a while and drop some "Data Points" for you to gather, which will then let you progress further into the run.POIs (Points of Interests)POIs are special custom tiles with an interesting landmark at the center. Each biome in the game will have at least one POI, and these will spawn a bit far away from the teleporter.Once you discover these POIs, you'll have to figure out what to do on your own. These are not hard, mind-numbing puzzles, because who has time to THINK while surviving hordes of enemies! While the POIs are relatively easy to understand, the rewards you get for completing them can be much much more valuable! So be sure to lookout for them while exploring survey sites.The MapThe map is a new addition (it was there at the beginning actually, but removed later for having no obvious use) to the game that can help you locate the nearest survey sites and POIs. Yes! You will be able to locate POIs from the map too, but only if you're close enough to them. Consider yourself extremely lucky if you see the golden mark...Read full article on Community Announcements (markleeml9292)
