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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
BATTLETECH
Players must manage resources, avoid failure, and survive challenging missions with limited forces.
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+4.0
Buriedbornes2 - Dungeon RPG -
Players must manage limited skill uses, health, and resources to survive dungeon floors and enemies.
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+4.0
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
Players must manage resources, avoid death, and overcome threats; survival is a key gameplay motivation.
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+4.0
Deathtrap
Players must prevent enemies from breaching defenses and manage resources carefully.
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+4.0
Desktop Dungeons
Players must avoid death by careful planning and resource management in hostile dungeons.
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+4.0
Eador: Genesis
Players must manage resources and defend territories to avoid defeat and game over.
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+4.0
Graviteam Tactics: Tunisia 1943
Players must manage unit survival, avoid losses, and maintain combat effectiveness under threat.
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+4.0
GROUND BRANCH
Players must avoid death and failure through careful tactics and resource management; high-risk gameplay.
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+4.0
HordeZ
Strong survival elements with resource management and avoiding being overwhelmed by zombies.
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+4.0
Labyrinthine
Core gameplay centers on avoiding monsters, managing resources, and escaping threats.
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+4.0
Mechs V Kaijus - Tower Defense
Gameplay centers on defending against waves of enemies and managing resources to avoid failure.
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+4.0
Moon Corona
Players must manage resources and avoid death in challenging encounters.
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+4.0
Moonsigil Atlas
Players must manage resources and avoid defeat through careful planning and adapting to threats.
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+4.0
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence
Players must manage resources and defend territory to avoid defeat and extinction
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+4.0
Refactor
Core gameplay involves surviving waves and managing resources to avoid failure.
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+4.0
Runestone Keeper
Players must manage health, resources, and threats to survive dungeon runs.
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+4.0
Shadow Empire
Managing resources and avoiding failure through logistics and warfare is key.
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+4.0
Steel Armor: Blaze of War
Focus on avoiding damage, managing resources, and tactical defense to survive engagements.
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+4.0
Terrorhedron Tower Defense
Players must prevent enemies from reaching the end, managing resources and defenses carefully.
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+4.0
Vestaria Saga I: War of the Scions
Avoiding unit death and managing scarce resources are key to success, emphasizing survival.
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+4.0
Metroid Dread
Core gameplay involves avoiding death, managing health, and overcoming lethal threats.
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+4.0
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Modes like Zombies and Blackout emphasize survival against threats and resource management.
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+4.0
A Night In Berlin
Players must avoid instant death and carefully manage resources to survive each level's threats.
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+4.0
Combat Mission Black Sea
Players must avoid losses and manage resources carefully to keep units alive and succeed in missions.
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