Blight: Survival Wiki

The development of Blight: Survival from a two-person passion project by Mads Christensen and Ulrik to a Behaviour Interactive-published title, through 1.5 million Steam wishlists and the Future Games Show 2026 reveal.

Development3/16/2026 4 min readluna

Blight: Survival supports 1-4 players in PvE co-op with full solo play, offline mode, clan support, and full controller support. No PvP is planned.

Gameplay3/15/2026 3 min readluna

Platform availability, system requirements, engine details, controller support, cross-play status, language support, and technical specifications for Blight: Survival.

Development3/29/2026 4 min readDarkKnight_X

Blight: Survival's playtest program includes invitation-only closed sessions recruiting from the 45,000+ member Discord community, with public playtests confirmed for 2026 and a sign-up portal at bhvr.com/playtest.

Minimum and recommended system requirements for running Blight: Survival on PC. The listed specs are confirmed placeholders that will change before release, with the developers stating they are 'definitely subject to change.'

Development3/29/2026 4 min readwillowmist

Answers to the most common community questions about Blight: Survival, sourced from the official FAQ, Discord AMA, and developer interviews. Covers release date, platforms, PvP, solo play, classes, monetization, and more.

The Blight is a fungal plague in Blight: Survival that grows from blood-soaked soil, reanimates dead organic matter, and spreads as a living environmental hazard across No Man's Land.

Lore3/15/2026 3 min readluna

Comprehensive combat guide for Blight: Survival covering the 5-directional melee system, attack angles, core mechanics (light/heavy attacks, parrying, blocking, dodging, shoves, tackles, grapples), defensive techniques, weight and commitment, the posture system, stamina management, dismemberment, armor and noise trade-offs, ranged weapons, movesets and crafting, lockpicking, and design influences from Dark Souls, Mount & Blade, and Mordhau.

Gameplay3/29/2026 7 min readMikoTanaka

Weapons and armor in Blight: Survival are modular, craftable, and degradable, covering swords, maces, axes, spears, bows, crossbows, and multi-component armor sets.

Gameplay3/16/2026 4 min readDarkwhispers

Blight: Survival is a medieval action-horror co-op game with extraction and roguelite elements, developed by Haenir Studio and published by Behaviour Interactive. The game has surpassed 1.5 million Steam wishlists.

General3/16/2026 4 min readDarkwhispers

Blight: Survival launches with a single large map in No Man's Land featuring free-roam exploration, required and optional objectives, and semi-procedural variation between runs.

Gameplay3/15/2026 4 min readMikoTanaka

Blight: Survival was featured at the Future Games Show: Spring Showcase 2026 on March 12, 2026, with a new gameplay trailer, combat finisher footage, console platform confirmation, and developer interviews.

Blight: Survival is planned as a premium buy-to-play game with DLC expansions, no microtransactions, and no battle passes. The developers have described this as their ideal model, though final pricing has not been announced.

Blight: Survival uses a classless character system where players freely mix gear, weapons, and talents without being locked into predefined roles, supported by three core attributes.

Systems3/29/2026 3 min readDarkwhispers

The Artisan is a camp NPC in Blight: Survival who handles weapon and armor upgrades through a modular component system. Players bring materials and coins from extraction runs to swap, upgrade, or replace individual weapon and armor parts.

Characters3/29/2026 5 min readluna

Crafting in Blight: Survival consists of two parallel systems: the Artisan's modular gear workshop for permanent weapon and armor upgrades, and the Remedies system for expendable consumables like bandages, torches, herbs, and potions.

Risk and reward is the central design philosophy of Blight: Survival, driving combat encounters, extraction decisions, loot systems, and progression across every aspect of the game.

Gameplay3/16/2026 5 min readDarkKnight_X

The camp is the Writhen's hub area in Blight: Survival where players craft gear at the Artisan, prepare Remedies, select missions, form parties, manage characters, and invest in long-term camp development between runs.

Gameplay3/16/2026 5 min readMikoTanaka

The stealth system in Blight: Survival is governed by noise, light levels, and line of sight, with heavier armor increasing detection and stealth finishers rewarding careful play.

Gameplay3/16/2026 3 min readTheRealMaverick

The Blight: Survival community grew from a viral trailer moment to over 1.5 million Steam wishlists, 45,000+ Discord members, and a global fanbase producing fan art, 3D models, community contests, and content creation.

General3/15/2026 4 min readluna

Weapons in Blight: Survival degrade through use and can break during missions, tying into the modular crafting system, the Artisan's repair workshop, and the broader risk-and-reward gameplay loop.

Systems3/15/2026 5 min readArcanix

Blight: Survival uses Unreal Engine 5 with Quixel Megascans and MetaHumans to create a gritty, realistic medieval horror aesthetic, with World Partition for large-scale environments.

Development3/15/2026 4 min readDarkKnight_X

The lore of Blight: Survival unfolds through environmental storytelling, discoverable elements, and the stories of the two warring kingdoms, the Writhen, and the Blight itself.

Lore3/15/2026 4 min readDarkwhispers

The Writhen are a nomadic tribe in Blight: Survival, exiled from their kingdom after being blamed for causing the Blight, now the only faction willing to enter No Man's Land.

Lore3/15/2026 3 min readDarkKnight_X

No Man's Land is the contested territory between two warring kingdoms in Blight: Survival, featuring marshlands, seaside areas, dungeons, and the Wailing Tree landmark.

Locations3/15/2026 4 min readTheRealMaverick

The bloodline system in Blight: Survival carries experience, talents, and traits forward to successor characters after permadeath, providing long-term progression even through repeated character losses.

Systems3/29/2026 4 min readDarkwhispers

Remedies are consumable items in Blight: Survival including bandages, torches, herbs, and potions, forming one of the game's two crafting systems alongside the Artisan's weapon and armor workshop.

Systems3/29/2026 5 min readSableQuill

All enemy types in Blight: Survival, including six categories of Blight-infected creatures (Hybrids, Armoreds, Hiddens, Swelters, Decayeds, Mini-bosses), named threats like Rattlers, Bellowers, and the Nightstalker, human combatants, and the multi-stage evolution system.

Gameplay3/26/2026 7 min readTheRealMaverick

How the Blight infection interacts with the game's environments in Blight: Survival: spawning from blood-soaked soil, spreading through spores and organic growth, transforming landscapes across visible stages, and creating environmental hazards and storytelling.

Lore3/16/2026 5 min readMikoTanaka

How Blight: Survival relates to Dark Souls, Mount & Blade, Hunt: Showdown, and the developer-cited inspirations including The Witcher 3 and The Last of Us.

General3/16/2026 4 min readTheRealMaverick

The finisher system in Blight: Survival includes stealth finishers for unaware enemies and combat finishers showcased in the FGS 2026 teaser, featuring context-sensitive kill animations that vary by weapon type and enemy state.

Behaviour Interactive is a Montreal-based game studio and publisher of Blight: Survival, best known for developing Dead by Daylight, the asymmetric horror multiplayer game.

Companies3/15/2026 3 min readMikoTanaka

Dungeons in Blight: Survival are enclosed, claustrophobic indoor environments within No Man's Land that force players to adapt combat strategies, manage sightlines, and deal with amplified horror in tight medieval spaces.

The Wailing Tree is a landmark in the Marshlands biome of Blight: Survival, featuring a Breaking Wheel and tied to the region's forgotten past. It was the focus of the first in-game footage devlog and serves as a key piece of environmental storytelling.

Locations3/15/2026 5 min readwillowmist

Blight: Survival features a modular armor customization system with interchangeable components, visual personalization, European medieval influences, and a gameplay tradeoff between protection and stealth.

Systems3/15/2026 3 min readDarkKnight_X

Sound design in Blight: Survival uses environmental audio, creature vocalizations, combat feedback, dynamic day-night audio shifts, and stealth-linked noise mechanics to create a horror atmosphere that serves both tension and gameplay awareness.

Development3/15/2026 5 min readluna

Blight: Survival uses a PvE extraction-lite gameplay loop where players complete objectives in No Man's Land, gather loot, and must successfully extract to keep their gains or lose everything on death.

Gameplay3/15/2026 4 min readArcanix

The posture system in Blight: Survival allows players to break enemy stances through sustained pressure, enabling charge attacks, grabs, and finisher follow-ups. Weapon type affects posture damage effectiveness.

Gameplay3/15/2026 4 min readDarkwhispers

The Marshlands is a biome in Blight: Survival featuring fog-shrouded wetlands, the Wailing Tree landmark, a Breaking Wheel, peat-digging lore, and dynamic day-night shifts that affect difficulty and visibility.

Locations3/15/2026 5 min readNeonDrift