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Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Popular, well-rated games with a strong survival score.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
DARK SOULS™ III
Players must manage health, stamina, and resources to survive hostile environments and enemies.
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+4.0
Resident Evil Requiem
Resource scarcity, threat avoidance, and strategic defense are key gameplay elements.
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+4.0
DOOM + DOOM II
Players must manage health, ammo, and avoid death to progress through dangerous environments.
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+4.0
Enter the Gungeon
Players must avoid damage, manage limited ammo and health, and survive increasingly difficult floors.
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+4.0
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
Central theme of survival in hostile environment with resource and moral management.
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+4.0
Duck Game
Players must avoid death and outlast opponents in fast-paced elimination matches.
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+4.0
Noita
Strong survival elements with resource management, avoiding hazards, and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
Stacklands
Core gameplay involves managing resources and defending against threats to keep villagers alive.
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+4.0
Counter-Strike 2
Players must avoid death and manage resources to survive rounds and win matches.
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+4.0
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Survival mechanics like stamina, injury treatment, and hunting are core gameplay elements.
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+4.0
Plague Inc: Evolved
Players must avoid failure by managing disease spread and countering cure development.
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+4.0
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Players must avoid detection and failure, managing resources like limited ammo and timing to survive missions.
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+4.0
Timberborn
Core gameplay involves managing resources and water to survive droughts and environmental challenges.
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+4.0
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death by managing points and making correct choices.
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+4.0
Megabonk
Focus on avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats; survival is key gameplay element.
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+4.0
Thronefall
Gameplay centers on defending the kingdom and surviving increasingly difficult enemy waves.
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+4.0
A Dance of Fire and Ice
Players must avoid failure and maintain perfect timing to progress, creating a survival-like challenge.
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+4.0
Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
Players must prevent enemies from breaching defenses, managing resources and adapting tactics to survive.
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+4.0
Monster Train
Players must manage threats and resources to protect the pyre and survive through runs.
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+4.0
SIGNALIS
Core gameplay involves managing scarce resources, avoiding threats, and surviving hostile environments.
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+4.0
Metroid Fusion
Strong survival elements with resource management and evasion of powerful foes.
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+4.0
SWAT 4
Players must avoid failure by careful resource and risk management to keep team and civilians safe.
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+4.0
Crypt of the NecroDancer
Players must avoid damage and death through careful timing and resource management.
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+4.0
Look Outside
Survival mechanics and threat avoidance are key gameplay elements.
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