Meanings
nounsurvival horror (countable and uncountable, plural survival horrors)
plural survival horrors
- uncountablevideo gamesA video game genre that emphasizes scarcity of resources (such as health or ammunition refills) in a dangerous setting like that of a horror film.
- countableAn individual game in this genre.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese サバイバルホラー (sabaibaru horā), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from survival + horror.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 生存恐怖, 恐怖生存
- 生存恐怖 (shēngcúnkǒngbù)Translations
- 恐怖生存 (kǒngbùshēngcún)Translations
Finnish selviytymiskauhupeli
- selviytymiskauhupeliTranslations
French survival horror
- survival horrorTranslations
Hebrew הישרדות אימה
- הישרדות אימה (hisardut-eima)Translations
Japanese サバイバルホラー
- サバイバルホラー (sabaibaru horā)Translations
Korean 서바이벌 호러
- 서바이벌 호러 (seobaibeol horeo)Translations
Persian ترس و بقا
- ترس و بقاTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
survival horror. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/survival%20horror
MLA
“survival horror.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/survival%20horror. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “survival horror,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/survival%20horror.
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