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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
ELEX
Early game emphasizes survival against powerful enemies and resource management
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+4.0
FORCED: Slightly Better Edition
Players must avoid failure and death through skillful combat and puzzle completion under pressure.
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+4.0
Majesty 2 Collection
Players must defend their kingdom and manage resources to survive increasingly difficult threats.
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+4.0
MechWarrior 4: Vengeance
Players must manage heat, damage, and resources to avoid mech destruction and mission failure.
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+4.0
Sea Dogs: To Each His Own
Players must manage resources, crew morale, and avoid failure in harsh conditions.
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+4.0
Space Hulk: Ascension (Classic)
Gameplay emphasizes avoiding death, managing resources, and surviving overwhelming odds.
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+4.0
Spellbook Demonslayers
Central focus on surviving waves of enemies and managing resources to stay alive.
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+4.0
Squad 44
Players must avoid death and manage resources tactically to survive and succeed.
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+4.0
UNDERWARD
Strong survival elements with permadeath, threat avoidance, and resource management.
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+4.0
WWII Online
Players must avoid death, manage resources like supply, and strategically survive in hostile environments.
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+4.0
Aarklash: Legacy
Players must avoid party wipe by managing health, positioning, and countering enemy threats.
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+4.0
EVE Online
Avoiding death and loss is a constant challenge requiring skill and planning.
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+4.0
Myth of Empires
Survival mechanics like resource gathering, hunger, and defense against threats are core gameplay elements.
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+4.0
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen
Players must manage health, resources, and avoid death penalties, emphasizing survival.
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+4.0
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon
Players must manage health, hunger, and status effects to survive dungeon challenges and avoid failure.
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+4.0
Tactics Ogre: Reborn
Players must avoid character death and manage resources carefully to succeed in battles
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+4.0
Age of Reforging: The Freelands
Survival mechanics like health management and resource gathering add challenge and risk.
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+4.0
Back 4 Blood
Strong survival elements with resource management, health, and avoiding death under pressure.
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+4.0
FortressCraft Evolved!
Survival mechanics such as temperature, energy management, and base defense are core gameplay elements.
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+4.0
Frosthaven
Players manage resources, avoid failure, and strategically defend outpost and characters.
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+4.0
Slain: Back from Hell
Focus on avoiding death, managing health, and overcoming lethal enemies and traps
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+4.0
Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition
Players must manage health, heals, and positioning to avoid death and complete objectives.
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+4.0
Tower Wars
Players must manage resources and defenses to avoid defeat; survival is a key challenge.
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+4.0
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide
Players must manage threats, resources, and team survival in challenging missions.
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