Survival Kids (2025 video game)

This article is about the 2025 video game. For the 1999 game, see Survival Kids.

Survival Kids
Developer(s)	Unity Technologies
Publisher(s)	Konami
Series	Lost in Blue
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch 2
Release	WW: June 5, 2025
Genre(s)	Survival
Mode(s)	Multiplayer, single-player

Survival Kids, is a 2025 survival video game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo Switch 2. The gameplay revolves around surviving on a deserted island, and features an open-ended structure that presents the player with multiple ways to progress. It is a reboot of the original Survival Kids game, which is part of the Lost in Blue series.

Gameplay

The gameplay is different from the previous games of the series, being more focused on the multiplayer fun and game physics, than to the real survival aspect of the series. The game is mainly done in form of missions, each mission is an island the player has to explore, build their camp, find a way to the raft, repair it and then leave the island. There is a total of 9 islands to explore.

The building aspect is still present in the game, where the player has to build their base camp and other objects such as Bridges, Climbing Nets and Rafts among other things. Specific tools such as Fishing Rods, Trampolines and Umbrellas can also be crafted after the player first obtain the plans for them; these tools would be required in order to solve the various puzzles of the islands. The home bases after being build, can be packed up and carried over another camp area, generally after repairing an elevator first. Each island also feature 3 Treasure Stones that need to be found in order to earn Stars at the end of the levels, which are used to unlock certain late levels and outfits.

Development

A reboot of the series was released on June 5, 2025 to coincide with the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2. Even in English, it retains the series' Japanese name, Survival Kids. Unlike previous games in the series, it is a co-op survival game for up to 4 players. ^[1] It was developed by Unity Technologies, more notable for developing the game engine Unity, in a rare opportunity of fully fledged video game development. ^[2]

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to video game review aggregator website Metacritic, ^[3] while GamesRadar+ called it "a largely unambitious but extremely accessible". ^[4]

References

1. Bailey, Dustin (April 2, 2025). "The Switch 2 Direct broke just in time for me to nearly miss a revival of a 26-year-old Konami cult classic I obsessed over in Nintendo Power". gamesradar. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
2. "Survive Together in 'Survival Kids' - A Cozy Co-Op Adventure Launching Exclusively on Nintendo Switch™ 2 on June 5, 2025". Konami Digital Entertainment,Inc. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
3. "Survival Kids Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on August 2, 2025. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
4. "Survival Kids review: "A largely unambitious but extremely accessible My First Survival Game for Switch 2"". June 10, 2025. Archived from the original on August 24, 2025. Retrieved September 15, 2025.

External links

• Survival Kids at MobyGames