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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Footgun: Underground
An action roguelike where your only weapon is a ball
85% positive
105 reviews
Hive Jump 2: Survivors
Top-down roguelike shooter with jetpacks and waves of alien insects
80% positive
104 reviews
I Shall Remain
A zombie survival action RPG in an alternate-history United States
66% positive
103 reviews
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Recon Control
Turn-based squad tactics with a side-view, platformer-style battlefield
79% positive
103 reviews
Street karate 3
Arcade beat 'em up with improvised weapons and crowd-clearing strikes
85% positive
103 reviews
Demo Archtower
Action RPG dungeon crawling with permanent death and lasting clan upgrades
96% positive
103 reviews
Walkers
Open-world zombie survival with a community to build and defend
65% positive
103 reviews
NecroBouncer
Hack-and-slash roguelite about a necromancer working as a nightclub bouncer
75% positive
102 reviews
Clicker Arena
Roguelite auto battler combining arena fights, hero management, and deckbuilding
51% positive
102 reviews
Demo 99 Waves
A 2D action roguelite with skills you can automate
85% positive
102 reviews
Dice of Kalma
Roguelike dice deckbuilder with poker hands and score-changing skulls
89% positive
102 reviews
Burned Land
Turn-based 4X survival against rival races and increasingly hostile gods
53% positive
101 reviews
Jones On Fire
A side-scrolling runner about a firefighter racing to rescue cats
82% positive
100 reviews
Demo Cowboy 3030
Third-person roguelike shooter with bullet-hell combat in a futuristic West
88% positive
100 reviews
Darkchaser: Battletide
Top-down action roguelite with enemy waves and competitive PvP
77% positive
100 reviews
Demo Pereelous
A roguelike dungeon crawler where slot reels determine your actions
82% positive
100 reviews
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Deckstination
Action roguelike combining deckbuilding with battles that never pause
93% positive
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Lightning Fast
Open-world animal survival with cooperative hunts and threats from poachers
32% positive
99 reviews
TTV4
Arcade maze game with changing layouts and reflex-based obstacle dodging
93% positive
99 reviews
Shuffle Tactics
A tactical roguelike combining deckbuilding with grid-based battles and sidekicks
67% positive
99 reviews
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Loser Simulator
An adventure simulator where household chores become life-threatening mishaps
86% positive
99 reviews
Demo ploink
Plinko roguelike where you build the board before dropping balls
90% positive
99 reviews
Entity Researchers: Prologue
Sci-fi dungeon crawler mixing turn-based choices with real-time timing tests
88% positive
Free
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SCP Operations
Turn-based tactical RPG about leading a squad against SCP anomalies
72% positive
98 reviews