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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
Medieval Fantasy Survival Simulator
Central theme is assessing survival chances in a medieval fantasy setting through choices and scenarios.
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+4.0
NanoApostle
Players must avoid damage and manage health carefully to survive punishing boss encounters.
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+4.0
Northgard: Definitive Edition
Survival elements like managing winter, disasters, and hostile creatures are key gameplay aspects.
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+4.0
PokéRogue
Core gameplay revolves around survival through resource management and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
UFC 2009 Undisputed
Players must manage stamina and health to avoid knockouts and submissions, emphasizing survival tactics.
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+4.0
Vangers
Players must manage threats, avoid death, and survive hostile environments.
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+4.0
Blood West
Resource scarcity, death penalties, and enemy threats emphasize survival elements.
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+4.0
China: Mao's legacy
Avoiding political failure and maintaining power under threat is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Dying Light: The Beast
Resource management, avoiding threats, and strategic defense are important gameplay elements.
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+4.0
Frostrain
Players must manage resources and happiness to survive harsh environmental threats and hazards.
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+4.0
Heroine's Quest: The Herald of Ragnarok
Survival mechanics like managing hunger, cold, and exhaustion are integral and add challenge.
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+4.0
Lost Castle / 失落城堡
Players must avoid death and manage resources carefully to progress through difficult levels.
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+4.0
Quake Live
Players must avoid death and manage resources like health and armor in a high-risk environment.
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+4.0
SchoolBoy Runaway
Core gameplay involves avoiding failure and staying undetected to survive and escape.
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+4.0
Slender: The Arrival
Core gameplay is about survival and avoiding capture or death.
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+4.0
The Banner Saga 2
Strong survival theme with resource management, caravan morale, and overcoming threats central to gameplay.
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+4.0
Uplink
Avoiding detection and failure is critical; survival is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Acquitted
Players must survive waves of enemies with limited resources and increasing threats.
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+4.0
Approaching Infinity
Players must manage resources and avoid threats to survive.
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+4.0
Caravaneer 2
Strong survival elements including resource management, avoiding death, and strategic defense.
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+4.0
Desecrators
Players must manage shields, ammo, and lives to avoid failure in challenging, hostile environments.
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+4.0
The Consuming Shadow
Strong survival elements managing health, sanity, ammo, and time under threat of death.
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+4.0
Wooden Ocean
Players must manage resources and overcome threats in a hostile, dark world with challenging enemies.
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+4.0
Super Raft Boat Classic
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing raft integrity, and overcoming threats.
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