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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Top picks
Popular, well-rated games with a strong survival score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+5.0
The Binding of Isaac
Strong survival elements with resource and health management to avoid death.
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+5.0
Muck
Central theme is avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats in a hostile environment.
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+5.0
FTL: Faster Than Light
Strong survival theme with resource management, threat avoidance, and permadeath mechanics.
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+5.0
Left 4 Dead
Central theme of avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats.
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+5.0
This War of Mine
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and enduring threats.
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+5.0
Super Hexagon
Core gameplay is about avoiding failure and surviving increasingly difficult obstacles.
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+5.0
The Walking Dead: Season Two
Central theme of avoiding death and managing threats in a hostile post-apocalyptic world.
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+5.0
Abiotic Factor
Core gameplay revolves around managing threats, resources, and staying alive.
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+5.0
Just Shapes & Beats
Core gameplay is about avoiding damage and staying alive through challenging bullet patterns.
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+5.0
Frostpunk
Central theme is survival against environmental threats, resource scarcity, and social unrest.
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+5.0
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
Core gameplay involves avoiding death and managing threats during night survival phases.
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+5.0
My Summer Car
Strong survival elements including managing hunger, thirst, stress, and avoiding death.
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+5.0
Call of Duty: Warzone
Strong survival elements with shrinking safe zones, resource management, and threat avoidance.
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+5.0
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Core gameplay revolves around survival by avoiding threats, managing sanity and light resources.
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+5.0
Barotrauma
Core gameplay centers on avoiding failure, managing resources, and surviving hostile threats.
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+5.0
Darkest Dungeon®
Primary motivation is to survive harsh dungeon conditions, manage resources, and avoid death.
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+5.0
Five Nights at Freddy's
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death by managing threats and limited resources to survive each night.
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+5.0
60 Seconds! Reatomized
Core gameplay revolves around managing resources and avoiding death in a hostile environment.
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+5.0
Darkwood
Central theme is avoiding death through resource management, barricading, and combat.
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+5.0
Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding failure, managing threats, and keeping the facility operational.
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+5.0
Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip
Core gameplay revolves around managing resources to avoid failure and survive the road trip.
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+5.0
Nuclear Throne
Gameplay centers on avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats in hostile environments.
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+5.0
White Knuckle
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming environmental threats.
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+5.0
PAYDAY™ The Heist
Players must avoid death and arrest, manage resources, and survive escalating threats.
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