Survival

Central theme of avoiding failure and managing scarce resources to survive difficult conditions.

Players must avoid instant death from enemy attacks and environmental hazards, managing limited lives and continues.

Players must avoid death and hazards to progress; survival is a core gameplay element.

Resource management, dodging, and avoiding damage are key to survival against aggressive ghosts.

Players must manage resources and avoid failure to progress through challenging stages.

Players must avoid death and manage health and resources to progress through threats.

Strong survival elements with resource management, avoiding failure, and overcoming threats in hostile environments.

Players must manage resources, health, and positioning to survive increasingly difficult enemies.

Players must manage resources, avoid death, and survive encounters with Bigfoot and environment.

Gameplay involves avoiding death, managing threats, and tactical defense in high-risk environments.

Strong survival elements with health management, avoiding damage, and overcoming threats.

Core gameplay involves avoiding capture and surviving encounters with the antagonist.

Survival against monsters and completing objectives under threat is a primary game focus.

Core gameplay revolves around survival by avoiding failure (peeing) and managing resources under pressure.

Players must carefully manage limited units and resources to avoid failure and survive challenging missions.

Core gameplay involves avoiding death by outrunning threats and managing resources.

Players must survive waves of enemies and avoid death in a high-risk environment.

Players must avoid death, manage resources, and survive enemy attacks.

Players must manage health, ammo, and tactical positioning to survive against tough enemies and mutants.

Core gameplay revolves around surviving waves of enemies and managing health and afflictions.

Players must avoid threats and manage resources to survive and progress.

Core gameplay involves managing health, resources, and avoiding death through strategic play and encounter selection.

Gameplay emphasizes avoiding defeat, managing threats, and maintaining military and territorial control.

Players must avoid hazards and manage limited lives/health, emphasizing survival through skillful play.