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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Popular, well-rated games with a strong survival score.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Survival affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Outnumbered
Central motivation is to survive increasingly difficult waves and avoid death.
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+4.0
Overture
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and surviving waves of enemies.
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+4.0
Signs of Life
Survival mechanics and threat management are core gameplay elements.
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+4.0
Stellar Initiative
Players must avoid failure by managing defenses and resources against increasingly difficult waves.
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+4.0
UFO: Aftermath
Focus on surviving alien threats and managing resources to keep squad alive.
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+4.0
Aooni The Horror of Blueberry Onsen
Core gameplay centers on avoiding capture and surviving hostile encounters.
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+4.0
Dark Devotion
Players must avoid death, manage health and stamina, and overcome threats
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+4.0
Death to Spies
Avoiding detection and death is crucial, requiring careful resource and risk management.
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+4.0
Dungeon Souls
Players must avoid death and manage resources carefully to progress through dangerous dungeons.
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+4.0
Escape from Yandere
Core gameplay centers on avoiding harm and escaping Yuki's control, emphasizing survival mechanics.
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+4.0
Legend of Dungeon
Players must manage health, avoid threats, and survive increasingly difficult dungeon levels.
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+4.0
Metro Awakening
Resource management, avoiding death, and strategic defense are key gameplay aspects.
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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
Pebble Knights
Core gameplay revolves around surviving waves and bosses with resource and health management.
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+4.0
Space Crew: Legendary Edition
Players must manage threats, maintain ship integrity, and keep crew alive to progress.
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+4.0
The Life and Suffering of Prince Jerian
Players must avoid failure through managing rebellion, political threats, and personal sanity.
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+4.0
TT Isle Of Man: Ride on the Edge 3
Players must avoid crashes and manage risks to complete laps and races successfully.
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+4.0
UNDERWARD
Strong survival elements with permadeath, threat avoidance, and resource management.
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+4.0
中年失业模拟器When a man lose his job
Core gameplay involves avoiding financial ruin, managing health and resources to survive midlife crises.
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+4.0
Mega City Force
Players must avoid death, manage limited ammo and health, and survive waves of enemies and bosses.
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+4.0
Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
Survival elements are central, requiring resource and deck management to overcome threats and avoid failure.
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+4.0
Aeterna Noctis
Players must avoid death and manage health carefully to progress through challenging threats and platforming.
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+4.0
Buried
Core gameplay revolves around managing limited oxygen and light to survive and escape.
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+4.0
Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
Players must carefully manage resources and avoid failure to survive dungeons.
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