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.
BELOW
Dungeon crawler with procedural depths, deadly traps, and survival crafting
71% positive
1,371 reviews
Utopia Must Fall
Arcade shooter defending a city with automatic fire and upgrades
95% positive
1,368 reviews
Abandon Ship
Fantasy naval strategy where captains can survive shipwrecks
73% positive
1,355 reviews
Dandy Ace
Isometric action roguelite with card-powered combat and shifting rooms
87% positive
1,319 reviews
StarBreak
Free-to-play 2D action platformer with permadeath and alien boss fights
79% positive
Free
Darza's Dominion
Cooperative bullet-hell MMORPG with permadeath and randomized dungeons
67% positive
Free
Tower of Guns
Fast first-person shooter with randomized runs and weapon mods
80% positive
1,252 reviews
Spellmasons
Turn-based tactical roguelike built around combining spells in combat
91% positive
1,246 reviews
Sky Rogue
Arcade flight combat roguelite across procedurally generated island missions
93% positive
1,232 reviews
BZZZT
Pixel-art platformer with timed challenges and optional permadeath
95% positive
1,181 reviews
Infectonator: Survivors
Squad-based zombie survival strategy with scavenging and permanent death
67% positive
1,165 reviews
Battle Shapers
First-person roguelite shooter with robot battles and stolen boss powers
82% positive
1,136 reviews
Those Who Rule
Turn-based tactical RPG about building a party amid shifting loyalties
90% positive
1,131 reviews
Dead Signal
Horror simulation about spotting camera changes while surviving intruders
89% positive
1,103 reviews
Spin Hero
Roguelike deckbuilder with slot-machine battles and changing symbol combinations
72% positive
1,099 reviews
Lost:Antinomy
Fantasy choice RPG with daily events and shifting allegiances
88% positive
1,077 reviews
Rift Wizard
Turn-based fantasy roguelike with spell combinations and permanent death
92% positive
1,066 reviews
Bravery and Greed
Co-op roguelite beat 'em up with loot and arena battles
77% positive
1,065 reviews
Rune Coliseum
Turn-based gladiator strategy RPG with queued combat and base building
81% positive
1,049 reviews
Cursorblade
Top-down bullet-hell arcade game where your cursor cuts through enemies
85% positive
1,042 reviews
Templar Battleforce
Turn-based sci-fi tactics with customizable squads in battle suits
93% positive
984 reviews
Insurmountable
Mountain-climbing roguelike where weather and scarce resources shape every route
79% positive
983 reviews
Spell Disk
Top-down action roguelite focused on building spell and disk combos
89% positive
976 reviews
RAD
3D action roguelike with mutations in a radioactive wasteland
74% positive
970 reviews