Survival games focus on the survival parts of these games, while encouraging exploration of an open world.
Survival games are considered an extension of a common video game theme where the player character is stranded or separated from others and must work alone to survive and complete a goal. Survival games are generally open-ended with no set goals and often closely related to the survival horror genre, where the player must survive within a supernatural setting, such as a zombie apocalypse. Many survival games are based on randomly or procedurally generated persistent environments more recently, survival games are often playable online, allowing players to interact in a single world. Players generally start with minimal equipment and are required to survive as long as possible by crafting tools, weapons, shelters, and collecting resources.
Survival games are a subgenre of video games which are usually set in hostile, intense, open-world environments.
