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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
Picayune Dreams
Players must avoid damage and survive waves and bosses; resource and skill management.
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+4.0
Purrfect Apawcalypse: Purrgatory Furever
Central theme involves avoiding death and surviving dangerous situations in the story.
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+4.0
Touhou Kishinjou ~ Double Dealing Character.
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death and managing limited resources to survive stages.
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+4.0
BLUE REVOLVER
Players must avoid death and manage resources like bombs and ammo to survive challenging enemy patterns.
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+4.0
Brutal Orchestra
Players must manage resources and avoid defeat in difficult, high-risk battles.
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+4.0
Evil Egg
Players must avoid death and manage threats in a hostile, high-risk environment.
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+4.0
Hades
Core gameplay revolves around overcoming threats and avoiding death in challenging runs.
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+4.0
Homicipher: Demo
Players must avoid danger by correctly interpreting language to survive and escape.
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+4.0
Katana ZERO
Avoiding death is critical; players must manage threats carefully to survive.
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+4.0
Look Outside
Survival mechanics and threat avoidance are key gameplay elements.
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+4.0
MULLET MADJACK
Timer mechanic creates constant threat of failure, requiring resource (time) management and avoidance of damage.
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+4.0
Path of Achra
Players must manage resources, health, and build synergies to survive increasingly difficult enemies and cycles.
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+4.0
RAM: Random Access Mayhem
Players must manage health and swap mechanics to avoid death and progress.
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+4.0
Touhou Fuujinroku ~ Mountain of Faith.
Core gameplay involves avoiding death and managing resources to survive through stages.
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+4.0
Touhou Kouryudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers.
Players must avoid death and manage resources to progress through difficult stages.
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+4.0
Vampire Survivors
Central gameplay revolves around surviving waves of enemies and managing resources to avoid death.
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+4.0
東方眠世界 ~ Wonderful Waking World
Core gameplay involves avoiding death through precise dodging and resource management under threat.
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+4.0
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
Players must avoid checkmate and manage threats across timelines, emphasizing survival and defense.
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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
COMPOUND
Players must avoid death through dodging, resource management, and strategic defense.
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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
Dead Cells
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
Deep Rock Galactic
Players must manage threats, resources, and strategic defense to complete objectives and survive.
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+4.0
Duck Game
Players must avoid death and outlast opponents in fast-paced elimination matches.
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