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.
Darkwind
Post-apocalyptic turn-based car combat with gang management and permadeath
52% positive
Free
Subterror
First-person co-op horror in abandoned underwater domes and procedural dungeons
90% positive
474 reviews
For The Warp
Space roguelike deckbuilder with turn-based combat and procedural systems
73% positive
468 reviews
Escape The Mad Empire
Isometric party-based dungeon crawler with pausable combat and repeat runs
89% positive
428 reviews
WAR RATS: The Rat em Up
Side-scrolling rat shooter with troop management and base defense
95% positive
398 reviews
Rogue Empire: Dungeon Crawler RPG
Turn-based dungeon crawler with procedural levels and distinct character builds
86% positive
397 reviews
Unalive
Action roguelike through random laboratory rooms with permadeath
72% positive
385 reviews
Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens
2D action roguelike with randomized rooms and four-player co-op
82% positive
381 reviews
Skirmish Line
Top-down World War II defense with randomized Japanese assaults
88% positive
365 reviews
Draft of Darkness
Post-apocalyptic survival horror deckbuilder with scarce ammo and escalating darkness
93% positive
363 reviews
Forgotten Mines
Turn-based tactical roguelite with customizable dwarves reclaiming monster-filled mines
80% positive
333 reviews
Rogue Loops
Top-down action roguelite where each upgrade adds a curse
72% positive
311 reviews
Lost For Swords
Turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where your cards shape dungeon rooms
90% positive
308 reviews
A Merchant's Promise
Medieval merchant sandbox about hauling goods and surviving the road
87% positive
307 reviews
Repetendium
Top-down roguelike shooter with mining and underworld boss fights
90% positive
297 reviews
Monsters' Den: Book of Dread
Turn-based dungeon crawler with a four-hero party and random levels
93% positive
294 reviews
Heroes of Steel RPG
Turn-based fantasy RPG with a four-hero party and tactical battles
78% positive
286 reviews
The Monster Breeder
Turn-based creature breeding and arena tactics with inherited traits
92% positive
278 reviews
Astral Throne
Turn-based tactical RPG with changing routes and permanent unit deaths
81% positive
272 reviews
Ants Took My Eyeball
2D action roguelite about reclaiming an eyeball from ants
93% positive
261 reviews
魔塔地牢
Strategy dungeon crawler with randomized maps and careful route planning
70% positive
246 reviews
Rogue Fable IV
Turn-based dungeon crawler with short runs and tactical combat
94% positive
241 reviews
Hired 2 Die
First-person co-op survival horror about cleaning workplaces and trapping creatures
84% positive
233 reviews
Only Way is Down
Precision 3D platformer about guiding a cat down a skyscraper
69% positive
208 reviews