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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AIRHEART - Tales of broken Wings
Airplane action roguelite about fishing and fighting above the clouds
80% positive
135 reviews
Demo Dominus Gladiatus
Gladiator school management with automated arena battles and permanent deaths
57% positive
135 reviews
Exit The Abyss
First-person horror walking simulator set in a haunted, abandoned hospital
71% positive
Free
Deadnaut
Real-time squad tactics with fragile communications aboard derelict spaceships
70% positive
132 reviews
Abomi Nation
A creature-collecting RPG with turn-based battles and optional permanent deaths
81% positive
132 reviews
SCP: Abhorrent
Third-person horror shooter where death means starting over from scratch
57% positive
Free
Demo Isle of Swaps
Single-player roguelite card battler built around trading with defeated opponents
91% positive
132 reviews
Cryptical Path
Side-scrolling action roguelite where you build your own dungeon path
86% positive
132 reviews
Hunters Of The Dead
Roguelike tower defense with five hunter classes to manage
63% positive
131 reviews
Demo 868-BACK
Turn-based hacking roguelike where stolen corporate code becomes your weapon
98% positive
131 reviews
Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime
Top-down action roguelike with sword fights between armored spaceships
80% positive
129 reviews
Into The Haze
Third-person zombie survival in a tower above a gas-filled city
60% positive
129 reviews
Bombslinger
Western action roguelike built around bomb placement and blast avoidance
78% positive
128 reviews
DISORDER
A third-person roguelike set in a constantly changing department store
47% positive
128 reviews
Rogue Star Rescue
A bullet-hell roguelite combining alien shootouts with tower defense
91% positive
127 reviews
Routine Feat
A quiet sandbox built around daily routines and household objects
85% positive
127 reviews
SOK MIN
A box-pushing puzzle game built around small grids and tight spaces
90% positive
126 reviews
Deadzoned
Turn-based sci-fi roguelike where every shot spends scarce ammunition
95% positive
126 reviews
Nekomancy
Action roguelike where a cat crafts spells to fight eldritch creatures
97% positive
Free
Street Lords
Turn-based gang strategy where territorial disputes become first-person shootouts
60% positive
126 reviews
Heart attack
First-person survival horror where light keeps a ghost at bay
69% positive
125 reviews
Demo Runehaven
Roguelike dungeon crawler with custom spells and destructible voxel terrain
90% positive
125 reviews
Space Survival
A 2D space shooter about surviving waves of enemies
51% positive
124 reviews
Demo Fabric Of Reality
Top-down roguelite shooter where attack cards shape your bullet patterns
92% positive
124 reviews