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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
Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army
Players must manage resources and avoid being overwhelmed by zombie hordes to survive.
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+4.0
Time Wasters
Core gameplay involves avoiding death, managing shields and hull, and overcoming increasingly difficult enemy waves.
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+4.0
Tormentor❌Punisher
Core gameplay revolves around surviving waves of enemies and bosses with one-hit deaths.
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+4.0
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
Modes like Last Stand emphasize survival against waves of enemies, requiring resource and tactical management.
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+4.0
We Who Are About To Die
Players must manage stamina, health, and resources to survive increasingly difficult fights.
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+4.0
Welcome To The Dark Place
Players must avoid hazards and death, learning from failures to survive and progress.
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+4.0
AFTERBURN
Players must avoid death and survive waves of enemies; survival is a key challenge.
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+4.0
DEFCON
Players strive to protect their population and assets while surviving enemy attacks.
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+4.0
Demeo
Players must avoid failure and manage resources to survive enemy swarms and boss fights.
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+4.0
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE
Resource management, dodging, and avoiding damage are key to survival against aggressive ghosts.
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+4.0
Hearts of Iron 2 Complete
Managing threats, resources, and military survival is key to success.
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+4.0
IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
Players must manage threats, damage, and resource states to survive missions.
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+4.0
In Celebration of Violence
Players must manage health, stamina, hunger, and avoid threats to survive challenging environments.
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+4.0
Legend Battles
Survival against AI threats, resource management, and extraction under pressure are core mechanics.
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+4.0
Magenta Horizon - Neverending Harvest
Players must avoid death by managing health, positioning, and enemy threats in challenging encounters.
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+4.0
Mini Healer
Players must avoid failure by managing healing and boss mechanics to keep party alive.
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+4.0
Nex Machina
Players must avoid death, manage limited lives and continues, and survive challenging enemy waves and bosses.
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+4.0
Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
Players must avoid death and manage stamina and resources to survive challenging encounters.
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+4.0
Poker Quest: Swords and Spades
Core gameplay involves managing resources and avoiding death through strategic defense and offense.
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+4.0
Quake Live
Players must avoid death and manage resources like health and armor in a high-risk environment.
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+4.0
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam
Core gameplay involves avoiding death, managing resources, and tactical positioning to survive.
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+4.0
Sinister Night 2
Survival against supernatural threats and hostile players is a central gameplay element requiring resource and risk…
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+4.0
SpellRogue
Survival elements present through managing health, resources, and overcoming threats in roguelike runs.
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+4.0
Super Fantasy Kingdom
Players must manage resources and defend against threats to keep their kingdom alive, emphasizing survival.
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