At the start of the game, 8 players stand in a circle, and the mysterious Snowman god will pick one of the 8 players to become a Snowman.


As a Snowman, you have to throw your snowball. Left or right-clicking gives you a quick throw, with a predefined amount of force. If your throw hits a survivor, they will be converted into a snowman. HOWEVER, as a Snowman, you only get ONE snowball, so use it wisely! If you miss, you'll have to run and fetch the Snowball by walking over it, or wait 5 seconds and it will come back to you automatically.


When playing as a survivor, after 30 seconds of being released, you will notice there are powerups scattered around the arena which help you run, leap and teleport away from the Snowmen. Some powerups also allow Survivors to stun, and gravity explodes the Snowmen, as well as trick them with decoy survivors.

The first Snowman has the ability to track players with a compass. On Java, survivors glow, on Bedrock, a marker is set on the survivor. If the Snowmen don't convert all the Survivors before the timer ends, they will melt and lose!

If you're wondering how stats work in Snowman Survival, that's simple! You collect Medals. At the end of the game, both the Snowmen and Survivors can earn "Snowman Survival Medals". You'll get medals for the following actions:
- Every 30 seconds you are alive as a Survivor
- Converting a Survivor into a Snowman as a Snowman
- Stunning a Snowman as a Survivor
- Staying alive as a Survivor the whole game