The Best Perma-death Games - Page 5

Update : Into The Dead: Our Darkest Days added at rank #6.
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OVERWHELM (2018)

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PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch

You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.


  • pixel
  • platform
  • perma-death
  • souls
  • horror
  • 2d
  • metroidvania
  • action
  • twin-stick
  • dark
  • boss-fight
  • violent
  • boss
  • fast-paced
  • retro

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Idle Battle RPG (2024)

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PC Windows

А unique combination of idle game with RPG elements. Fight with enormous monsters, upgrade your stats and equipment, use prestige to get permanent power ups. But once your are dead the journey starts from the very beginning!

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  • idler
  • perma-death
  • rogue-like
  • souls
  • clicker
  • rpg
  • sandbox
  • immersive
  • scroller
  • simulation
  • pixel
  • survival
  • hand-drawn
  • crafting
  • management

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Back door (2025)

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PC Windows

Back door is a single-player horror adventure game where the player moves through five locations in the mind of the main character Mark. The goal of the game is to find a way from the world of illusions to reality, successfully distinguishing between them.

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  • parody
  • souls
  • dating-sim
  • perma-death
  • linear
  • pve
  • walking-simulator
  • nature
  • horror
  • anime
  • hidden-object
  • colourful
  • first-person
  • 3d
  • single-player

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Answer To Survive (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Can you win in the best show in the afterlife?

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  • platform
  • precision
  • trivia
  • 3d
  • perma-death
  • voxel
  • humor
  • satire
  • third-person
  • dark
  • question
  • family-friendly
  • cartoony
  • funny
  • pixel

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Star Traders: Frontiers (2017)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Android

You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.


  • perma-death
  • space
  • rpg
  • procedural
  • rogue-like
  • economy
  • moddable
  • sci-fi
  • kickstarter
  • simulation
  • trading
  • political
  • sandbox
  • turn-based
  • sailing

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Earth Defender (2023)

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early access PC Windows Android

Play as one of the last surviving humans on a post-apocalyptic Earth, where resources are scarce and danger lurks around every corner. As you scavenge for supplies, fend off vicious enemies, and build a small colony, you must use your wits and combat skills to survive in this harsh new world.


  • base-building
  • perma-death
  • colony
  • procedural
  • character
  • top-down
  • shooter
  • shoot-em-up
  • building
  • rogue-like
  • loot
  • tower-defense
  • customization
  • open-world
  • aliens

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VAPOR dash (2023)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone

VAPOR Dash: Hardcore action platformer set in a vaporwave city. Stay in constant motion, make quick decisions, defeat enemies, and escape. Fast-paced, challenging gameplay.

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  • perma-death
  • 2d
  • platform
  • cute
  • pixel
  • arcade
  • atmospheric
  • simulation

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Stories from the Outbreak (2024)

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Stories from the Outbreak is a turn-based roguelike zombie RPG. Lead a group of survivors from the doomed city of Riga towards a ferry sailing across the North Sea. Scavenge for supplies, battle the undead, decide the fate of your team. What are you willing to sacrifice in order to survive?

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  • japanese
  • rpg
  • perma-death
  • zombies
  • party
  • rogue-like
  • jrpg
  • post-apocalyptic
  • multiple-endings
  • survival
  • turn-based
  • story
  • combat
  • 2d

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Unending (2023)

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Android PC Windows

A roguelite-puzzle anthology.


  • rogue-like
  • movement
  • perma-death
  • grid
  • procedural
  • hack-and-slash
  • logic
  • turn-based
  • abstract
  • minimalist
  • rogue-like-puzzle
  • editor
  • puzzle
  • level
  • combat

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Atomic Survivors (2023)

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PC Windows Android

Atomic Survivors is an arena shooter with minimalistic gameplay and simplistic roguelike elements in which you have to fend off many waves of opponents. Collect Resin every run to buy one of several upgrades of your choice. And remember: for best results, choose wisely.


  • top-down
  • shooter
  • perma-death
  • arena
  • rogue-like
  • parody
  • minimalistic
  • combines
  • futuristic
  • robots

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