There’s quite a lot of controls that you should know about in Surviving the Aftermath. Although to be truthful, most of the game is playable on PC simply by using your mouse and clicking.
In this article, we’re going to show you all the controls for the game on both PC and Xbox One. Here at PwrDown, we’ve covered some more content when it comes to Surviving the Aftermath, including guides and best-of lists.
PC Controls
Below, you can see all of the controls for Surviving the Aftermath when playing with a mouse and keyboard. Mouse bindings aren’t included, but you can typically move around by using the LMB, RMB and scroll wheel.
These bindings can also be seen from the settings menu. There, you can set your own custom bindings, or restore to the default buttons as shown below.
Item | Default Keys |
Pan | W, A, S, D |
Rotate Camera | Q, E |
Center to Colony | C |
Rotate Structures | R |
Pause Time | SPACE |
Game Speed | 1, 2, 3 |
Build Menu | B |
Tutorials Menu | H |
Radio Menu | J |
Statistics Menu | U |
Specialists Menu | G |
Research Menu | Y |
Trade Menu | T |
World Map | M |
Highlight Living Entities | L |
Toggle Pollution Map | P |
Xbox One Controls
If you’re using an Xbox One controller, then you can’t change any of the bindings or settings. Instead, you’ll have to use the keys which are already assigned.

You can access these controls from the main menu too. You’ll see a diagram like the image above, showing each button.