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 Trigon: Space Story
Top-down space roguelike with tactical ship battles and permanent death
68% positive
1,406 reviews
SILENT BREATH
First-person forest horror that listens for screams through your microphone
70% positive
1,401 reviews
Demo Subterrain
Top-down survival horror against spreading infection in a Mars colony
76% positive
1,398 reviews
Killing Room
First-person roguelite shooter set in a deadly reality TV show
71% positive
1,388 reviews
BELOW
Dungeon crawler with procedural depths, deadly traps, and survival crafting
71% positive
1,371 reviews
Ziggurat 2
Fast-paced roguelite FPS with spells and randomly generated dungeons
91% positive
1,371 reviews
Liquidators
First-person horror about keeping Chernobyl liquidators alive through radioactive hazards
95% positive
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Abandon Ship
Fantasy naval strategy where captains can survive shipwrecks
73% positive
1,355 reviews
Utopia Must Fall
Arcade shooter defending a city with automatic fire and upgrades
94% positive
1,335 reviews
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)
Turn-based fantasy roguelike where corruption grants power at a cost
86% positive
1,321 reviews
Dandy Ace
Isometric action roguelite with card-powered combat and shifting rooms
87% positive
1,319 reviews
UnReal World
Turn-based survival RPG about hunting and crafting in the ancient north
93% positive
1,317 reviews
Beautiful Mystic Survivors
Action roguelite with anime heroines fighting waves of monsters
67% positive
1,307 reviews
Legend of Dungeon
Dungeon-crawling action RPG with permadeath and randomly generated floors
73% positive
1,294 reviews
MASSIVE CHALICE
Turn-based fantasy tactics with heroes who age and pass on traits
73% positive
1,281 reviews
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Spark in the Dark
Isometric dungeon crawler where skills improve as you use them
87% positive
1,275 reviews
Demo Dead In Vinland
Turn-based survival management for a Viking family on an island
78% positive
1,222 reviews
Demo Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Turn-based sci-fi roguelike with crafting and deadly alien floors
84% positive
1,194 reviews
Demo BZZZT
Pixel-art platformer with timed challenges and optional permadeath
95% positive
1,181 reviews
ODDCORE
Retro arena shooter with roguelike builds and a death timer
97% positive
1,172 reviews
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Spellmasons
Turn-based tactical roguelike built around combining spells in combat
91% positive
1,162 reviews
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Those Who Rule
Turn-based tactical RPG about building a party amid shifting loyalties
89% positive
1,146 reviews
Dead Signal
Horror simulation about spotting camera changes while surviving intruders
88% positive
1,130 reviews
Sky Rogue
Arcade flight combat roguelite across procedurally generated island missions
92% positive
1,125 reviews