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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Survival + Thrill
A strong dose of survival and thrill in the same game.
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+5.0
Subnautica
Core gameplay revolves around managing resources, avoiding threats, and staying alive in a hostile environment.
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+5.0
Don't Starve
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming environmental threats.
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+5.0
PEAK
Core gameplay involves managing stamina, hunger, and environmental hazards to survive.
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+5.0
Project Zomboid
Central motivation is avoiding death through managing threats, resources, and environment in a hostile world.
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+5.0
Crab Game
Core motivation is to survive elimination rounds and avoid failure until last player remains.
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+5.0
Kenshi
Core gameplay revolves around survival, avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats.
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+5.0
PUBG Mobile
Survival against other players and environmental hazards is the main gameplay driver.
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+5.0
Risk of Rain 2
Core motivation is to survive increasingly difficult threats and manage resources.
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+5.0
The Binding of Isaac
Strong survival elements with resource and health management to avoid death.
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+5.0
Muck
Central theme is avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats in a hostile environment.
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+5.0
Left 4 Dead
Central theme of avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats.
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+5.0
The Walking Dead: Season Two
Central theme of avoiding death and managing threats in a hostile post-apocalyptic world.
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+5.0
Abiotic Factor
Core gameplay revolves around managing threats, resources, and staying alive.
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+5.0
Just Shapes & Beats
Core gameplay is about avoiding damage and staying alive through challenging bullet patterns.
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+5.0
Frostpunk
Central theme is survival against environmental threats, resource scarcity, and social unrest.
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+5.0
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
Core gameplay involves avoiding death and managing threats during night survival phases.
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+5.0
Barotrauma
Core gameplay centers on avoiding failure, managing resources, and surviving hostile threats.
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+5.0
Darkest Dungeon®
Primary motivation is to survive harsh dungeon conditions, manage resources, and avoid death.
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+5.0
Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding failure, managing threats, and keeping the facility operational.
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+5.0
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Strong survival theme with resource management and threat avoidance critical to success.
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+5.0
Rain World
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and enduring threats.
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+5.0
Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing wounds, and tactical defense; survival is challenging and…
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+5.0
No More Room in Hell
Central motivation is avoiding death and managing scarce resources to survive zombie threats.
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+5.0
Risk of Rain (2013)
Central theme of surviving hostile environments with resource and time management.
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