survival game
Definition
A video game genre focused on resource gathering, crafting, base-building, and managing survival mechanics like health, hunger, and environmental hazards in procedurally generated or open worlds.
Any competitive or simulation game emphasizing endurance, strategy, and outlasting opponents or challenges, often in dystopian or wilderness settings.
Examples
In this survival game, I spent hours building a fortress only for a random wolf to undo it all with one bite.
My survival game strategy? Punch trees, hoard berries, and pray the next update doesn't nerf my luck.
Joining friends in a survival game sounded fun until I realized I was the designated bait for every creeper ambush.
After dying to starvation for the fifth time, I quit the survival game and ordered pizza instead.