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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Popular, well-rated games with a strong survival score.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Survival affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Desktop Dungeons
Players must avoid death by careful planning and resource management in hostile dungeons.
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+4.0
Greedland
Core mechanic is surviving waves of enemies and managing resources and upgrades.
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+4.0
Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War
Zombies mode and some multiplayer modes emphasize survival against threats and resource management.
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+4.0
CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
Gameplay centers on defending against waves to survive and prevent failure.
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+4.0
Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal - Pacific War Naval Warfare
Players must manage resources and avoid losses to keep fleets operational; survival is a key gameplay element.
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+4.0
Cultist Simulator
Players must manage threats, resources, and avoid failure to continue playing.
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+4.0
Diary of Lucie
Strong survival elements with stamina and resource management, avoiding death to progress.
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+4.0
Dungeon Defenders II
Core gameplay involves defending crystals and surviving waves of enemies, requiring resource and tactical management.
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+4.0
Elven Assassin
Players must avoid death and protect the village by managing threats and resources.
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+4.0
FLERP
Core gameplay is about surviving waves of enemies for a set time and progressing through harder NG+ levels.
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+4.0
Full Mojo Rampage
Players must manage health, avoid death, and strategically overcome threats to progress.
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+4.0
Gunlocked
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding damage, managing threats, and surviving waves and bosses.
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+4.0
Happy's Humble Burger Cult
Players must avoid threats and complete tasks under pressure to survive shifts and monster attacks.
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+4.0
Hell Deck
Strong survival elements with resource management and avoiding defeat through strategic play.
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+4.0
Joint Task Force
Strong focus on unit survival, resource limitation, and avoiding mission failure.
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+4.0
Nioh: Complete Edition
Players must manage resources, stamina, and avoid death in a hostile environment with lethal enemies.
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+4.0
Nomad Survival
Core mechanic is surviving waves and bosses; players manage resources and health to avoid failure.
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+4.0
Runestone Keeper
Players must manage health, resources, and threats to survive dungeon runs.
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+4.0
SIDE EFFECTS
Core gameplay revolves around managing health and resistance to avoid death.
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+4.0
Sketchy's Contract
Players must manage health, oxygen, and avoid threats to stay alive and succeed.
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+4.0
Soulash 2
Survival mechanics like managing hunger, thirst, and avoiding death are important gameplay aspects.
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+4.0
The Haunted: Hells Reach
Core gameplay revolves around surviving waves of enemies and managing limited resources.
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+4.0
The Impossible Game
Gameplay centers on avoiding failure and surviving through precise timing and obstacle navigation.
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+4.0
TOP DOG
Players must avoid damage and manage health to survive waves and progress.
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