Camp Keepalive
WARNING · STAY BY THE FIRE AFTER DARK

CAMP KEEPALIVE

SUMMER CAMP SURVIVAL MANUAL · FAN GUIDE

Get the kids to the campfire before dark.

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Full tactical map — two rivers cut the camp into defensible sectors
▲ SteamFull tactical map — two rivers cut the camp into defensible sectors

What is this game?

Official store description:"A turn-based strategy game set in a camp straight out of an 80's horror movie. Save the helpless and dull-witted campers from an onslaught of monsters with a team of counselors, each with their own unique abilities."

Draft a squad of four counselors, then survive 30 procedurally generated levels of increasingly relentless monster waves — and an Endless Summer mode beyond them. The camp is overrun by axe murderers and killer clowns (Kotaku); your job is to walk the campers back to their beds alive. Released July 14, 2025 on Steam and itch.io, $14.99.

"Hasn't gotten the attention it deserves." — Kotaku

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Why does this game need a guide?

  • Deceptively hard: a 10-camper loss quota, random movers, and procedural maps — a first-run medal miss is the norm.
  • The Steam community is tiny (single-digit reviews), and there is no guidance beyond the in-game hints.
  • Chinese-language guides were a total blank — this site is the first systematic bilingual survival manual.
  • Every tactic here maps to a real mechanic — Rally, traps, terrain chokepoints — ready to use verbatim in your next level.