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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Less relaxation
High survival scores, with relaxation at +0 or below.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Survival affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Boxman's Struggle
Players must avoid failure and falling to progress, emphasizing survival of skill.
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+4.0
Lords of Xulima
Resource management including food and healing is critical to avoid failure and progress.
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+4.0
Miasma Chronicles
Players must manage resources, avoid failure, and overcome threats in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery
Players must manage scarce resources and avoid failure in difficult missions; survival is a key theme.
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+4.0
東方実在相 ~ Dream Logical World
Focus on avoiding death and managing limited resources like power and Aspect Shift duration to survive stages.
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+4.0
Red Solstice 2: Survivors
Game centers on surviving overwhelming enemy waves and managing resources to stay alive.
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+4.0
The Emperor and State
Strong emphasis on maintaining stability, managing threats, and avoiding collapse of the empire.
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+4.0
ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest
Core survival mechanics with resource gathering, avoiding threats, and managing health under pressure.
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+4.0
Black Rose
Core gameplay involves avoiding enemies and surviving encounters in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
Combat Mission Shock Force 2
Strong emphasis on unit preservation, avoiding casualties, and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
Gurei
Limited lives and need to avoid damage emphasize survival and careful resource management.
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+4.0
Hearts of Iron III
Players must manage resources and avoid defeat to survive and succeed in war.
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+4.0
Moros Protocol
Players must manage health, ammo, and resources carefully to survive challenging enemies and bosses.
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+4.0
Oniken: Unstoppable Edition
Players must avoid death and manage health and resources to progress through levels.
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+4.0
Phantom Squad
Players must avoid death and mission failure, manage resources and threats carefully to survive and succeed.
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+4.0
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Players must avoid damage and defeat threats to progress; game is challenging and punishing.
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+4.0
The Escape: Together
Players must avoid ghost attacks and manage resources to survive and escape the haunted house.
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+4.0
GOHOME
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing threats, and progressing through dangerous environments.
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+4.0
A Bastard's Tale
Players must avoid death and manage limited health resources; failure results in restarting levels.
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+4.0
Black Market of Bulletphilia ~ 100th Black Market.
Core gameplay involves avoiding death, managing resources, and surviving increasingly difficult waves and bosses.
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+4.0
Death Relives
Core gameplay revolves around survival through evasion, resource management, and avoiding threats.
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+4.0
Penarium
Core gameplay centers on avoiding death and surviving increasingly difficult challenges.
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+4.0
Project Starship
Players must avoid death by dodging bullets and managing limited lives/shields.
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+4.0
Captain Forever Remix
Players must avoid destruction and manage resources to survive increasingly difficult enemies.
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