Desert Survival

Face the desert. Survive the swarm.

Desert Survival is an action roguelike survivor game set in a world of Arabian myth. Choose your hero, step into the sands, and hold out for 15 minutes against endless waves of creatures drawn from desert folklore. Jinn, ghouls, and worse. Your weapons fire on their own; where you stand, what you build, and what you sacrifice is up to you.

Every Run Is a New Build

Level up mid-run and choose from a deep pool of weapons, elemental powers, and upgrades. Fire, lightning, poison, and healing that combine into devastating synergies. Many of the strongest upgrades carry real drawbacks. Do you take the power and pay the price?

Forge Weapon Evolutions

Max a weapon while carrying its matching relic and the board offers its EVOLUTION - twelve transformed weapons with signature behaviours: djinn-fire pillars that erupt from your kills, harpoons that hook and drag the swarm, a sandstorm ring with a deadly calm eye, and orbiting sickles that carve enemy shots out of the air. Rub a wandering wish lamp and a genie deals boards of up to six wishes.

Six Deserts, Each With Its Own Dangers

Fight across six distinct maps, each with its own roster of enemies, elites, and a boss waiting at the end. 72 unique enemies in total. Learn their telegraphs, break their patterns, and claim each map's elemental orb to unlock new heroes.

Grow Stronger Between Runs

Death is not the end. Spend what you earned on a sprawling general skill tree and dedicated per-character trees. Permanent stats, starting weapons, and defensive powers like the Pearl Barrier that cheats death itself. Refund and re-spec freely to chase new strategies.

Bend the Rules

Stack up to 8 run modifiers before you set out, and pick one of three difficulty tiers that scales every one of them. Sandstorms that cut your vision, elite-infested wastes, cursed runs for the brave, or endless mode for those who never want to stop. Mid-run events keep you on your toes: ambushes, shrines, and a wandering merchant with prices worth killing for.

Answer the Daily Contract

Every day posts a contract on a month calendar - a hero, a region, and two amplified modifiers. Miss a day and it waits for you, harder and richer the longer you leave it. Open its posting, read the bounty, and EMBARK.

Features

• Fast, replayable 15-minute runs. Easy to learn, brutal to master

• Six handcrafted desert maps with 72 unique enemies, elites, and bosses

• Playable heroes with distinct weapons and playstyles, including a falconer whose bird hunts at your side

• 13 base weapons, 17 relics, and 12 weapon evolutions with unique behaviours

• Daily contracts on a month calendar - missed days return harder and richer

• Deep meta-progression: general + per-character skill trees with full refund support

• Elemental build-crafting: fire, lightning, poison, and healing synergies

• 11 run modifiers, three difficulty tiers, and an Endless mode

• 63 Steam Achievements and leaderboards

• Fully rebindable keyboard controls, plus controller support with Xbox, PlayStation, and Steam Deck layout guides

• Accessibility options: reduced screen shake, flash, and motion effects

• Fully localized in 31 languages, including Arabic, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese