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
755 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Demo Rack and Slay
Top-down billiards roguelike where shots knock monsters into holes
91% positive
611 reviews
Unexplored
Real-time dungeon crawling with dual-wielded weapons and tactical pauses
88% positive
603 reviews
Make Good Choices
First-person horror walking simulator about surviving a short walk home
88% positive
594 reviews
Spin Hero
Roguelike deckbuilder with slot-machine battles and changing symbol combinations
74% positive
593 reviews
Our Darker Purpose
Top-down action roguelike about fighting classmates and possessed school furniture
81% positive
591 reviews
Super 3-D Noah's Ark
A retro first-person shooter about feeding escaped animals to sleep
92% positive
588 reviews
Demo Bloodgrounds
Turn-based gladiator tactics with permanent deaths and city management
76% positive
588 reviews
Catacomb Kids
A roguelike platformer where you turn hazards against dungeon creatures
87% positive
581 reviews
Tower of Guns
Fast first-person shooter with randomized runs and weapon mods
86% positive
577 reviews
Gloom
A 2D action roguelike about fighting through a Lovecraftian dream
82% positive
576 reviews
Asura: Vengeance Edition
Top-down action roguelike with a skill tree that changes each run
86% positive
574 reviews
Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why
A philosophical visual novel about a girl's questions on existence
94% positive
562 reviews
Heart&Slash
A robot brawler where death reshuffles your levels and equipment
81% positive
560 reviews
Agarta
Interactive thriller where a serial killer's decisions cannot be undone
72% positive
558 reviews
Wrongworld
Open-world survival crafting across a strange, randomly generated world
94% positive
557 reviews
Demo Soulash
Turn-based roguelike about a forgotten god destroying an open world
69% positive
557 reviews
Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon
Falling-block puzzle action with dungeon combat and enemy chain attacks
90% positive
554 reviews
Demo Leaf Blower Man: This Game Blows!
Arcade action with a leaf blower and neighbors to annoy
88% positive
Free
Demo ALTF42
A comedy platformer with permadeath, flying sharks, and exploding skeletons
75% positive
547 reviews
Rogue
Text-based fantasy dungeon crawler where death ends each attempt
95% positive
546 reviews
Demo 9th Dawn Remake
Open-world action RPG with dungeons, loot, and creature allies
86% positive
533 reviews
Demo Soulslinger: Envoy of Death
Western-fantasy roguelite FPS battling an afterlife crime cartel
63% positive
529 reviews
Demo Devil Spire
First-person roguelite dungeon crawler through a procedurally generated tower
87% positive
527 reviews
Darkwind
Post-apocalyptic turn-based car combat with gang management and permadeath
50% positive
Free