Find your kind of game
Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
Explore another motivation
Top picks
Popular, well-rated games with a strong survival score.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Survival affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
-
+5.0
7 Days to Die
Survival mechanics are central, including managing health, hunger, thirst, and defending against threats.
-
+5.0
Death Road to Canada
Central motivation is to avoid death and manage resources to survive the journey to Canada
-
+5.0
Spelunky
Central motivation is avoiding death and overcoming threats in a hostile environment.
-
+5.0
Spelunky 2
Avoiding death and managing resources is central to gameplay.
-
+5.0
The Long Dark
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death from cold, hunger, thirst, injury, and wildlife threats.
-
+5.0
My Winter Car
Core gameplay revolves around managing threats from cold, hunger, fatigue, and vehicle reliability.
-
+5.0
System Shock® 2 (1999)
Strong survival mechanics with resource scarcity, weapon degradation, and enemy threats.
-
+5.0
Touhou Kanjuden ~ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom.
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats.
-
+5.0
X-COM: UFO Defense
Core motivation is to survive alien threats through resource and squad management under pressure.
-
+5.0
Banished
Core gameplay revolves around managing threats like starvation, cold, disease, and disasters.
-
+5.0
Barony
Strong survival elements including resource management, avoiding death traps, and overcoming threats.
-
+5.0
Killing Floor 2
Core gameplay is about avoiding death, managing resources, and surviving waves of enemies.
-
+5.0
Into the Radius VR
Strong survival mechanics including resource management, weapon maintenance, and threat avoidance.
-
+5.0
Yet Another Zombie Survivors
Central theme is avoiding death and managing resources to survive increasingly difficult waves.
-
+5.0
20 Minutes Till Dawn
Central mechanic is surviving waves of enemies and bosses for 10 or 20 minutes under increasing threat.
-
+5.0
Backrooms: Escape Together
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding threats, managing resources, and staying alive.
-
+5.0
Card Survival: Tropical Island
Core gameplay centers on avoiding death and managing survival threats.
-
+5.0
Endling - Extinction is Forever
Core gameplay centers on avoiding death, managing resources, and protecting offspring in a hostile environment.
-
+5.0
Liquidators
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding radiation and environmental hazards to survive and complete objectives.
-
+5.0
Amnesia: The Bunker
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing scarce resources, and overcoming threats.
-
+5.0
From Glory To Goo
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding failure, defending base, and managing threats.
-
+5.0
瘟疫清零计划 Project Zero
Central theme is survival against zombie hordes, managing health, resources, and avoiding death.
-
+5.0
dotAGE
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding failure and overcoming threats to village survival.
-
+5.0
KUNKUN Defender
Central motivation is to survive waves of enemies using combat and defensive tactics.
Same motivation, different experiences
Your way to play
Explore different sides of survival, grouped by what players enjoy.
Fine-tune your next game
A little more you
Mix in another motivation, or find an experience with less of something else.