The Score Must Survive

Explore a dangerous dungeon, build a growing chain of points, and make it back to safety before your hard-earned score is torn apart.

About the Game:

The Score Must Survive is a 2D top-down dungeon crawler built around risk, greed, and survival.

Every enemy you defeat, trap you disarm, and treasure you collect creates a score orb that joins the tail . The deeper you travel, the longer your chain becomes and the more valuable your run grows.

But your score is never safe while you are inside the dungeon. Enemies and traps can damage the links in the tail. When one breaks, every orb behind it in the tail is lost. You must decide when to keep pushing for a higher score and when to retreat to the entrance to bank what you have collected.

Go deeper. Grow the chain. Protect the score. Make it home.

Screenshots:

Basic Controls: 

(there are more controls, but those are spoilers ;) )

• WASD / Arrow Keys: Move
• Left CLick: Attack (Point the mouse towards the target to aim)
• Right Click: Interact
• Escape: Pause

Game Jam Submission:

This game was created for the Stop Killing Games Community Game Jam 2026.

Feedback, bug reports, and high-score screenshots are greatly appreciated.

The Score Must Survive · Created by PumpkinBreadStudios

Developed by: Darno71