D2 SURVIVORS
How to play D2 Survivors
I lined up the public client strings with two written control guides and the changelog. Where only one of those names a key, I say so. I did not sit in a run and time my own clear.
Browser and the app are the same game
The browser build and the desktop app play the same runs. The browser needs no install. The app is its own window, can go offline after the first unpack, and updates itself. Click the game view once before you expect the keyboard to land in the game. The FAQ and both control guides say that.
Skills cast on their own. Each level you pick a card. A new run starts with Attack and a basic weapon. The first card offers one starting skill from each skill tree, and you fill six slots yourself. That is build 20261017.19. Nightmare allows 8 skills and 8 passives. Hell allows 10 and 10, from build 20261017.3.
Keyboard and mouse
The table mixes keys found in the public build with keys repeated by guide sites. Gamepad support, with a Diablo II: Resurrected layout, vibration, and rebinding, starts in build 20261017.19. There is no co-op mode in the official docs. The shared feature is the leaderboard. I am not writing that multiplayer can never exist.
| Input | Action | Where it is written |
|---|---|---|
| WASD or arrows | Move | Client strings and two guides |
| C or I | Character and inventory | Client strings and guides |
| T | Skill tree, read only | Client strings |
| Tab | Automap | Client strings and guides |
| Esc | Pause, menu, close | Client strings |
| H | Charms window, 20 slots | Build 20261025.1 |
| O / Q | Mercenary / quest log | Build 20261022.1 |
| Alt | Show item names on the ground | Build 20261020.1 |
| Space | Close every panel | Build 20261027.1 |
| Left / right / Shift-left | Pick up / equip / sell | Guide sites |
A first run that is easy to read
Three written guides suggest Barbarian and Double Swing for a first character, because the buttons are obvious and you are tanky enough to learn movement. Keep walking. Standing still is how a horde deletes you. Pick up with left click, equip with right click, sell with Shift plus left click.
When you stop, open Esc and use Save and exit, then wait for the main menu before you close the tab. What that save keeps is on the save page. Strategy past the first clear is the beginner guide, not this page.
Questions
Why is the keyboard dead?
Click the game view first. Also close any open panel. After fullscreen, click once more.
Can I change the first skill?
The opening card gives one starter from each tree. You can rest a skill out of a slot later, and Akara in town can reset the whole build. There is no published single-card reroll.
Is there online co-op?
The official docs do not describe a co-op mode. Runs can be submitted to the leaderboard.
Keep reading
Sources checked 2026-10-28
Source scope: the developer's FAQ, changelog, client and leaderboards are one publisher, not independent corroboration. Build-specific figures and leaderboard numbers without an explicit external corroboration are single-source records at the date above. A video title alone does not verify numbers inside the video.
- D2 Survivors home — definition, price, classes
- Official FAQ
- Official download
- changelog.json — Single publisher source for build-specific changes; build 20261027.4, checked 2026-10-28
- Leaderboards — Single-source historical snapshot 2026-10-28T02:02:40Z; this audit could not refresh the statistics, and independent figures are unavailable
- Independent controls guide — Movement and pointer controls; older build, checked 2026-10-28
- Independent controls reference — Movement and panel shortcuts; checked 2026-10-28