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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
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Survival mechanics like hunger, thirst, and environmental threats are significant gameplay elements.
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+4.0
Scarlet Tower
Core gameplay revolves around surviving waves of enemies and managing resources.
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+4.0
Skull Horde
Players must avoid failure by managing resources and surviving increasingly difficult enemies.
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+4.0
Squad
Players focus on avoiding death, managing resources, and tactical defense
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+4.0
STAR WARS™: TIE Fighter Special Edition
Players must avoid failure, manage resources, and survive difficult missions.
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+4.0
TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
Strong survival element requiring players to defend against waves and avoid failure.
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+4.0
The Operational Art of War IV
Players must manage supply, avoid unit losses, and maintain operational viability to survive scenarios.
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+4.0
Tomb of Tyrants
Gameplay centers on surviving waves of heroes and managing resources to avoid defeat.
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+4.0
UBERMOSH Vol.7
Players must survive waves of enemies within a limited time, managing positioning and attacks to avoid death.
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+4.0
Aliens: Fireteam Elite
Players must avoid death and manage resources to survive waves of enemies, especially on higher difficulties.
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+4.0
ARMA: Cold War Assault
Players must avoid death and manage resources carefully to survive missions.
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+4.0
Bodycam
Gameplay involves avoiding death, managing threats, and tactical defense in high-risk environments.
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+4.0
Captain Forever Remix
Players must avoid destruction and manage resources to survive increasingly difficult enemies.
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+4.0
Citywars Tower Defense
Strong survival elements with resource gathering, crafting, and defending against waves.
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+4.0
Cultist Simulator
Players must manage threats, resources, and avoid failure to continue playing.
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+4.0
DESYNC
Players must avoid instant death traps and lethal enemies, managing resources carefully to survive.
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+4.0
Dota 2
Avoiding death and managing resources under threat is a core gameplay aspect.
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+4.0
Fabled Lands
Avoiding death and managing resources is a key challenge, with permanent death possible on failure.
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+4.0
Geometry Dash SubZero
Avoiding instant failure and navigating hazards is central to gameplay.
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+4.0
Infinite Tao
Players must manage resources and avoid death through strategic upgrades and positioning.
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+4.0
La-Mulana
Players must avoid death traps and manage health carefully to survive and progress.
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+4.0
Night Swarm
Core gameplay revolves around surviving waves of enemies and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery
Players must manage scarce resources and avoid failure in difficult missions; survival is a key theme.
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+4.0
Sapiens
Core gameplay involves managing resources and avoiding starvation, cold, and injury.
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