survival horror

English

Etymology

Calque of Japanese サバイバルホラー (sabaibaru horā), from English survival + horror.

Noun

survival horror (countable and uncountable, plural survival horrors)

1. (video games, uncountable) A video game genre that emphasizes scarcity of resources (such as health or ammunition refills) in a dangerous setting like that of a horror film.
2. (countable) An individual game in this genre.

Related terms

• survival game

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: selviytymiskauhupeli
• French: survival horror m (anglicism)
• Hebrew: הישרדות אימה f (hisardut-eima)
• Japanese: サバイバルホラー (sabaibaru horā)
• Korean: 서바이벌 호러 (seobaibeol horeo)
• Persian: ترس و بقا