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Tips for playing a survival game:
* Manage your resources. If you're missing a key component for something, you'll want it to be as close as possible. Keep what you need where you need it.
* Use shortcuts. Most items in survival games can be renewed, such as cobblestone in VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}, or flora in VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}. Know how to recreate these items, and you'll have an easier time.
* Treat every entity as hostile, until proven otherwise. Obviously, this won't apply to realistic survival games, but when dealing with fantasy or sci-fi, this cannot be overstated. Give any unfamiliar creature a wide berth, and watch how it interacts with the environment around you.
* Don't let your guard down. Always know what's around you, and be ready to drop everything and run if it gets too hairy to handle. Stay alert. Stay aware. Stay alive.
* Keep an eye on your health. Survival is partly about exploration, but it's mostly about, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin surviving]]. Don't take unnecessary risks, and know how much health you can restore at any given time.
* Function over fashion. When you're building a base, it may be tempting to make it look fancy, or at least deck it out with some extra features. ''Don't''. You're a survivor, not a resort keeper. Focus on getting essential items in place first before worrying about aesthetics.
* Don't panic. Panicking leads to mistakes, and mistakes lead to pain. Keep a level head at all times.

* [[FinalDeath Death is permanent]], and the primary objective is simply to survive [[EndlessGame as long as possible]]. When Death doesn't completely reset the world it will still [[ContinuingIsPainful be a massive setback]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Flotsam}''

* Function over fashion. When you're building a base, it may be tempting to make it look fancy, or at least deck it out with some extra features. '''DON'T'''. You're a survivor, not a resort keeper. Focus on getting essential items in place first before worrying about aesthetics.

* ''VideoGame/Grounded''

* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' in "Hardcore mode".[[note]]an optional difficulty setting which requires to regularly eat, drink, and sleep to not suffer increasing debuffs. It also adds other quirks, like ammo having a weight, medical items healing over time instead of instantly, crippled limbs being only able to be healed by rare medical items or paying a doctor, sleep no longer restoring full health, etc.[[/note]]

There is some overlap here with the {{Roguelike}} and SurvivalHorror genres.

* ''VideoGame/{{Nether}}''