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
826 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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G.O.P.O.T.A 2
First-person life simulation with street fights and Russian neighborhood satire
62% positive
281 reviews
Dungeon Nightmares II : The Memory
First-person dungeon horror where death can erase your progress
78% positive
279 reviews
Demo The Monster Breeder
Turn-based creature breeding and arena tactics with inherited traits
92% positive
278 reviews
TinyKeep
Action roguelike about escaping dungeons by turning traps against monsters
67% positive
277 reviews
Demo Astral Throne
Turn-based tactical RPG with changing routes and permanent unit deaths
81% positive
272 reviews
Monsters' Den: Book of Dread
Turn-based dungeon crawler with a four-hero party and random levels
94% positive
271 reviews
Demo Tankenstein
Tank combat roguelike with vehicles built from scavenged enemy parts
88% positive
270 reviews
One More Line
One-button arcade score chasing with timed swings around obstacles
70% positive
269 reviews
Spaceship Looter
Bullet-hell action roguelike about raiding abandoned ships for loot
72% positive
Free
Don't Pee
First-person horror adventure with puzzles and a pressing bathroom emergency
90% positive
264 reviews
HAYAI
Arcade swordfighting where you draw attacks with your mouse
99% positive
262 reviews
Demo Hangtime!
A volleyball roguelite with stackable abilities that change your moves
78% positive
262 reviews
Ants Took My Eyeball
2D action roguelite about reclaiming an eyeball from ants
93% positive
261 reviews
Door in the Woods
Open-world survival roguelike set in a world of overlapping apocalypses
78% positive
260 reviews
A Wizard's Lizard
Twin-stick dungeon crawler where exploration continues after you die
68% positive
259 reviews
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Ogre Chambers 2222
Spaceship roguelike shooter where the arena changes around you
97% positive
259 reviews
Demo Exodus Borealis
Colony-building strategy with maze-based tower defense and elemental gems
89% positive
256 reviews
Red Button
Turn-based world war strategy where only one country survives
86% positive
Free
Demo Power of Ten
Top-down space shooter with roguelite runs and civilian rescue
78% positive
255 reviews
Lost Potato
Top-down roguelite where you turn the environment against your enemies
93% positive
252 reviews
Better Minesweeper
Minefield logic puzzles with customizable controls and real-time probability tools
96% positive
Free
Demo Rogue Fable IV
Turn-based dungeon crawler with short runs and tactical combat
92% positive
247 reviews
GunSuit Guardians
Roguelite horde shooter with flying combat suits and weapon upgrades
88% positive
237 reviews
OVERWHELM
Action horror platforming where defeated bosses make other enemies stronger
83% positive
236 reviews