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.
The Last Stand: Aftermath
Top-down zombie survival roguelite with doomed survivors and lasting upgrades
80% positive
6,808 reviews
Dead Estate
Isometric roguelike shooter with changing weapons and monster-filled mansion floors
95% positive
6,656 reviews
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Sci-fi 4X strategy with empire building and tactical turn-based battles
80% positive
6,648 reviews
Race The Sun
Arcade racing runner dodging obstacles before the sun sets
93% positive
6,354 reviews
Atomicrops
Bullet-hell farming roguelite about growing crops under nightly attack
92% positive
6,348 reviews
Invisible, Inc.
Turn-based stealth tactics across randomly generated corporate missions
91% positive
5,790 reviews
Dungeons of Dredmor
Turn-based dungeon crawler with random levels and flexible skills
94% positive
5,442 reviews
NEO Scavenger
Turn-based survival RPG with permadeath in post-apocalyptic Michigan
90% positive
5,419 reviews
Crown Trick
Turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler where enemies move when you do
85% positive
5,395 reviews
Othercide
Dark fantasy turn-based tactics built around sacrifice and repeated runs
82% positive
5,307 reviews
Until Dawn™
Choice-driven third-person horror adventure where anyone can die
83% positive
5,295 reviews
God Of Weapons
Arena action roguelike with automatic attacks and inventory puzzles
84% positive
5,247 reviews
SWORN
Co-op action roguelite reclaiming Camelot from a corrupted King Arthur
80% positive
5,149 reviews
Vagante
2D action roguelike with deadly traps and class-based dungeon runs
89% positive
5,037 reviews
Noobs Want to Live
Top-down survival roguelite built around combining skills against monster swarms
89% positive
4,980 reviews
Ghost Exile
First-person ghost-hunting horror with evidence gathering and exorcisms
88% positive
4,665 reviews
One Hour One Life
Multiplayer survival game built around hour-long lives and family legacies
80% positive
4,621 reviews
Crying Suns
Space roguelite about commanding a fleet through a fallen empire
86% positive
4,551 reviews
Caveblazers
Fantasy action platformer with randomized caves and permanent death
85% positive
4,543 reviews
Seraph's Last Stand
2D bullet-hell roguelike with wave-by-wave upgrades and item combinations
94% positive
4,347 reviews
Receiver
First-person shooter with manual gun handling and randomized levels
80% positive
4,189 reviews
One Way Heroics
Side-scrolling roguelike RPG where darkness closes in with every move
94% positive
4,156 reviews
Heretic's Fork
Deckbuilding tower defense against sinners escaping from Hell
85% positive
4,120 reviews
Void War
Space roguelite about managing a ship, crew, and boarding parties
94% positive
4,023 reviews