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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Less relaxation
High survival scores, with relaxation at +0 or below.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Survival affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Paradise
Survival on a deserted island with resource scarcity and threats is a key narrative element.
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+4.0
Super Meat Boy 3D
Players must avoid hazards and survive through precise platforming to progress.
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+4.0
The Ship: Murder Party
Players must avoid detection, manage resources and needs, and survive against hunters and environment.
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+4.0
TOKOYO: The Tower of Perpetuity
Core gameplay centers on avoiding damage, managing limited attack opportunities, and surviving increasingly difficult…
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+4.0
Velocibox
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding obstacles and surviving as long as possible to progress.
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+4.0
X-COM: Apocalypse
Strong survival theme in defending the city and managing limited resources against alien threats.
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+4.0
Curse of the Dead Gods
Players must manage health, stamina, curses, and resources to survive increasingly difficult enemies and bosses.
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+4.0
Isonzo
Players must avoid death, manage resources, and use strategy to survive and succeed.
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+4.0
Paper Dolls: Original / 纸人
Core gameplay involves avoiding deadly ghosts, managing limited resources like safe rooms, and strategic use of QTEs to…
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+4.0
Containment Initiative
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and surviving waves of zombies.
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+4.0
Dead
Players must avoid damage and manage health carefully to survive boss encounters.
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+4.0
EMPTY SHELL
Strong survival elements with resource management, avoiding death, and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee®
Gameplay centers on avoiding death and hazards to survive and progress.
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+4.0
ScourgeBringer
Players must avoid damage, manage health carefully, and survive difficult encounters.
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+4.0
The PenguinGame 2 -Lies of Penguin-
Players must avoid death, manage resources, and survive difficult boss fights.
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+4.0
Void Scrappers
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding damage, managing shields, and surviving waves of enemies.
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+4.0
1998: The Toll Keeper Story
Central theme of avoiding failure and managing scarce resources to survive difficult conditions.
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+4.0
Blazing Chrome
Players must avoid instant death from enemy attacks and environmental hazards, managing limited lives and continues.
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+4.0
Dead Dungeon
Players must avoid death and hazards to progress; survival is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE
Resource management, dodging, and avoiding damage are key to survival against aggressive ghosts.
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+4.0
Hellsinker.
Players must manage resources and avoid failure to progress through challenging stages.
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+4.0
JUMP KING QUEST
Players must avoid death and manage health and resources to progress through threats.
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+4.0
Lilitales
Strong survival elements with resource management, avoiding failure, and overcoming threats in hostile environments.
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+4.0
None Shall Intrude: Descent
Players must manage resources, health, and positioning to survive increasingly difficult enemies.
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