1. DRAFT YOUR FANTASY TRIBE
Pick 5–6 Survivor 51 castaways for your fantasy tribe. Snake draft with friends, or go solo and pick your own dream team.
Survivor 51 · How to play
HOW TO PLAY SURVIVOR FANTASY
Draft your team of Survivor 51 castaways, earn points every episode, and prove you know this game better than anyone.
Survivor Tribes is a free fantasy league for Survivor 51: The Open Era. You draft five or six of the 21 castaways, then earn points every episode when they win immunity, find an idol, pull off a blindside or make the merge. Play a Solo Tribe in seconds, or run a private league with friends.
21
First-time castaways
2
Starting tribes
$7
League Pass, once
Free
To join and play
Three steps
CBS2. SCORE EVERY EPISODE
Your players earn points for immunity wins, idol plays, blindsides, alliances, and 30+ in-game actions. Points update after every Wednesday episode.
CBS3. WIN THE LEAGUE
Track scores on the leaderboard. The manager with the most total points when the Sole Survivor is crowned wins it all.
Cast photos: Robert Voets/CBS
HOW SCORING WORKS
Every Survivor player earns fantasy points based on what they do in the game. Here is what some of the moves you already know are worth:
Individual Immunity Win
+5Hidden Idol Found
+2Successful Blindside
+2Alliance Formation
+2Voted Out
−3Sole Survivor Bonus
+15The Sole Survivor rule
Your Sole Survivor scores double on every point they gain. Losses still count once — a −3 costs you 3, not 6. It starts on your first draft pick, and you can move it to anyone on your fantasy tribe until episode 2 airs. Solo Tribe works the same way.
TWO WAYS TO PLAY
Robert Voets/CBSSOLO TRIBE
FreeNo league needed. Pick 5 players and a Sole Survivor prediction. Your score lands on the public leaderboard. Perfect for casual fans or anyone who wants to play right now.
Start Solo TribeCBSCREATE A LEAGUE
$7 onceDraft with friends using our snake draft board. Trade, bench, track weekly standings, and talk trash all season. One-time League Pass for the commissioner — everyone you invite plays free.
Get the League PassHOW TRADES WORK
Managers in a league can swap castaways mid-season. Trading starts switched off in every league: the commissioner turns it on in League Settings, and can choose to approve every trade and set a trade deadline.
- 1Offer, accept, approve. Offer a trade from the Trades page in your league. The other manager accepts or turns it down. If the commissioner reviews trades, an accepted trade waits for their approval, and they can veto it.
- 2Banked points stay put. Points a castaway has already earned stay with the fantasy tribe that earned them. The tribe that receives them starts scoring from the next episode.
- 3What cannot be traded. A castaway who has been voted out, a castaway your fantasy tribe has already held (no trading someone back), and a Sole Survivor once picks lock when episode 2 airs.
- 4The deadline. After a league's trade deadline, no new trades can be offered.
COMMON QUESTIONS
How does Survivor fantasy work?
You draft a tribe of Survivor castaways before the season starts, then earn points every episode based on what they actually do on the show — winning immunity, finding an idol, landing a blindside, making the merge. Points are credited to whichever fantasy tribe drafted that player, and the highest total at the finale wins.
What is the best fantasy game for Survivor?
It depends on the format you want. A snake draft gives each manager an exclusive roster and rewards reading the cast early. A weekly pick'em asks who goes home each episode and is easier to join late. A bracket locks one set of predictions for the whole season. Drafts stay interesting longest; pick'ems survive a bad draft.
How much does it cost to play Survivor fantasy?
Playing is free. Solo Tribe needs no account at all, and joining a friend's league is always free. Only running your own league costs anything here — a one-time $7 League Pass for the commissioner, with no subscription and no per-player fee.
What the League Pass includesIs there a Survivor fantasy app?
Survivor Tribes runs in the browser and installs to a phone home screen like an app — there is nothing to download from an app store. Add it to your home screen from Safari or Chrome and it opens full-screen, which is how most people use it on episode night.
How does Survivor fantasy scoring work?
Players earn points based on in-game actions: immunity wins, idol finds, successful blindsides, alliance formations, and more. Points are tallied each episode and credited to whichever fantasy tribe drafted that player.
Can I still join a Survivor 51 fantasy league mid-season?
Yes. Joining a friend's league is always free, and a league you start after Episode 3 airs is a second-chance league: it drafts from the castaways still in the game and scores from the next episode on, so nobody banks points from episodes that already aired. Its Sole Survivor locks when that first episode airs. Running your own league needs a one-time League Pass either way.
MEET THE SURVIVOR 51 CAST
21 new castaways, two starting tribes, every twist in Survivor history back in play. Study the cast before you draft.