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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Burned Land
Turn-based 4X survival against rival races and increasingly hostile gods
53% positive
101 reviews
Jones On Fire
A side-scrolling runner about a firefighter racing to rescue cats
82% positive
100 reviews
Demo Cowboy 3030
Third-person roguelike shooter with bullet-hell combat in a futuristic West
88% positive
100 reviews
Darkchaser: Battletide
Top-down action roguelite with enemy waves and competitive PvP
77% positive
100 reviews
Demo Pereelous
A roguelike dungeon crawler where slot reels determine your actions
82% positive
100 reviews
Lightning Fast
Open-world animal survival with cooperative hunts and threats from poachers
32% positive
99 reviews
TTV4
Arcade maze game with changing layouts and reflex-based obstacle dodging
93% positive
99 reviews
Shuffle Tactics
A tactical roguelike combining deckbuilding with grid-based battles and sidekicks
67% positive
99 reviews
Demo ploink
Plinko roguelike where you build the board before dropping balls
90% positive
99 reviews
Entity Researchers: Prologue
Sci-fi dungeon crawler mixing turn-based choices with real-time timing tests
88% positive
Free
Demo Gearshifters
Side-scrolling car combat with delivery missions through hostile territory
78% positive
97 reviews
Whisper Trip
Side-scrolling cyberpunk action with thermal katanas and online co-op
62% positive
97 reviews
Pestis
A medieval medical simulation about treating plague victims and surviving
80% positive
96 reviews
Hyperchannel
An endless first-person shooter with rubber hose cartoon visuals
44% positive
Free
Front Line
A side-scrolling military shooter with one life and no continues
99% positive
96 reviews
Demo Hyperspace Deck Command
Space deckbuilder where status effects work differently on allies and enemies
96% positive
95 reviews
Demo Dive The Depths
An underwater action roguelike with sea monsters and weapon combinations
72% positive
95 reviews
Liminal Exit
Anomaly-spotting walking simulator set inside a building of repeating corridors
68% positive
95 reviews
Demo Deadnaut: Signal Lost
Turn-based sci-fi horror roguelike where you manage a scavenger's loyalty
85% positive
94 reviews
Demo Time Snatcher Handy
Bullet-hell roguelike where time doubles as health, power, and currency
96% positive
94 reviews
FLOSS
Top-down arena shooter where kills restore shields and dashes
95% positive
Free
The Cassir Simulator
A cashier simulator where each shift pays for daily survival
92% positive
93 reviews
Demo Role of Hex
Real-time tower defense built around an expanding hexagonal base
66% positive
93 reviews
Meat Madness
First-person horror platformer set inside a planet-sized organism
71% positive
Free