Survival Game

A Survival Game is an action game that primarily focuses on the player's ability to maintain their character's basic needs.

Context:
- It can (typically) have mechanics related to hunger, thirst, and fatigue.
- It can (often) feature crafting mechanics, resource gathering, and environmental hazards.
- It can range from being a Survival Video Game to being a Survival Physical Game (such as paintball).
- It can include threats from wildlife, diseases, and changing weather conditions.
- It can (often) have a day-night cycle, affecting the game dynamics.
- It can include crafting systems where players can create tools, weapons, shelters, and other
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Example(s):
- a Battle Royale Game.
- a Combat Survival Game.
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See: Zombie Apocalypse, Action Video Game, Persistent World, Survival Horror.

References

(Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/survival_game Retrieved:2018-11-29.
- Survival games are a subgenre of action video games set in a hostile, intense, open-world environment, where players generally begin with minimal equipment and are required to collect resources, craft tools, weapons, and shelter, and survive as long as possible. Many survival games are based on randomly or procedurally generated persistent environments; more-recently created games are often playable online, allowing multiple players to interact in a single persistent world. Survival games are generally open-ended with no set goals and are often closely related to the survival horror genre, in which the player must survive within a supernatural setting, such as a zombie apocalypse.