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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Top picks
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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+5.0
Night of the Dead
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding failure, managing resources, and defending against threats.
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+5.0
RUSSIA BATTLEGROUNDS
Strong survival theme with players avoiding death from enemies and managing scarce resources.
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+5.0
The Backrooms: Survival
Central focus on managing hunger, thirst, sanity, and avoiding or fighting deadly threats to stay alive.
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+5.0
The Oregon Trail
Core gameplay centers on avoiding failure and managing resources to stay alive on the trail.
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+5.0
Dino Run
Core gameplay centers on escaping threats and managing resources to stay alive.
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+5.0
Siege Survival: Gloria Victis
Core gameplay revolves around managing scarce resources and avoiding failure in a siege survival scenario.
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+5.0
Slither.io
Core gameplay centers on avoiding death by evading collisions and outmaneuvering opponents.
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+5.0
Z.O.N.A: Origin
Core gameplay is about avoiding death, managing scarce resources, and overcoming environmental threats.
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+5.0
Darkest Dungeon® II
Central theme of avoiding failure, managing resources, overcoming threats, and surviving harsh conditions.
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+5.0
Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
Core gameplay involves managing survival of units under threat, resource management, and overcoming enemy attacks.
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+5.0
Land of Glarefall
Survival against waves of enemies and resource management are central to gameplay.
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+5.0
Sir, You Are Being Hunted
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing hunger, and evading threats.
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+5.0
Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
Strong survival elements with resource management, avoiding death, and overcoming threats
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+5.0
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness
Core gameplay revolves around managing hunger, stamina, weapon durability, and avoiding death in a hostile environment.
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+5.0
Mist Survival
Central theme is managing threats, resources, and staying alive in a hostile environment.
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+5.0
Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown
Core gameplay revolves around survival, resource management, and overcoming threats in hostile space.
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+5.0
Stoneshard
Strong survival mechanics including resource management, health, and risk avoidance.
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+5.0
Escape the Ayurok
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources like flashlight, and stealth survival.
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+5.0
Silent Hunter®: Wolves of the Pacific U-Boat Missions
Strong focus on avoiding detection, managing resources, and surviving enemy attacks under realistic conditions.
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+5.0
Emily Wants to Play Too
Core gameplay centers on avoiding death, managing threats, and surviving increasingly difficult challenges.
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+5.0
LIFE EFFECT
Core gameplay revolves around survival mechanics, resource scarcity, and avoiding death.
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+5.0
Reigns: Game of Thrones
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death and managing threats to stay alive.
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+5.0
Boogeyman
Core gameplay is about surviving threats, managing limited resources, and avoiding failure.
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+5.0
Chromosome Evil
Survival under resource constraints and escalating threats is the primary gameplay focus.
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