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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Less relaxation
High survival scores, with relaxation at +0 or below.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Survival affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Phasmophobia
Avoiding ghost hunts and managing sanity are core survival elements requiring strategic play.
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+4.0
Chaos Zero Nightmare
Players must manage resources, stress, and threats to avoid failure and progress through challenging runs.
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+4.0
Buckshot Roulette
Primary goal is to avoid death and outlast opponents through strategic play.
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+4.0
Katana ZERO
Avoiding death is critical; players must manage threats carefully to survive.
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+4.0
Alien Swarm
Players must manage resources and avoid death while surviving waves of alien attackers.
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+4.0
ELDEN RING
Players must manage resources and avoid death in a hostile, high-risk environment.
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+4.0
DARK SOULS™ III
Players must manage health, stamina, and resources to survive hostile environments and enemies.
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+4.0
Resident Evil Requiem
Resource scarcity, threat avoidance, and strategic defense are key gameplay elements.
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+4.0
DOOM + DOOM II
Players must manage health, ammo, and avoid death to progress through dangerous environments.
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+4.0
Enter the Gungeon
Players must avoid damage, manage limited ammo and health, and survive increasingly difficult floors.
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+4.0
Duck Game
Players must avoid death and outlast opponents in fast-paced elimination matches.
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+4.0
Noita
Strong survival elements with resource management, avoiding hazards, and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
Counter-Strike 2
Players must avoid death and manage resources to survive rounds and win matches.
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+4.0
Dungeon Master
Resource management and threat avoidance are important for staying alive in the dungeon.
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+4.0
A Dance of Fire and Ice
Players must avoid failure and maintain perfect timing to progress, creating a survival-like challenge.
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+4.0
SIGNALIS
Core gameplay involves managing scarce resources, avoiding threats, and surviving hostile environments.
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+4.0
Mega Man 2
Players must manage health and resources to avoid failure and progress through challenging stages.
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+4.0
Metroid Fusion
Strong survival elements with resource management and evasion of powerful foes.
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+4.0
SWAT 4
Players must avoid failure by careful resource and risk management to keep team and civilians safe.
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+4.0
Look Outside
Survival mechanics and threat avoidance are key gameplay elements.
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+4.0
Mindustry
Constant threat from enemy attacks requires defense and resource management to avoid failure.
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+4.0
Super Meat Boy
Players must avoid instant death hazards and carefully manage precise movements to survive levels.
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+4.0
Insurgency
Avoiding death is critical; tactical defense and resource management (ammo, positioning) are important.
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+4.0
SCP: Secret Laboratory
Strong survival focus in escaping, avoiding threats, and managing resources.
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