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
240 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
LOCKDOWN Protocol
First-person social deduction where teamwork hides sabotage and betrayal
86% positive
20K reviews
Nuclear Throne
Post-apocalyptic top-down roguelike with mutations and punishing gunfights
96% positive
20K reviews
Nuclear Nightmare
First-person co-op survival horror with infection and Arctic extraction
81% positive
19K reviews
Peglin
Turn-based pachinko roguelike with upgradeable orbs and relics
84% positive
18K reviews
Spelunky
Difficult roguelike platformer with destructible, randomly generated underground levels
92% positive
17K reviews
Bomber Crew
World War II crew-management strategy with permanent death
88% positive
16K reviews
Bad Rats: the Rats' Revenge
Physics puzzles about arranging rats and objects to kill cats
79% positive
15K reviews
White Knuckle
First-person roguelite climbing with momentum, horror, and permadeath
98% positive
15K reviews
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
Roguelike dungeon strategy with powered rooms and a crystal to protect
85% positive
14K reviews
The Last Spell
Turn-based tactical RPG about defending a city from nightly hordes
91% positive
14K reviews
State of Decay: YOSE
Open-world zombie survival with community management and base building
82% positive
13K reviews
Baldi's Basics Plus
First-person stealth roguelike in a procedurally changing horror schoolhouse
98% positive
12K reviews
ALTF4
Third-person platformer where a clumsy knight dodges deadly traps
80% positive
11K reviews
Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
Side-scrolling zombie survival with stealth, scavenging, and shelter management
89% positive
9,836 reviews
Aliya: Timelink
Text-based sci-fi visual novel with timed messages and multiple endings
98% positive
9,671 reviews
Elin
Open-world roguelike RPG with crafting, survival, and town building
93% positive
9,216 reviews
Wildfrost
Roguelike deckbuilder with tactical positioning and timed automatic attacks
83% positive
8,854 reviews
Astral Ascent
Side-scrolling action roguelite about escaping a guarded astral prison
95% positive
8,588 reviews
Mordheim: City of the Damned
Turn-based tactical RPG about rival warbands hunting valuable Wyrdstone
70% positive
8,455 reviews
Day of Dragons
Online dragon survival sandbox with growth, flight, and nesting
65% positive
7,912 reviews
Magicite
Side-scrolling action roguelike with crafting and permanent death
85% positive
7,585 reviews
Tales of Maj'Eyal
Traditional turn-based roguelike with randomized dungeons and varied character builds
94% positive
7,451 reviews
Heat Signature
Top-down stealth strategy with spaceship heists and tactical pausing
94% positive
7,422 reviews
Phoenix Point
Turn-based alien strategy with free aiming and global management
73% positive
7,198 reviews