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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Incaved Runner
An endless runner mixing obstacle dodging with roguelike upgrades
95% positive
81 reviews
Rogue Worlds
A roguelite platformer built around improvised weapons and environmental tricks
91% positive
Free
Ergastulum: Dungeon Nightmares III
First-person fantasy horror where losing sanity changes enemy behavior
74% positive
80 reviews
Space Bandit
Twin-stick shooter where broken windows eject enemies into space
94% positive
80 reviews
The Corpsmen
Roguelite deckbuilder about stitching monster parts into a fighting team
58% positive
80 reviews
Arrogue
Turn-based roguelike deckbuilder with physics-driven arrows and permanent death
74% positive
80 reviews
Bow to Blood: Last Captain Standing
First-person airship combat with crew management and reality-show alliances
86% positive
Free
Demo Order Automatica
A tactical roguelite auto-battler where positioning sets up chain reactions
87% positive
79 reviews
Cribbish
Roguelike deckbuilder built around cribbage hands and rule-changing relics
85% positive
79 reviews
Battle Planet - Judgement Day
A twin-stick roguelite shooter set on small, spherical planets
83% positive
78 reviews
Demo TombStar
A space Western roguelite shooter with bullet-hell gunfights
76% positive
78 reviews
Cosmic Carnage: Prologue
Top-down space roguelite with alien swarms and ship upgrades
92% positive
Free
Pohinki Simulator
Open-world survival sandbox about living off other people's trash
68% positive
Free
Drawngeon: Dungeons of Ink and Paper
A dungeon-crawling RPG where you can eat your items
79% positive
77 reviews
Demo Heliotropism
Roguelike tree survival with seasonal threats and resource management
90% positive
77 reviews
Raiders of Valhalla
A side-scrolling auto battler where Viking dwarves raid for loot
66% positive
77 reviews
Spellshot
A zombie survival roguelite with gems that modify your ammunition
69% positive
77 reviews
Demo Madcap Mosaic
A roguelike deckbuilder where your deck becomes the battlefield
95% positive
76 reviews
Buff Knight Advanced
A side-scrolling RPG runner with equipment upgrades between attempts
71% positive
75 reviews
Demo Operation STEEL
Roguelike space shooter with branching routes and randomized enemy waves
93% positive
75 reviews
Whackerball
A twin-stick shooter roguelite built around a paddle and ball
85% positive
75 reviews
Command Deck
Turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where cards command your starship in combat
99% positive
75 reviews
Kaamos: Puzzle Roguelike
Tile-matching roguelike with turn-based duels and looping rows and columns
85% positive
75 reviews
Scrappage
Twin-stick roguelike with scavenged body parts that grant active skills
74% positive
74 reviews