Minecraft Survival Games servers are essentially PvP MiniGame servers. Players spawn in arenas and can then fight with each other until there's only one player left.
Survival Games Minigames
As with most of Minigames Survival Games servers are PvP and competitive servers, most of Survival Games servers would track scores, provide leaderboards and some would even hand out rewards to top players.
Gameplay on Minecraft Survival Games servers is similar to Hunger Games servers, but Survival Games servers tend to have more features and expansions players can explore and use.
Survival Games Deathmatch
Deathmatch occurs after Survival Games timer runs out or if there are only a few people left in map. Players then have to win specific map within given time, usually with that Survival Games arena gets smaller and smaller.