Starlight Survivor — Free 5-Minute Survivor Roguelite

What is it?

Starlight Survivor is an auto-attack survival roguelite in the Vampire Survivors mould. Your weapons fire on their own — just dodge the night’s monsters until dawn, five minutes away.

Pick weapons and powers at each level-up for a new build every run.

Looking for games like Vampire Survivors that open in a tab? This free browser roguelite fits a short break and works with touch, so it suits anyone after survivors like mobile games. Max a weapon and pair it with its matching power to evolve it, then read the red charge lines and ground circles that warn of attacks.

Starlight Survivor is a five-minute survival roguelite on an open field with no walls. You start with 160 HP and a single Magic Bolt. Each level-up offers three cards from six weapons and six abilities, and a level 5 weapon paired with its partner ability can evolve, turning Magic Bolt into Meteor Shower or Orbit Blades into Blade Storm.

The monsters do more than walk at you. Bats and giants paint a red lane before they charge, skeletons keep their distance and fire orange shots, golems mark a circle before they slam, and ghosts aim for where you are heading. The night also follows a fixed timetable of packs, bat swarms and four giants.

Scores are not taken on trust. The browser sends only your movement changes and card picks, and the server replays all five minutes with the same rules file to set the score. Tonight's Night is seeded from the UTC date, so everyone faces the same night, and its board resets at midnight UTC.

How to play

1. Pick Tonight's Night or Practice. The run starts as soon as you move.
2. Your weapons fire on their own. Just keep moving so monsters can't touch you.
3. Collect star shards from defeated monsters to level up, then pick one of three weapons or abilities.
4. Giants appear at 2:00, 3:00, 4:15 and 4:45. A defeated giant's chest gives an extra level-up (or evolves a ready weapon at once) and pulls in every star shard on the ground.
5. Reach 5:00 for dawn (a win); run out of HP and you fall. Play again or share from the results.

Modes

Tonight's Night

One date-seeded night for everyone, ranked. The board keeps one best score per account, and a guest can save a finished run by picking a nickname and a 6-digit PIN.

Practice

A new random night each time, never ranked. The "Practice this night" button on the results screen replays the night you just finished, with the same seed and rules, without a record.

Challenge

Opens from a leaderboard entry or a shared result link. You play that record's night with its score shown as your target; it counts for the ranking only if the record is from today's board under the current rules.

Good to know

• Score = kills + seconds×2 + level×5 + 50 per Star Pouch, plus 300 for reaching dawn.
• You have 4 weapon and 4 ability slots; each goes up to level 5.
• Tonight's Night gives everyone the same monsters and choices for the ranking. Practice is a new night each time and is not ranked.
• The game pauses automatically when you switch tabs or leave the window.

At a glance

Genre

Action & multiplayer

Players

1

Price

Free

Available languages

Korean · English · Japanese · Chinese · Spanish

Platform

Web browser (no install)

Further reading

• Starlight Survivor Build Guide: Levels, Slots, Weapon Numbers and Your First Evolution