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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Survival + Competence
A strong dose of survival and competence in the same game.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+5.0
The Long Dark
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death from cold, hunger, thirst, injury, and wildlife threats.
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+5.0
My Winter Car
Core gameplay revolves around managing threats from cold, hunger, fatigue, and vehicle reliability.
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+5.0
Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom.
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats.
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+5.0
X-COM: UFO Defense
Core motivation is to survive alien threats through resource and squad management under pressure.
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+5.0
Barony
Strong survival elements including resource management, avoiding death traps, and overcoming threats.
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+5.0
Card Survival: Tropical Island
Core gameplay centers on avoiding death and managing survival threats.
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+5.0
Original War
Core gameplay revolves around survival of limited units and overcoming threats with scarce resources.
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+5.0
Touhou Fantasia / 东方梦想曲
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death and surviving overwhelming bullet patterns
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+5.0
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats.
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+5.0
Touhou Chireiden ~ Subterranean Animism.
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing limited lives and bombs, and surviving increasingly difficult…
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+5.0
The Last Spell
Central theme is survival against relentless enemy waves and managing scarce resources.
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+5.0
Dark Deception
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources like powers, and surviving enemy chases.
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+5.0
Invisible, Inc.
Survival under pressure with resource management and threat avoidance central.
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+5.0
Cogmind
Avoiding damage, managing resources, and staying alive are key challenges.
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+5.0
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Avoiding death and managing threats is a core motivation; no respawns in classic modes increase stakes.
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+5.0
Green Hell
Core gameplay centers on avoiding death, managing health, and overcoming threats.
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+5.0
Crimzon Clover World EXplosion
Central gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing bombs and Break modes to survive intense bullet hell.
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+5.0
KILLBUG
Primary goal is to survive increasingly difficult enemy waves and avoid death.
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+5.0
Touhou Seirensen ~ Undefined Fantastic Object.
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing limited resources, and surviving increasingly difficult stages.
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+5.0
UnReal World
Core focus on avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming environmental and human threats.
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+5.0
Glyphica: Typing Survival
Core gameplay revolves around surviving waves of enemies and boss fights through skill and strategy.
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+5.0
XCOM® 2
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding failure, managing resources, and surviving against overwhelming alien threats.
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+5.0
Battle Brothers
Players must manage resources, avoid defeat, and keep their mercenaries alive in a hostile world.
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+5.0
NEO Scavenger
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats.
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