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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Games where survival stands out from the other motivations.
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+4.0
Viscerafest
Players must avoid death through skillful movement and resource management in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
Warlords Battleground: Extraction
Players must manage resources, avoid defeat, and strategically withdraw to survive and progress.
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+4.0
Ziggurat
Players must manage health, mana, and avoid death in a hostile environment with permadeath.
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+4.0
A guard walks into a tavern
Survival elements include managing resources, balancing faction satisfaction, and avoiding game-ending failures.
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+4.0
Burden of Command™
Gameplay focuses on managing threats, morale, and resourceful tactics to keep units alive.
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+4.0
Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
Survival mechanics like food management and unit preservation are key gameplay elements.
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+4.0
Dice Kingdoms
Players must manage disasters, defend their kingdom, and survive attacks to win.
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+4.0
Dig, Dig, Die
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding threats, managing resources, and surviving dangerous expeditions.
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+4.0
Divekick
Players must avoid being hit and manage positioning carefully to survive rounds.
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+4.0
Driven Out
Players must avoid death and manage limited health and checkpoint resources to progress.
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+4.0
Emissary Zero
Avoiding monster attacks and managing resources like saves are key; survival tension is a core gameplay element.
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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
Gurei
Limited lives and need to avoid damage emphasize survival and careful resource management.
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+4.0
Hunter Roulette
Core mechanic is avoiding death and managing health and frenzy points.
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+4.0
Menace from the Deep
Survival mechanics like health, sanity, and fuel management are core gameplay elements.
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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
SATAZIUS
Players must avoid death and manage power-ups to survive through challenging levels.
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+4.0
Siege of Dungeon
Players must manage resources and avoid failure under time limits and enemy threats to survive dungeon floors.
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+4.0
The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians - Enhanced Edition
Players must manage resources and avoid death in challenging combat encounters.
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+4.0
The Last of Us™ Part I
Strong survival elements including resource scarcity, avoiding threats, and strategic combat.
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+4.0
The Troop
Players must manage unit preservation and avoid casualties to maintain morale and win.
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+4.0
THOTH
Avoiding death and managing threats is core to gameplay, requiring careful resource (time/space) management.
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+4.0
Cows VS Vikings
Players must prevent enemies from reaching the exit, managing resources and defenses to survive waves.
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+4.0
Crafty Survivors
Players must avoid damage, manage health, and overcome threats to progress through stages.
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