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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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Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest
Players must avoid failure by managing resources, positioning, and timing to survive challenging encounters.
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+4.0
FrostBound
Strong survival theme with defending the fortress against advancing enemies and managing resources.
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+4.0
Gloom
Players must avoid death and manage stamina and health carefully to survive through runs.
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+4.0
Isonzo
Players must avoid death, manage resources, and use strategy to survive and succeed.
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+4.0
KeeperRL
Strong survival elements requiring defense, resource management, and overcoming threats to stay alive.
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+4.0
Little Incrementisle
Players must manage resources and defend against threats to keep colony alive.
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+4.0
Neon Drive
Players must avoid failure by dodging obstacles precisely, with limited mistakes allowed especially on higher…
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+4.0
Noble Fates
Strong survival elements including resource management, defense, and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends
Players must avoid failure and falling to maintain progress; resource management is minimal but survival of momentum is…
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+4.0
Resident Evil 3
Resource scarcity and enemy threats require careful management and avoidance to survive.
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+4.0
Return to Mysterious Island
Core theme is surviving on a mysterious island using crafting and resource management.
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+4.0
SCP: Containment Breach Multiplayer
Strong survival theme: avoid threats, manage resources, and escape the facility.
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+4.0
They Bleed Pixels
Focus on avoiding death through precise platforming, managing health, and strategic checkpoint use.
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+4.0
WASD : The Adventure of Tori
Players must avoid failure and death through precise coordination; survival is a key gameplay element.
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+4.0
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Resource management (ammo, water), health, and tactical defense are important to avoid failure.
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+4.0
Aeon's End
Core gameplay revolves around surviving boss attacks and managing resources to avoid defeat.
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+4.0
Babble Royale
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding elimination and surviving the shrinking zone.
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+4.0
Backroom Company
Core gameplay involves avoiding threats, managing resources, and surviving hostile environments.
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+4.0
Driving Is Hard
Players must avoid failure and manage precarious situations to progress.
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+4.0
Few Nights More
Core gameplay centers on surviving waves of enemies and protecting the vampire lord and castle.
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+4.0
LOST EGG 2: Be together
Players must avoid failure and manage fragile egg character survival through precise control.
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+4.0
Noobs Are Coming
Core gameplay involves avoiding death and managing resources to survive waves.
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+4.0
Revenge of the Titans
Focus on defending base and surviving waves of enemies; resource and upgrade management critical.
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+4.0
Ship of Fools
Players must manage ship health, avoid damage, and survive waves of enemies and bosses.
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