Find your kind of game
Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
Explore another motivation
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
-
+4.0
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Players must avoid detection and failure, managing resources like limited ammo and timing to survive missions.
-
+4.0
Timberborn
Core gameplay involves managing resources and water to survive droughts and environmental challenges.
-
+4.0
Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death by managing points and making correct choices.
-
+4.0
Megabonk
Focus on avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats; survival is key gameplay element.
-
+4.0
Thronefall
Gameplay centers on defending the kingdom and surviving increasingly difficult enemy waves.
-
+4.0
A Dance of Fire and Ice
Players must avoid failure and maintain perfect timing to progress, creating a survival-like challenge.
-
+4.0
Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
Players must prevent enemies from breaching defenses, managing resources and adapting tactics to survive.
-
+4.0
Monster Train
Players must manage threats and resources to protect the pyre and survive through runs.
-
+4.0
SIGNALIS
Core gameplay involves managing scarce resources, avoiding threats, and surviving hostile environments.
-
+4.0
Mega Man 2
Players must manage health and resources to avoid failure and progress through challenging stages.
-
+4.0
Metroid Fusion
Strong survival elements with resource management and evasion of powerful foes.
-
+4.0
SWAT 4
Players must avoid failure by careful resource and risk management to keep team and civilians safe.
-
+4.0
Crypt of the NecroDancer
Players must avoid damage and death through careful timing and resource management.
-
+4.0
Look Outside
Survival mechanics and threat avoidance are key gameplay elements.
-
+4.0
Mindustry
Constant threat from enemy attacks requires defense and resource management to avoid failure.
-
+4.0
Super Meat Boy
Players must avoid instant death hazards and carefully manage precise movements to survive levels.
-
+4.0
Insurgency
Avoiding death is critical; tactical defense and resource management (ammo, positioning) are important.
-
+4.0
SCP: Secret Laboratory
Strong survival focus in escaping, avoiding threats, and managing resources.
-
+4.0
Insaniquarium Deluxe
Core gameplay revolves around keeping fish alive and defending against threats.
-
+4.0
Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
Players must prevent enemies from breaching defenses, managing resources and adapting to threats.
-
+4.0
Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Players must manage resources, avoid death, and strategically survive enemy encounters.
-
+4.0
PAYDAY 2
Players must manage health, resources, and avoid failure to survive waves of enemies.
-
+4.0
Slay the Spire 2
Players must manage resources and avoid failure through careful planning and adaptation.
-
+4.0
Downwell
Players must manage health, ammo, and avoid damage to survive increasingly difficult levels.
Same motivation, different experiences
Your way to play
Explore different sides of survival, grouped by what players enjoy.
Fine-tune your next game
A little more you
Mix in another motivation, or find an experience with less of something else.