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.
Ironcast
Turn-based match-three battles with upgradeable Victorian walking war machines
72% positive
967 reviews
Warriors: Rise to Glory
Turn-based arena RPG where fallen warriors strengthen your bloodline
79% positive
950 reviews
Mage and Monsters
Top-down fantasy auto battler with armies and active spellcasting
89% positive
922 reviews
NeuroVoider
Top-down twin-stick shooter with robot loot and permadeath
76% positive
910 reviews
The Unliving
Dark fantasy action roguelite about raising and commanding undead armies
62% positive
900 reviews
The Dungeon Beneath
Tactical roguelite autobattler where party placement shapes dungeon runs
89% positive
898 reviews
One Deck Dungeon
Card-based dungeon crawler with dice rolls and persistent hero upgrades
81% positive
887 reviews
Infinite Tao
Roguelite survival with automatic attacks and magic treasure combinations
80% positive
885 reviews
Tribal Wars
Persistent medieval PvP strategy built around villages and alliances
71% positive
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Death Roads: Tournament
Turn-based car combat deckbuilder where vehicle parts change your cards
82% positive
839 reviews
Goblin Stone
Turn-based roguelite about rebuilding a goblin colony through expeditions
54% positive
778 reviews
Gods of Sand
Manage a gladiator school through turn-based arena fights
87% positive
757 reviews
Rogue's Tale
Turn-based dungeon crawler with permanent death and lasting character unlocks
72% positive
756 reviews
Approaching Infinity
Turn-based space roguelike with procedural exploration and faction quests
95% positive
741 reviews
WazHack
Side-scrolling roguelike dungeon crawler where time advances only when you act
90% positive
732 reviews
PEPPERED: an existential platformer
Pixel-art platformer where failures and choices change the story
96% positive
717 reviews
Soulslinger: Envoy of Death
Western-fantasy roguelite FPS battling an afterlife crime cartel
63% positive
692 reviews
Crowntakers
Turn-based fantasy tactics with randomized journeys and hex-grid battles
73% positive
688 reviews
UNDERWARD
First-person co-op horror about hauling monster capsules through underground wards
74% positive
665 reviews
Rack and Slay
Top-down billiards roguelike where shots knock monsters into holes
91% positive
611 reviews
Wrongworld
Open-world survival crafting across a strange, randomly generated world
94% positive
557 reviews
9th Dawn Remake
Open-world action RPG with dungeons, loot, and creature allies
86% positive
533 reviews
Devil Spire
First-person roguelite dungeon crawler through a procedurally generated tower
87% positive
527 reviews
Space Gladiators
Hand-drawn roguelite platformer with randomized rooms and arena fights
90% positive
481 reviews