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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
Summa Expeditionis
Survival mechanics and threat management are core gameplay elements requiring careful planning and defense.
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+4.0
Desperate Place
Core gameplay revolves around surviving waves of enemies and managing resources to avoid failure.
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+4.0
Korea Dynasty (조선메타실록)
Core gameplay revolves around survival challenges like resource management, avoiding threats, and crafting.
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+4.0
PERISH
Players must avoid death and manage resources to progress through challenging levels.
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+4.0
Forbidden Ingress
Main goal is to survive waves of enemies through defense and combat.
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+4.0
Steel Artery: Train City Builder
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding failure and managing scarce resources to keep train alive.
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+4.0
Starr Mazer: DSP
Players must avoid death and manage limited pilots to survive waves of enemies.
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+4.0
Contra
Players must avoid instant death from enemy hits and hazards, focusing on survival through skill.
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+4.0
Nexus Legacy
Avoiding attacks, managing resources, and defending colonies are important; survival is a strong motivator.
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+4.0
Bed Wars
Strong survival aspect in protecting beds and avoiding elimination under threat from opponents.
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+4.0
Big Hunter
Player must avoid being hit and manage resources to survive and progress through levels.
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+4.0
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Players must keep their BitBuddy alive by avoiding quitting or neglect, emphasizing survival.
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+4.0
Crackle Cradle
Players must avoid damage and manage stamina to survive traps and enemies in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
Drift Boss
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding failure by precise control to stay on the track.
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+4.0
Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok
High difficulty and boss mechanics require careful resource and health management to avoid failure.
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+4.0
Hotel 626
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death and escaping threats in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
Lost in the Hole
Core gameplay involves avoiding threats, managing hazards, and surviving in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
Minecraft PSP
Survival mode involves managing hunger, health, and threats, adding challenge and urgency.
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+4.0
Missile Command
Protecting cities and bases from destruction under threat of failure is a fundamental survival challenge.
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+4.0
Morimiya Middle School Shooting
Players must avoid damage and manage stamina to survive the shooting spree and its challenges.
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+4.0
Plants vs. Zombies 2: A Journey Through Time and Space
Players must manage resources and defenses to survive waves of zombies and avoid failure.
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+4.0
Plants vs. Zombies: Fusion
Gameplay focuses on defending against waves of zombies and managing resources to survive.
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+4.0
PVZ Fusion
Core gameplay involves managing resources and defenses to survive increasingly difficult zombie waves.
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+4.0
Resident Evil 4: Mobile Edition
Emphasizes resource management, avoiding death, and overcoming hostile enemies.
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