Best Perma Death games on PC
Games where death can permanently end a run, erase a character, or remove major progress, making survival and decisions about risk central to play.
- Careful risk management
- Limited recovery from failure
Related: Roguelike, Survival, Difficult
240 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Lethal Company
First-person co-op horror about scavenging deadly moons for quota
97% positive
511K reviews
R.E.P.O.
Online co-op horror about hauling fragile valuables past monsters
96% positive
425K reviews
Hades
Fast action roguelite where failed escapes make you stronger
98% positive
309K reviews
Hunt: Showdown 1896
Tactical Western extraction shooter where monsters complicate player hunts
74% positive
279K reviews
Darkest Dungeon®
Dark fantasy roguelike RPG about stress, survival, and permanent death
92% positive
163K reviews
Hades II
Greek myth action roguelike with witchcraft and repeat runs
96% positive
123K reviews
My Summer Car
Open-world survival simulator about building and maintaining a car
95% positive
118K reviews
Don't Starve
Single-player wilderness survival in randomly generated worlds with permanent death
97% positive
113K reviews
XCOM® 2
Turn-based tactical strategy against alien rulers on occupied Earth
85% positive
110K reviews
Noita
2D action roguelite with custom spells and simulated pixels
95% positive
89K reviews
FTL: Faster Than Light
Space roguelike strategy built around crew management and permadeath
95% positive
79K reviews
State of Decay 2: Juggernaut Edition
Open-world zombie survival with community management and base building
83% positive
70K reviews
The Binding of Isaac
Top-down action roguelike with randomized dungeons and transformative items
95% positive
63K reviews
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Turn-based sci-fi strategy balancing squad combat and base management
93% positive
59K reviews
Realm of the Mad God Exalt
Co-op pixel-art MMO bullet hell where every death is permanent
83% positive
Free
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
Short psychological horror visual novel about a difficult milk run
96% positive
34K reviews
Crab Champions
Fast-paced third-person roguelike shooter with crabs and build crafting
98% positive
31K reviews
Risk of Rain (2013)
Side-scrolling action roguelike where time makes every run harder
93% positive
30K reviews
Darkest Dungeon® II
Dark fantasy roguelite with party tactics and punishing stagecoach journeys
75% positive
27K reviews
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
First-person survival horror with cameras, a mask, and animatronics
94% positive
26K reviews
The Quarry
Cinematic horror adventure where choices decide who survives the night
82% positive
25K reviews
Roboquest
Fast-paced roguelite FPS with random runs and two-player co-op
95% positive
24K reviews
Spelunky 2
Punishing roguelike platforming through randomized, trap-filled lunar worlds
93% positive
22K reviews
Marauders
Multiplayer extraction shooter with ship combat and space raids
67% positive
21K reviews