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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Survival + Competence
A strong dose of survival and competence in the same game.
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Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Saros
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
Bloons TD 6
Players must manage resources and defenses to survive increasingly difficult waves of bloons.
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+4.0
Slay the Spire
Players must manage resources and health carefully to survive increasingly difficult challenges.
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+4.0
Counter-Strike: Source
Rounds involve avoiding death and strategic resource management to survive.
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+4.0
Dead Cells
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
Hotline Miami
Players must avoid instant death and manage tactical positioning to survive enemy encounters.
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+4.0
Cuphead
Players must avoid damage and survive complex attack patterns, managing limited health and resources.
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+4.0
Inscryption
Players must manage resources and avoid defeat in challenging card battles, reflecting survival elements.
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+4.0
Katana ZERO
Avoiding death is critical; players must manage threats carefully to survive.
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+4.0
ELDEN RING
Players must manage resources and avoid death in a hostile, high-risk environment.
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+4.0
Hades II
Players must avoid failure and manage resources to progress through difficult encounters.
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+4.0
Alien Swarm: Reactive Drop
Players must manage resources and avoid failure to survive waves of enemies.
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+4.0
DARK SOULS™ III
Players must manage health, stamina, and resources to survive hostile environments and enemies.
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+4.0
Enter the Gungeon
Players must avoid damage, manage limited ammo and health, and survive increasingly difficult floors.
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+4.0
Counter-Strike 2
Players must avoid death and manage resources to survive rounds and win matches.
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+4.0
Fire Emblem Engage
Players must manage threats, avoid unit deaths, and strategically defend to survive battles.
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+4.0
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Players must avoid detection and failure, managing resources like limited ammo and timing to survive missions.
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+4.0
A Dance of Fire and Ice
Players must avoid failure and maintain perfect timing to progress, creating a survival-like challenge.
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+4.0
Mega Man 2
Players must manage health and resources to avoid failure and progress through challenging stages.
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+4.0
SWAT 4
Players must avoid failure by careful resource and risk management to keep team and civilians safe.
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+4.0
Crypt of the NecroDancer
Players must avoid damage and death through careful timing and resource management.
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+4.0
Mindustry
Constant threat from enemy attacks requires defense and resource management to avoid failure.
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+4.0
Super Meat Boy
Players must avoid instant death hazards and carefully manage precise movements to survive levels.
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+4.0
Insurgency
Avoiding death is critical; tactical defense and resource management (ammo, positioning) are important.
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