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 Gatedelvers
Dungeon-crawling action roguelike where you can dig around obstacles
89% positive
66 reviews
Railroads & Catacombs: Prologue
Tactical roguelike deckbuilder about leading survivors aboard a train
91% positive
Free
Demo Card Crawl Adventure
A solitaire deckbuilder built around tracing paths through cards
82% positive
66 reviews
Demo Nullpoint Protocol
Co-op boss-rush roguelite built around dodging raid-style attacks
61% positive
66 reviews
No exceptions
First-person horror where breaking the building’s posted rules means death
89% positive
66 reviews
The Man Came Around
Point-and-click survival where moral choices can cost your companions' lives
85% positive
Free
Los Penguinos
Surveillance horror about surviving a night shift with hostile penguins
82% positive
65 reviews
Italian Brainrot: In Prison
Prison survival horror with strange monsters and limited power
80% positive
65 reviews
CASE RECORDS: Lost Night
First-person horror about a missing animatronic in a TV studio
45% positive
65 reviews
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Dark Frame
Side-scrolling platformer about escaping a dark forest filled with traps
53% positive
64 reviews
ШХД: ЛЕТО / IT'S SUMMER
An exploration sandbox set in a child's summer country house
66% positive
64 reviews
The Backrooms Experiment
Co-op horror walking simulator where whistles can also attract creatures
58% positive
64 reviews
WarSphere
Top-down roguelike shooter with reusable winning loadouts for endgame challenges
95% positive
Free
Demo Once Upon a Rogue's Tale
Fairy-tale roguelite deckbuilding with dice-driven combat and branching stories
91% positive
64 reviews
Gunstoppable
First-person roguelite shooter where moving faster makes your attacks stronger
80% positive
64 reviews
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DON'T LOOK AT GRANDMA
First-person horror where surviving means avoiding your possessed grandmother's gaze
94% positive
64 reviews
Demo Nevergrind
A single-player RPG about chaining battles for better loot
65% positive
63 reviews
Lilith Odyssey
Space survival adventure about guiding an alien family toward safety
75% positive
63 reviews
Shoot Trip Die
A twin-stick roguelike shooter with finger guns and minigames
87% positive
63 reviews
Forrader Hero
A turn-based roguelike where you cannot take a step back
92% positive
63 reviews
Demo Conquer Humanity
Supervillain action built around destructive powers and combo-based combat
76% positive
63 reviews
PositronX
First-person roguelite shooter with time control and randomized runs
66% positive
62 reviews
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Northwind
Roguelike deckbuilder with tug-of-war duels and cards you can craft
81% positive
62 reviews
Metal Mutation
Cyberpunk action roguelike combining melee weapons with elemental effects
65% positive
62 reviews