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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Focused on survival
Games where survival stands out from the other motivations.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
ARCADE GAME SERIES: PAC-MAN
Avoiding ghosts and managing limited lives creates a survival challenge.
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+4.0
Blood West
Resource scarcity, death penalties, and enemy threats emphasize survival elements.
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+4.0
Calm Down, Stalin
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding failure by managing threats and stress to keep the state intact.
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+4.0
DEDA
Core gameplay involves avoiding threats, managing resources, and surviving encounters with the antagonist.
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+5.0
DEVOUR
Core gameplay centers on avoiding death, managing resources, and surviving against threats.
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+4.0
Eyes: The Horror Game
Core motivation is to avoid death and survive monster encounters through stealth and evasion.
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+5.0
Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Core gameplay is about avoiding death by managing threats and resources to survive until morning.
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+5.0
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding threats and managing limited resources to survive nights.
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+5.0
FOREWARNED
Core gameplay involves avoiding death, managing resources, and escaping threats in dangerous tombs.
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+4.0
Galaxian
Core gameplay involves avoiding enemy fire and attacks to survive as long as possible.
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+4.0
It Has My Face
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death and outsmarting threats to survive each round.
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+4.0
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Resource management and avoiding failure are key gameplay elements.
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+5.0
NEO Scavenger
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats.
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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
Obama Maze
Core motivation is to avoid capture and survive the maze; resource and stamina management critical.
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+4.0
Organ Quarter
Focus on survival through resource management, avoiding death, and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
Penumbra Overture
Core gameplay involves avoiding threats, managing resources like light, and surviving hostile environments.
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+4.0
Repetendium
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming escalating threats.
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+4.0
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
Core gameplay revolves around managing health, avoiding death, and surviving increasingly difficult levels.
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+4.0
Subnautica: Below Zero
Core gameplay revolves around managing resources, avoiding threats, and staying alive in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death from falling blocks and traps, emphasizing survival skills.
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+4.0
The Last Stand Legacy Collection
Strong survival theme with resource management, avoiding death, and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
The Thing: Remastered
Core gameplay revolves around survival mechanics, managing threats, and resource use.
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+4.0
Tormented Souls
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing scarce resources, and overcoming threats.
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