The Ancient Art of Staying Alive
An arcade game in which the only goal is to stay alive by making your enemies crash into each other rather than you... which gets difficult as you can have hundreds of enemies homing in on you simultaneously!!
- Price:$4.99
- Release Date:1/19/2022
- Developer:Dave Seaman
- Publisher:Team Disaster
- Last Updated:3/24/2025
- Steam App Id:1285960
Steam Charts & Stats
At the moment, The Ancient Art of Staying Alive has 0 concurrent players online and in-game.

Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for The Ancient Art of Staying Alive. It has received a total of 4 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 69 (4 user reviews).
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The Ancient Art of Staying Alive Price
The Ancient Art of Staying Alive costs $4.99 in the Steam store as of 3/24/2025. At the moment, it can only be purchased as a standalone game but may be included in future bundles for a discount.
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About The Ancient Art of Staying Alive
The Ancient Art of Staying Alive is an Action game developed by Dave Seaman. On 1/19/2022, it was released on the Steam Store by Team Disaster.
Players have rated The Ancient Art of Staying Alive as "4 user reviews" out of 4 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 4 positive reviews and 0 negative reviews — an overall 100% positive review rating.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.
According to Steam’s category system, The Ancient Art of Staying Alive supports the following features:
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
From the Steam community, The Ancient Art of Staying Alive has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Minimalist
- Retro
- Old School
- Survival
- Arcade
- Action
- 2D
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Related Packages
The Ancient Art of Staying Alive is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
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- Valve Corporation. (2025, March 24). The Ancient Art of Staying Alive on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285960
- Valve Corporation. (2025, March 24). The Ancient Art of Staying Alive. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/1285960
- Dave Seaman. (2023, July 10). The Ancient Art of Staying Alive. The Ancient Art of Staying Alive. http://www.captaindisasterthecomputergame.com/p/the-ancient-art-of-staying-alive.html