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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Vestaria Saga I: War of the Scions
Turn-based strategy RPG with story paths shaped by who survives
84% positive
995 reviews
Demo Spell Disk
Top-down action roguelite focused on building spell and disk combos
89% positive
992 reviews
Templar Battleforce
Turn-based sci-fi tactics with customizable squads in battle suits
93% positive
984 reviews
Insurmountable
Mountain-climbing roguelike where weather and scarce resources shape every route
79% positive
983 reviews
Battlevoid: Harbinger
Space strategy roguelike with turn-based travel and real-time fleet combat
79% positive
971 reviews
RAD
3D action roguelike with mutations in a radioactive wasteland
74% positive
970 reviews
Ironcast
Turn-based match-three battles with upgradeable Victorian walking war machines
72% positive
967 reviews
Warriors: Rise to Glory
Turn-based arena RPG where fallen warriors strengthen your bloodline
79% positive
950 reviews
Rune Coliseum
Turn-based gladiator strategy RPG with queued combat and base building
78% positive
948 reviews
Tribal Wars
Persistent medieval PvP strategy built around villages and alliances
72% positive
Free
Ascend to ZERO
Action roguelite with a ticking clock and time-stopping combat
81% positive
926 reviews
Mage and Monsters
Top-down fantasy auto battler with armies and active spellcasting
89% positive
922 reviews
NeuroVoider
Top-down twin-stick shooter with robot loot and permadeath
76% positive
910 reviews
The Unliving
Dark fantasy action roguelite about raising and commanding undead armies
62% positive
900 reviews
The Dungeon Beneath
Tactical roguelite autobattler where party placement shapes dungeon runs
89% positive
898 reviews
Infinite Tao
Roguelite survival with automatic attacks and magic treasure combinations
77% positive
891 reviews
Death Roads: Tournament
Turn-based car combat deckbuilder where vehicle parts change your cards
82% positive
839 reviews
City of Brass
First-person action roguelite with traps you turn against enemies
77% positive
837 reviews
OneBit Adventure
Turn-based dungeon crawler with rising difficulty and optional permadeath
87% positive
Free
Tallowmere
A dungeon platformer with tactical shield blocking and endless runs
90% positive
825 reviews
Ravenbound
Open-world action roguelite with card upgrades and raven flight
53% positive
813 reviews
Demo Evil Egg
A twin-stick arcade shooter built around chasing high scores
98% positive
Free
FROM ASHES, BLOOM
Action roguelike where you plant trees to fight human hordes
93% positive
Free
One Deck Dungeon
Card-based dungeon crawler with dice rolls and persistent hero upgrades
81% positive
808 reviews