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Avoiding failure or staying alive
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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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+4.0
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
Players must avoid death and manage threats carefully to progress through levels.
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+4.0
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Players must avoid failure (bomb explosion) through careful resource and time management.
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+4.0
Magical Girl Witch Trials
Core theme involves survival through identifying culprits to avoid collective execution.
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+4.0
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
Players must avoid checkmate and manage threats across timelines, emphasizing survival and defense.
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+4.0
Halls of Torment
Focus on avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming escalating threats.
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+4.0
The Backrooms Deluxe 2
Survival elements like sanity management, resource gathering, and threat avoidance are central to gameplay.
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+4.0
Garena Free Fire Max
Survival is the main objective, involving resource management, avoiding threats, and strategic defense to be last…
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+4.0
Ms. Pac-Man
Core gameplay centers on avoiding ghosts and surviving as long as possible.
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+4.0
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Players must avoid death, manage limited health, and overcome threats through careful tactics.
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+4.0
Orbt XL
Core gameplay is about avoiding death by black hole and obstacles, managing risk.
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+4.0
Days Gone
Core gameplay revolves around managing resources, avoiding threats, and staying alive in hostile world.
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+4.0
Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
Players must avoid failure, manage resources, and keep squad members alive under threat.
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+4.0
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
Players must manage squad health and revive mechanics to survive challenging encounters.
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+4.0
Metroid Dread
Core gameplay involves avoiding death, managing health, and overcoming lethal threats.
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+4.0
Arma 3
Players must manage threats, resources, and tactical defense to survive in hostile environments.
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+4.0
Baldi's Basics Plus
Core gameplay involves avoiding capture and managing resources to survive and progress.
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+4.0
Crusader Kings II
Players must manage threats, rebellions, and succession crises to maintain their dynasty's survival.
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+4.0
Little Nightmares II
Gameplay centers on avoiding threats, stealth, and managing limited resources to survive.
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+4.0
Post Void
Players must manage time and health carefully to survive and progress; constant threat of failure.
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+4.0
Dead Space™ 2
Focus on avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
Stronghold HD (2012)
Focus on defending castle and surviving enemy attacks.
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+4.0
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Modes like Zombies and Blackout emphasize survival against threats and resource management.
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+4.0
Skul: The Hero Slayer
Players must avoid damage and manage health to survive challenging encounters.
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+4.0
Bit Blaster XL
Players focus on avoiding death through dodging and resource management in a high-risk environment.
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