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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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The Last Stand: Aftermath Demo
The Last Stand: Aftermath
Top-down zombie survival roguelite with doomed survivors and lasting upgrades
80% positive 6,348 reviews
Magicite
Magicite
Side-scrolling action roguelike with crafting and permanent death
85% positive 6,319 reviews
Astral Ascent
Astral Ascent
Side-scrolling action roguelite about escaping a guarded astral prison
93% positive 5,693 reviews
Phoenix Point Demo
Phoenix Point
Turn-based alien strategy with free aiming and global management
72% positive 5,542 reviews
Atomicrops
Atomicrops
Bullet-hell farming roguelite about growing crops under nightly attack
92% positive 5,417 reviews
Invisible, Inc.
Invisible, Inc.
Turn-based stealth tactics across randomly generated corporate missions
91% positive 5,270 reviews
Pathogenic Demo
Pathogenic
Twin-stick roguelike shooter where stolen cell parts reshape your parasite
93% positive 5,156 reviews
God Of Weapons
God Of Weapons
Arena action roguelike with automatic attacks and inventory puzzles
84% positive 5,017 reviews
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Sci-fi 4X strategy with empire building and tactical turn-based battles
78% positive 4,973 reviews
Noobs Want to Live
Noobs Want to Live
Top-down survival roguelite built around combining skills against monster swarms
88% positive 4,762 reviews
NEO Scavenger Demo
NEO Scavenger
Turn-based survival RPG with permadeath in post-apocalyptic Michigan
89% positive 4,710 reviews
Othercide
Othercide
Dark fantasy turn-based tactics built around sacrifice and repeated runs
82% positive 4,705 reviews
Crown Trick
Crown Trick
Turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler where enemies move when you do
85% positive 4,637 reviews
One Hour One Life
One Hour One Life
Multiplayer survival game built around hour-long lives and family legacies
77% positive 4,505 reviews
PUMPKIN PANIC
PUMPKIN PANIC
A farming horror game about growing crops and surviving the darkness
96% positive Free
Seraph's Last Stand
Seraph's Last Stand
2D bullet-hell roguelike with wave-by-wave upgrades and item combinations
93% positive 4,400 reviews
Vagante
Vagante
2D action roguelike with deadly traps and class-based dungeon runs
90% positive 4,383 reviews
Receiver
Receiver
First-person shooter with manual gun handling and randomized levels
80% positive 4,189 reviews
Cave Crawlers
Cave Crawlers
A dungeon crawler where your torch burns out underground
92% positive Free
Ghost Exile
Ghost Exile
First-person ghost-hunting horror with evidence gathering and exorcisms
87% positive 4,027 reviews
NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION
NECROPOLIS: BRUTAL EDITION
Action roguelite with a dungeon that rebuilds between runs
64% positive 3,983 reviews
Ziggurat
Ziggurat
First-person magic shooter with randomized dungeons and boss fights
85% positive 3,972 reviews
SWORN
SWORN
Co-op action roguelite reclaiming Camelot from a corrupted King Arthur
79% positive 3,925 reviews
Until Dawn™
Until Dawn™
Choice-driven third-person horror adventure where anyone can die
82% positive 3,875 reviews