How many words are in Survive Your Ideas?
Survive Your Ideas has about 540 words, based on the percentages the game itself shows in the Word Diary. There is no official list. Our list has 500 words so far: 147 we’ve seen in game ourselves and 353 reported by other players.
How we counted
The in-game Word Diary shows a percentage for each category. In our Diary, 15 Weapons words showed as 19%, which means the Weapons tab holds about 79 words. We did the same for all 10 tabs and added them up. The Diary’s overall total (28% for the words we had) gives the same answer: about 540.
Words in each category
| Category | Words in the game (estimate) |
|---|---|
| Weapons | ~79 |
| Monsters | ~40 |
| Animals | ~41 |
| Nature | ~30 |
| Weather | ~17 |
| Disasters | ~24 |
| Places | ~64 |
| Food | ~50 |
| Objects | ~74 |
| Memes & Powers | ~127 |
| Total | ~546 |
Why other lists say 386, 454 or 600
- Some lists count the same word twice, like black_hole and Black Hole.
- Some use the game’s hidden names. For example, one list has “enxurrada”, which the game shows as flash flood.
- The 7 November update added more than 40 new words, so older lists are missing them.
The biggest surprises
Weapons (about 79 words) and Food (about 50) are the categories most lists miss. Most public lists only have around 35 weapons and 9 foods.
You don’t need every word for the Collector badge: 150 is enough. See how the Word Diary works.
Quick answers
Is there an official Survive Your Ideas word list?
No. The developers haven’t published one. The best you can do is the Word Diary in game, plus lists like ours.
How many words do you need for the Collector badge?
150 words in your Word Diary.