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Kong: Survivor Instinct

When giant monsters fight, no one’s safe. Embark on a thrilling quest of survival in a city that’s become a battleground for Titans. Use the lethal strength of Kong and other monsters to your own advantage in…

79 22 October 2024

Kong: Survivor Instinct is an adventure developed by 7levels, released 22 October 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Kong: Survivor Instinct is

Kong: Survivor Instinct is an adventure game developed by 7levels and released in 2024. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

When giant monsters fight, no one’s safe. Embark on a thrilling quest of survival in a city that’s become a battleground for Titans. Use the lethal strength of Kong and other monsters to your own advantage in this official Monsterverse game set shortly after the events of Godzilla vs. Kong.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 43 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the King Kong series

Kong: Survivor Instinct is the 21st of 25 entries we hold in the King Kong series. It arrived 8 months after Minecraft: Universal Studios Experience. The next entry was Godzilla x Kong: Titan Chasers in 2024. Its critic score of 79 is 16 points above the series average of 64. The highest-rated entry is King Kong at 80.

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How it was received

Kong: Survivor Instinct holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2400 / AMD Phenom II X6 1100T, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2GB / AMD Radeon RX 460 2GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 9GB.

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What it launched against

Kong: Survivor Instinct launched on 22 October 2024, within three weeks of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Silent Hill 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Metaphor: ReFantazio. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Silent Hill 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Metaphor: ReFantazio.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Kong: Survivor Instinct yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Kong: Survivor Instinct — frequently asked questions

When did Kong: Survivor Instinct come out?
Kong: Survivor Instinct was released on 22 October 2024 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Kong: Survivor Instinct?
At minimum, Kong: Survivor Instinct needs Intel Core i5-2400 / AMD Phenom II X6 1100T, 8 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 2GB / AMD Radeon RX 460 2GB graphics, 9 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Kong: Survivor Instinct?
The PC version needs about 9 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("9 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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