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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.

Related: Roguelike, Survival, Difficult

755 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

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Quest of Dungeons
Quest of Dungeons
Turn-based dungeon crawling with randomized layouts and loot on each run
80% positive 522 reviews
Pixel Dungeon
Pixel Dungeon
Pixel-art roguelike dungeon crawling with randomized floors and permanent death
88% positive 493 reviews
False Dream
False Dream
First-person horror where you photograph anomalies to escape a dream
97% positive 491 reviews
Dark PGT
Dark PGT
A darkly comic Souls-like set in a future Soviet village
84% positive 484 reviews
Mayonnaise Simulator
Mayonnaise Simulator
Third-person arena shooter about a mayonnaise jar fighting condiment bottles
96% positive Free
Gangs of Space
Gangs of Space
Multiplayer space bullet hell where every ship death is permanent
75% positive Free
Shadow of the Depth Demo
Shadow of the Depth
Top-down action roguelike with five characters and timing-based combos
70% positive 477 reviews
Escape the Clinic
Escape the Clinic
First-person puzzle horror about escaping a clinic haunted by spirits
72% positive Free
Touhou ~Red Empress Devil. Demo
Touhou ~Red Empress Devil.
Twin-stick roguelite shooter in a mansion that changes each run
72% positive 475 reviews
Subterror
Subterror
First-person co-op horror in abandoned underwater domes and procedural dungeons
90% positive 474 reviews
Heads Will Roll: Downfall
Heads Will Roll: Downfall
Turn-based medieval roleplaying where fatigue and wounds shape each fight
67% positive Free
Raw Metal Demo
Raw Metal
Sci-fi dungeon crawler mixing top-down stealth with third-person brawling
88% positive 470 reviews
For The Warp
For The Warp
Space roguelike deckbuilder with turn-based combat and procedural systems
73% positive 468 reviews
Sublevel Zero Redux
Sublevel Zero Redux
A roguelite shooter with gunship combat in every direction
85% positive 467 reviews
March of the Living
March of the Living
Zombie survival roguelite with group management and life-or-death decisions
71% positive 463 reviews
Escape from Tatris
Escape from Tatris
An arcade puzzle that turns shooter looting into a packing challenge
90% positive Free
VOCÊ É UM DEFUNTO MECÂNICO
VOCÊ É UM DEFUNTO MECÂNICO
Text-based cyberpunk fiction about a dead robot recalling its life
97% positive Free
Space Gladiators
Space Gladiators
Hand-drawn roguelite platformer with randomized rooms and arena fights
90% positive 456 reviews
Wulin Chess Demo
Wulin Chess
Turn-based strategy RPG where flanking attacks deal extra damage
71% positive 452 reviews
In Celebration of Violence
In Celebration of Violence
Fantasy action roguelike with deliberate combat and permanent death
87% positive 450 reviews
MOTHER
MOTHER
Psychological horror about protecting children who can die permanently
88% positive 449 reviews
Spirits Abyss
Spirits Abyss
A roguelite platformer where you can destroy the terrain
95% positive 444 reviews
Together After Dark
Together After Dark
First-person co-op horror where escaping means staying out of sight
52% positive 442 reviews
All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game
All Walls Must Fall - A Tech-Noir Tactics Game
Tactical nightclub missions where every action follows the music's beat
72% positive Free