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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Nuclear Nightmare
First-person co-op survival horror with infection and Arctic extraction
80% positive
17K reviews
Nuclear Throne
Post-apocalyptic top-down roguelike with mutations and punishing gunfights
96% positive
16K reviews
Spelunky
Difficult roguelike platformer with destructible, randomly generated underground levels
92% positive
16K reviews
Demo White Knuckle
First-person roguelite climbing with momentum, horror, and permadeath
98% positive
15K reviews
Marauders
Multiplayer extraction shooter with ship combat and space raids
71% positive
15K reviews
The Last Spell
Turn-based tactical RPG about defending a city from nightly hordes
91% positive
14K reviews
Baldi's Basics Plus
First-person stealth roguelike in a procedurally changing horror schoolhouse
97% positive
12K reviews
State of Decay: YOSE
Open-world zombie survival with community management and base building
82% positive
11K reviews
ALTF4
Third-person platformer where a clumsy knight dodges deadly traps
80% positive
11K reviews
Bomber Crew
World War II crew-management strategy with permanent death
88% positive
11K reviews
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
Roguelike dungeon strategy with powered rooms and a crystal to protect
88% positive
9,763 reviews
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Side-scrolling zombie survival with stealth, scavenging, and shelter management
88% positive
9,653 reviews
When the Darkness comes
A psychological horror walking simulator through glitchy, imaginary digital landscapes
92% positive
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Demo Road to Vostok
Survival shooter where crossing the border raises the stakes
83% positive
9,470 reviews
Aliya: Timelink
Text-based sci-fi visual novel with timed messages and multiple endings
98% positive
9,088 reviews
Demo Elin
Open-world roguelike RPG with crafting, survival, and town building
92% positive
8,939 reviews
Wildfrost
Roguelike deckbuilder with tactical positioning and timed automatic attacks
81% positive
8,522 reviews
Demo Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge
Physics puzzles about arranging rats and objects to kill cats
77% positive
7,768 reviews
Mordheim: City of the Damned
Turn-based tactical RPG about rival warbands hunting valuable Wyrdstone
71% positive
7,267 reviews
Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite
An action roguelite where animal adaptations change your survival strategy
77% positive
7,211 reviews
Heat Signature
Top-down stealth strategy with spaceship heists and tactical pausing
94% positive
7,165 reviews
Day of Dragons
Online dragon survival sandbox with growth, flight, and nesting
70% positive
6,891 reviews
Tales of Maj'Eyal
Traditional turn-based roguelike with randomized dungeons and varied character builds
93% positive
6,681 reviews
Demo Dead Estate
Isometric roguelike shooter with changing weapons and monster-filled mansion floors
95% positive
6,413 reviews