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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
SHRAPNEL
Survival and extraction under threat are central mechanics, requiring avoidance of failure.
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+4.0
Space Food Truck
Core gameplay involves managing threats, avoiding failure, and keeping the ship operational.
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+4.0
Summa Expeditionis
Survival mechanics and threat management are core gameplay elements requiring careful planning and defense.
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+4.0
Unpossess: Exorcism Simulator
Players must avoid failure and death by managing threats and completing objectives under pressure.
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+4.0
Dodgy Deliveries
Avoiding threats and managing risks at night is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Ghosts of Tabor
Strong survival elements including avoiding death, managing resources, and strategic extraction.
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+4.0
Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis TD
Players must prevent enemy breaches and manage resources to survive increasingly difficult waves.
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+4.0
Mordheim: City of the Damned
Core gameplay revolves around survival, managing injuries, and overcoming threats in hostile environment.
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+4.0
Occult
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing threats, and surviving enemy encounters.
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+4.0
PERISH
Players must avoid death and manage resources to progress through challenging levels.
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+4.0
The Hand of Merlin
Players must manage health, armor, resources, and tactical positioning to avoid defeat and progress.
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+4.0
Hungry Shark Evolution
Constant hunger meter and environmental threats require survival focus.
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+4.0
Nexus Legacy
Avoiding attacks, managing resources, and defending colonies are important; survival is a strong motivator.
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+4.0
Chrome Dino
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding obstacles and staying alive as long as possible.
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+4.0
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
Players must manage health, magic, and lives carefully to survive challenging enemies and environments.
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+4.0
Free Fire
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and outlasting opponents in a shrinking play area.
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+4.0
Bed Wars
Strong survival aspect in protecting beds and avoiding elimination under threat from opponents.
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+4.0
Plants vs. Zombies 2: A Journey Through Time and Space
Players must manage resources and defenses to survive waves of zombies and avoid failure.
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+4.0
Tag Game
Avoiding being tagged or eliminated is a primary objective, emphasizing survival under pressure.
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+4.0
Antivirus Survivors 2003 Professional
Core gameplay revolves around surviving waves of enemies and avoiding failure.
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+4.0
Cursed 3
Survival mechanics include stamina management, avoiding multiple enemies, barricading, and resource scarcity.
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+4.0
Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum
Players must avoid death and manage resources carefully; death has significant consequences.
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+4.0
DFHack - Dwarf Fortress Modding Engine
Avoiding threats and managing resources to keep dwarves alive is a key gameplay element.
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+4.0
HoloCure - Save the Fans!
Core gameplay centers on surviving waves of enemies and overcoming threats with resource and skill management.
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