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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Survival + Strategy
A strong dose of survival and strategy in the same game.
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+5.0
Tribal Wars
Avoiding defeat and managing resources under threat is a key motivation.
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+5.0
Gods Will Be Watching
Core gameplay centers on survival under extreme conditions and managing scarce resources.
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+5.0
Overland
Central theme is managing resources, avoiding threats, and staying alive in hostile environments.
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+5.0
Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding detection, managing resources, and surviving enemy attacks.
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+4.0
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
Survival mechanics like stamina, healing, and camouflage add to the challenge of staying alive.
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+5.0
The Red Solstice
Core gameplay revolves around surviving waves of enemies, resource management, and avoiding death.
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+5.0
Flesh Eaters
Central theme is survival against zombie hordes with resource management and defense.
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+5.0
Rogue's Tale
Central motivation is to avoid death and survive increasingly difficult threats.
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+5.0
Rencounter
Core gameplay revolves around survival, resource management, and avoiding death in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
Counter-Strike
Players must avoid death and manage resources (money for weapons); survival under threat is key gameplay element.
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+4.0
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Gameplay emphasizes avoiding damage, managing resources, and surviving increasingly difficult floors.
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+4.0
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Combat and resource management require players to avoid failure and manage threats.
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+4.0
Bloons TD 6
Players must manage resources and defenses to survive increasingly difficult waves of bloons.
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+4.0
Slay the Spire
Players must manage resources and health carefully to survive increasingly difficult challenges.
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+4.0
Counter-Strike: Source
Rounds involve avoiding death and strategic resource management to survive.
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+4.0
Sid Meier's Civilization
Players must manage threats, resources, and defense to maintain and expand their civilization.
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+4.0
Inscryption
Players must manage resources and avoid defeat in challenging card battles, reflecting survival elements.
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+4.0
Chaos Zero Nightmare
Players must manage resources, stress, and threats to avoid failure and progress through challenging runs.
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+4.0
ELDEN RING
Players must manage resources and avoid death in a hostile, high-risk environment.
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+4.0
Hades II
Players must avoid failure and manage resources to progress through difficult encounters.
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+4.0
Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
Players must manage resources and avoid failure to survive waves of enemies.
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+4.0
DARK SOULS™ III
Players must manage health, stamina, and resources to survive hostile environments and enemies.
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+4.0
Counter-Strike 2
Players must avoid death and manage resources to survive rounds and win matches.
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+4.0
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Survival mechanics like stamina, injury treatment, and hunting are core gameplay elements.
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