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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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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
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+4.0
Deified
Players must manage resources and avoid defeat, especially in challenging boss fights and encounters.
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+4.0
Homebody
Core gameplay involves avoiding death and surviving loops by managing time and threats.
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+4.0
Ogre Chambers 2222
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding damage and surviving increasingly difficult enemy waves.
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+4.0
Rhythm Witch: Beat Death
Core gameplay involves surviving waves of enemies and managing resources and positioning.
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+4.0
Super Bit Blaster XL
Core gameplay revolves around surviving waves of enemies and avoiding death.
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+4.0
Tenebris Somnia
Players manage limited resources and avoid threats to survive and progress through the game.
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+4.0
Forestrike
Players must avoid failure and manage limited resources to survive encounters.
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+4.0
Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One
Players must manage health, resources, and avoid death in dangerous dungeon environments.
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+4.0
Genome Guardian
Gameplay centers on surviving increasingly difficult waves and managing resources like heat and health.
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+4.0
Ostalgie: The Berlin Wall
Players strive to keep their nation stable and survive political and economic threats.
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+4.0
S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster
Strong focus on preserving units across missions; losing units impacts future gameplay and mission success.
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+4.0
30XX
Players must avoid damage and manage resources to survive increasingly difficult runs.
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+4.0
Bounty of One
Central gameplay involves avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
GRAIN ROT
Players must avoid death, manage resources, and overcome threats in procedurally generated levels.
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+4.0
Nonentity Galaxy
Players must manage resources and avoid defeat to progress, emphasizing survival under threat.
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+4.0
Resident Evil 3
Resource scarcity and enemy threats require careful management and avoidance to survive.
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+4.0
Sanctum
Players must prevent enemies from reaching the core through defense and combat to survive waves.
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+4.0
Voids Vigil
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and surviving waves of enemies.
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+4.0
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
Survival elements in story and gameplay such as gathering resources, defending village, and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
Zombie Army 4: Dead War
Players must manage resources and avoid death against escalating zombie threats.
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+4.0
Cluckmech Oasis
Core gameplay revolves around defending the base and surviving waves of enemies under increasing threat.
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+4.0
Conquest of Elysium 5
Players must manage threats, resources, and strategic defense to survive and win
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+4.0
Demonologist
Players must avoid death and manage resources to survive ghost hunts.
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+4.0
DOOM 3
Players must manage resources and avoid death; survival horror elements are central.
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