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Avoiding failure or staying alive
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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
Roguelands
Players must avoid death, manage resources, and overcome threats in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Core gameplay revolves around managing threats, resource scarcity, and defending against attacks to keep city alive.
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+4.0
Slash or Die
Gameplay centers on avoiding death, managing stamina and health, and overcoming waves of enemies.
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+4.0
Viscerafest
Players must avoid death through skillful movement and resource management in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
ZAKO NO AHIRU
Players must avoid falling and manage limited water propulsion to survive and progress.
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+4.0
ZEPHON
Players manage resources and units to survive threats from enemies and neutral factions.
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+4.0
ARMA: Cold War Assault
Players must avoid death and manage resources carefully to survive missions.
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+4.0
Battle Academy
Players must manage resources and tactics to avoid unit losses and complete objectives.
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+4.0
Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition (Classic)
Managing player injuries and survival is a key strategic element affecting team success.
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+4.0
Chrome Dino
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding obstacles and staying alive as long as possible.
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+4.0
Clive Barker's Jericho
Players must manage squad health, revive teammates, and avoid death in a hostile environment.
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+4.0
Dungeon Peplum
Players must avoid death and manage health carefully under pressure to progress.
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+4.0
Infinite Veil
Survival mechanics and threat avoidance are core gameplay aspects.
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+4.0
A Night In Berlin
Players must avoid instant death and carefully manage resources to survive each level's threats.
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+4.0
Babble Royale
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding elimination and surviving the shrinking zone.
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+4.0
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad
Permadeath in career mode and realistic damage models emphasize survival and risk avoidance.
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+4.0
Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
Players must manage resources and defenses to avoid failure and keep dungeon masters alive.
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+4.0
Marathon
Strong survival elements with threat management, resource gathering, and risk of death.
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+4.0
Robin Hood - Sherwood Builders - Bandit's Trail
Survival mechanics like hunger, resource gathering, and avoiding threats are core gameplay elements.
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+4.0
Tribes of Midgard
Core gameplay revolves around defending base, managing resources, and overcoming threats.
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+4.0
Aeon's End
Core gameplay revolves around surviving boss attacks and managing resources to avoid defeat.
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+4.0
Born Again
Core gameplay revolves around avoiding death, managing resources, and surviving challenging encounters.
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+4.0
Buriedbornes2 - Dungeon RPG -
Players must manage limited skill uses, health, and resources to survive dungeon floors and enemies.
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+4.0
Command Ops 2 Core Game
Players manage unit survival, supply, morale, and tactical defense to avoid defeat.
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