Apocalypse Survival Test

What it asks

The opening scene runs like this: "4 a.m. Something outside your window breaks. Then everything goes quiet again." Do you go out to check, lock the door and wait, or look through the window? There is no correct answer — only answers that separate people.

The scenarios tighten as they go. "Evacuation broadcast. You have thirty seconds to leave. One last slot in your bag." What you drop and what you keep is a direct statement of what you value. "End of the alley. Twenty metres ahead, something turns toward you." All eight scenes are built to give you less time than you want.

What you get

There are eight survival tiers. The Last Survivor and The Natural Survivor sit at the top; The Hardened Survivor and The Capable Survivor below them; A Coin Toss and The Indoor Plants in the middle; The Precarious and The First to Fall at the bottom.

The result doesn't stop at a grade. It explains which specific judgements put you there and where you are most exposed. A low tier is no bad thing — The Indoor Plants write-up is generally the funnier one.

Who it's for

Anyone who has watched a zombie or disaster film and thought "what would I have done there?" Eight questions, about three minutes.

Available in Korean, English and Japanese.

All 24 results

Every result this test can give you. Open any title to read the full result — the character's story and the advice that comes with it.

• The Last SurvivorA frontline protector who made it through without letting anyone go.
• The Last SurvivorA cool-headed strategist who reads several moves ahead and designs the board.
• The Last SurvivorA pioneer who walks the road no one has taken, and opens it.
• The Natural SurvivorA quiet protector who moves alone yet never abandons anyone.
• The Natural SurvivorA clear-eyed lone observer who sees it first and knows it first.
• The Natural SurvivorA lone pioneer who invents a method out of the wreckage.
• The Hardened SurvivorA prepared protector who guards the supplies and the people alike.
• The Hardened SurvivorA composed administrator who designs every ration and every rotation.
• The Hardened SurvivorA settling pioneer who builds a new foothold and holds it.
• The Capable SurvivorA warm protector who relights the fire in a frightened group.
• The Capable SurvivorAn intuitive planner who reads the room and moves the group.
• The Capable SurvivorAn ardent pioneer who leads people into the unknown.
• A Coin TossAn unexpected protector who wanders alone and still shields someone.
• A Coin TossA survivor of hunches who improvises the next move.
• A Coin TossA free pioneer who walks new roads with no destination.
• The Indoor PlantsAn earnest companion who keeps the warmth beside a good group.
• The Indoor PlantsA quiet follower who reads the group's mood with care.
• The Indoor PlantsA loyal traveler who follows someone they trust into new land.
• The PrecariousA cautious protector who watches from afar and reaches out too late.
• The PrecariousA silent strategist who calculates endlessly and defers the decision.
• The PrecariousA hesitant pioneer who keeps postponing the decision to leave.
• The First to FallA protector who only watched, and never reached out.
• The First to FallAn observer with hunches and no preparation.
• The First to FallAn armchair pioneer who neither left nor stayed.

Further reading

• Scarier Than Zombies: What Apocalypse Stories Really Ask About Survival

  The question that lingers after an apocalypse story is rarely what the monster was. It is what the people chose. These are the ideas we kept coming back to while building the Apocalypse Survival Test, traced through the genre and through the actual questions.

Results from this test are entertainment content. They are not a medical or psychological diagnosis, nor professional advice.

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