- published: 24 Jun 2016
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Survival mode is a video game mode in which the player must survive by keeping their character alive or preventing the enemy from reaching a certain location for as long as possible, while the game sends waves of enemies to the player that become stronger with each subsequent wave. Another variant of the mode requires that the player reach a certain point while remaining alive. The mode is particularly common among tower defense games, where the player must improve the defenses of a specific location in order to repel enemy forces for as long as possible. Survival mode has been compared to the gameplay of classic arcade games, where players face off against increasingly stronger waves of enemies. This mode was intended to give the game a definite and sometimes sudden ending, so that other players could then play the arcade game as well.
Popular games that have a survival mode include zombie games such as those in the Left 4 Dead series, games in the Call of Duty series following Call of Duty: World at War,sandbox game Minecraft, tower defense game Plants vs. Zombies, and Gears of War 2.
Survival is the struggle to remain alive and living. The term may refer to:
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Mode (etymology from Latin modus: "manner, tune, measure, due measure, rhythm, melody") may mean: