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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Demo Gearshifters
Side-scrolling car combat with delivery missions through hostile territory
78% positive
97 reviews
Whisper Trip
Side-scrolling cyberpunk action with thermal katanas and online co-op
62% positive
97 reviews
Pestis
A medieval medical simulation about treating plague victims and surviving
80% positive
96 reviews
Hyperchannel
An endless first-person shooter with rubber hose cartoon visuals
44% positive
Free
Front Line
A side-scrolling military shooter with one life and no continues
99% positive
96 reviews
Demo Hyperspace Deck Command
Space deckbuilder where status effects work differently on allies and enemies
96% positive
95 reviews
Demo Dive The Depths
An underwater action roguelike with sea monsters and weapon combinations
72% positive
95 reviews
Liminal Exit
Anomaly-spotting walking simulator set inside a building of repeating corridors
68% positive
95 reviews
Demo Deadnaut: Signal Lost
Turn-based sci-fi horror roguelike where you manage a scavenger's loyalty
85% positive
94 reviews
Demo Time Snatcher Handy
Bullet-hell roguelike where time doubles as health, power, and currency
96% positive
94 reviews
FLOSS
Top-down arena shooter where kills restore shields and dashes
95% positive
Free
The Cassir Simulator
A cashier simulator where each shift pays for daily survival
92% positive
93 reviews
Demo Role of Hex
Real-time tower defense built around an expanding hexagonal base
66% positive
93 reviews
Meat Madness
First-person horror platformer set inside a planet-sized organism
71% positive
Free
Salvo Shuffle
Turn-based bullet-hell roguelike that rewards leaving more enemies alive
97% positive
Free
Gun Brothers
Top-down roguelike shooter with randomized levels and four-player co-op
32% positive
91 reviews
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Parking Together!
Co-op parking puzzles where any collision makes your car explode
95% positive
91 reviews
Doomfields
Roguelite autobattler with branching classes and a growing party
81% positive
91 reviews
DOOMER'S ADVENTURE
A difficult side-scrolling platformer with a bleak, existential tone
86% positive
90 reviews
Neon Ascending
Grid-based tower defense roguelite focused on arranging modules against waves
82% positive
90 reviews
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OVERDOSE
First-person horror about keeping patients alive while avoiding a killer
82% positive
90 reviews
Demo XO
Real-time space strategy about building a fleet while being hunted
87% positive
89 reviews
MoonQuest
A 2D roguelite with mining, crafting, and destructible worlds
78% positive
89 reviews
Portobugia
Port management and survival centered on inspecting ships for infestations
80% positive
88 reviews