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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Utopia Must Fall
Arcade shooter defending a city with automatic fire and upgrades
94% positive
1,335 reviews
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
Turn-based fantasy roguelike where corruption grants power at a cost
86% positive
1,321 reviews
Dandy Ace
Isometric action roguelite with card-powered combat and shifting rooms
87% positive
1,319 reviews
UnReal World
Turn-based survival RPG about hunting and crafting in the ancient north
93% positive
1,317 reviews
Beautiful Mystic Survivors
Action roguelite with anime heroines fighting waves of monsters
67% positive
1,307 reviews
Legend of Dungeon
Dungeon-crawling action RPG with permadeath and randomly generated floors
73% positive
1,294 reviews
MASSIVE CHALICE
Turn-based fantasy tactics with heroes who age and pass on traits
73% positive
1,281 reviews
Demo Dead In Vinland
Turn-based survival management for a Viking family on an island
78% positive
1,222 reviews
Demo Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Turn-based sci-fi roguelike with crafting and deadly alien floors
84% positive
1,194 reviews
Demo BZZZT
Pixel-art platformer with timed challenges and optional permadeath
95% positive
1,181 reviews
ODDCORE
Retro arena shooter with roguelike builds and a death timer
97% positive
1,172 reviews
Dead Signal
Horror simulation about spotting camera changes while surviving intruders
88% positive
1,130 reviews
Sky Rogue
Arcade flight combat roguelite across procedurally generated island missions
92% positive
1,125 reviews
Demo Dice Gambit
Turn-based tactical RPG built around dice rolls and inherited abilities
86% positive
1,122 reviews
GoNNER
A roguelite platform shooter with randomized levels and score-chasing combos
84% positive
1,110 reviews
Despotism 3k
Roguelite resource management as an AI exploiting captive humans
79% positive
1,103 reviews
Demo Chained Beasts
Top-down gladiator roguelike where teammates fight while chained together
82% positive
1,091 reviews
Lost:Antinomy
Fantasy choice RPG with daily events and shifting allegiances
88% positive
1,077 reviews
Haven & Hearth
Survival MMORPG with permanent death in a player-shaped wilderness
73% positive
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Infectonator: Survivors
Squad-based zombie survival strategy with scavenging and permanent death
68% positive
1,071 reviews
Rift Wizard
Turn-based fantasy roguelike with spell combinations and permanent death
92% positive
1,066 reviews
Cursorblade
Top-down bullet-hell arcade game where your cursor cuts through enemies
86% positive
1,063 reviews
Demo Primordialis
Physics-based roguelike where you build a fish from specialized cells
93% positive
1,039 reviews
Demo Battle Shapers
First-person roguelite shooter with robot battles and stolen boss powers
80% positive
1,020 reviews