“You could be stuck in the middle of a wilderness and not travel anywhere in a survival game, but you usually have to do something if you want to stay alive as your resources will run out, or perhaps you come under attack. Here we stumble across two more features of a survival game: a hostile environment and resource conservation.
That’s about as defining as you can get when it comes to survival games, I think. I want to keep it broad for now, at least, because below I’ve put together a list of what I consider to be “survival games.” It’s not a random list, either; rather, it’s games that fit the bill that I think are worth checking out if you’re into the challenge this type of game design offers.” (from the linked article)
An interesting read. A decent round-up, too. It omits Robinson’s Requiem, one of my faves, but there’s lots of good stuff here if you like this genre.
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