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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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+4.0
Clea
Core gameplay involves avoiding death, managing limited saves, and surviving enemy encounters.
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+4.0
Stonemachia
Players must avoid damage and manage health through parrying and aggressive combat to survive.
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+4.0
Town of Salem
Strong survival element with players trying to avoid death and outlast opponents.
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+4.0
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
Modes like Last Stand emphasize survival against waves of enemies, requiring resource and tactical management.
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+4.0
Whiskerwood
Strong survival elements managing resources, taxes, and environmental challenges.
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+4.0
Space Invaders
Focus on avoiding enemy fire and preventing aliens from reaching the bottom to survive.
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+4.0
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 (2011)
Survival mode and campaign missions emphasize avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
The Banner Saga
Core gameplay involves managing resources and making choices to keep caravan alive amid threats.
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+4.0
IronWolf VR
Strong survival elements with managing leaks, avoiding detection, and resource management under threat.
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+4.0
The Other Side
Game involves avoiding death, managing resources, and surviving ghost hunts with strategic defense.
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+4.0
Gunner, HEAT, PC!
Players must avoid death, manage damage, and survive lethal enemy fire
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+4.0
Level Devil
Players must avoid death traps and hazards, requiring careful timing and resourceful movement.
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+4.0
Octogeddon
Players must avoid damage, manage health, and survive waves of enemies with strategic defense.
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+4.0
EverStopped
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death and surviving as long as possible on the treadmill.
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+4.0
Knightmare Tower
Survival mode and lava chase mechanics emphasize avoiding failure and staying alive.
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+4.0
MOLDRISE
Core gameplay revolves around managing infection, hunger, thirst, and avoiding death.
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+4.0
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Resource management and avoiding failure are key gameplay elements.
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+4.0
Slaughter Horse 2
Players must avoid detection and death, manage sanity and suspicion to survive and win.
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+4.0
Sword Rogue
Core gameplay involves avoiding damage and surviving increasingly difficult waves.
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+4.0
System Shock
Players must manage resources and avoid death in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
Touhou Kikamu ~ Elegant Impermanence of Sakura
Players must avoid death and manage resources to survive challenging bullet patterns and boss fights.
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+4.0
Alina of the Arena
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding damage, managing resources, and surviving tough encounters.
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+4.0
Echoes+
Players must avoid damage and manage health to survive increasingly difficult waves.
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+4.0
Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition
Players must manage resources, avoid death, and strategically survive difficult encounters.
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