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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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+4.0
Terra Invicta
Strong survival elements in avoiding alien defeat and managing resources to stay alive.
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+4.0
The Solus Project
Managing hunger, thirst, temperature, and sleep to avoid failure is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas
Players must avoid death and manage threats carefully; survival is a key gameplay element.
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+4.0
Until Dawn™
Core gameplay revolves around keeping characters alive through choices and quick-time events.
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+4.0
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
Strong survival elements with resource management, threat avoidance, and team defense.
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+4.0
America's Army: Proving Grounds
Players must avoid death, manage health and positioning carefully; no respawns without teammate revival.
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+4.0
Apex Legends™
Battle royale mechanics emphasize survival, resource management, and avoiding elimination under pressure.
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+4.0
Badlands Crew - Drive, Command, Conquer
Players manage resources, crew health, and vehicle integrity to survive hostile environments and enemies.
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+4.0
Black Rose
Core gameplay involves avoiding enemies and surviving encounters in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition (Classic)
Managing player injuries and team viability over matches and seasons is a key challenge.
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+4.0
Candy Disaster - Tower Defense
Players must prevent enemies from reaching objectives, managing resources and threats carefully.
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+4.0
Company of Heroes 2
Players focus on avoiding unit losses, managing resources, and strategic defense to survive and win battles.
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+4.0
Defend Your Life: TD
Gameplay centers on preventing enemies from reaching the base, requiring resource and defense management.
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+4.0
Few Nights More: Genesis
Core gameplay revolves around surviving waves of enemies and managing resources to stay alive.
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+4.0
Nioh: Complete Edition
Players must manage resources, stamina, and avoid death in a hostile environment with lethal enemies.
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+4.0
Second Front
Players must manage resources and avoid unit losses to survive and succeed in scenarios.
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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
Stickman Strikes: Conquer Fantasy World
Survival mechanics like hunger, stamina, morale, and resource management are integral to gameplay.
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+4.0
Albion Online
Players must avoid death and loss of gear in dangerous PvP zones, requiring strategic defense and escape.
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+4.0
Alpha Response
Players must avoid failure and death through careful resource and tactical management in high-risk environments.
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+4.0
Battle Talent
Combat and dungeon crawling require avoiding failure and managing resources; survival challenge is significant.
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+4.0
Codename CURE II
Players must avoid death, manage resources, and survive waves of enemies under pressure.
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+4.0
Dangerous Waters
Avoiding detection and destruction is core gameplay; resource and threat management critical to success.
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+4.0
Dungeon Warfare 3
Gameplay centers on avoiding failure by managing resources and defenses against increasingly difficult enemy waves.
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