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Survival
Avoiding failure or staying alive
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Games where survival stands out from the other motivations.
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+4.0
Frostrain
Players must manage resources and happiness to survive harsh environmental threats and hazards.
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+4.0
Leap Up no jutsu
Players strive to avoid failure and survive as long as possible in a challenging environment.
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+4.0
Party Jousting
Core mechanic is survival by avoiding hazards and other players until last one standing.
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+4.0
Sinner Maker
Core gameplay involves managing hunger, threats, and resource scarcity to keep villagers alive.
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+4.0
Suzerain
Players must avoid political failure, impeachment, or assassination to survive their term.
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+4.0
The Evil Within 2
Resource scarcity, stealth, and combat mechanics emphasize staying alive and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
THE LAST TRAIN: Baquedano
Core gameplay involves avoiding a deadly pursuer and managing movement and timing to survive.
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+4.0
Touhou Kinjoukyou ~ Fossilized Wonders.
Players must avoid death and manage resources to survive increasingly difficult stages.
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+4.0
UBERMOSH Vol.3
Players must survive waves of enemies and avoid damage in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Game centers on survival against enemies and environmental threats like rats.
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+4.0
Apocalypter
Strong survival mechanics including resource management, health, and vehicle maintenance.
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+4.0
Broken Universe - Tower Defense
Core gameplay revolves around defending base and surviving waves of enemies.
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+4.0
Call of Duty®: Black Ops
Zombies mode and campaign emphasize survival against waves of enemies and threats.
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+4.0
CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
Gameplay centers on defending against waves to survive and prevent failure.
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+4.0
China: Mao's legacy
Avoiding political failure and maintaining power under threat is a core gameplay element.
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+4.0
Chippy
Players must avoid death and manage resources like shields and power-ups to survive boss encounters.
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+4.0
Curious Expedition
Core challenge is managing sanity, resources, and threats to keep party alive
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+4.0
Dreams in the Witch House
Core gameplay involves managing health, sanity, hunger, and other survival mechanics.
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+4.0
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved
Core gameplay involves avoiding death and managing limited lives and bombs.
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+4.0
Gladio and Glory
Players fight to stay alive in hostile arenas with threats from enemies and animals.
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+4.0
Hell Maiden
Players must avoid damage and survive waves of enemies and bosses; resource and health management important.
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+4.0
ICBM
Players must manage defenses and resources to avoid destruction and survive nuclear attacks.
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+4.0
Lovely Planet
One-hit deaths and avoidance of hazards require careful survival tactics and precision.
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+4.0
Nauticrawl
Core gameplay involves managing resources and avoiding death in a hostile environment.
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