The Best Perma-death Games for Playstation 4

Update : kallio added at rank #6.
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Heretic's Fork (2023)

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Dear candidate, we are pleased to invite you to take up the position of manager of Hell. You will punish sinners by using our deck-building computer system to construct hellish towers capable of keeping the endless hordes of the underworld in check. Best of luck!


  • rogue-like
  • deckbuilder
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • auto-battler
  • card
  • perma-death
  • tower-defense
  • bullet-hell
  • demons
  • top-down
  • arena
  • pixel
  • tactical
  • 2d
  • arcade

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Lunar Lander: Beyond (2024)

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Guide a roster of colorful pilots, eclectic advisors and state-of-the-art landers through a taxing series of missions. Deliver cargo, retrieve resources, and rescue stranded pilots as you navigate a mysterious universe of moons and planets.


  • psychological
  • space
  • perma-death
  • comic
  • flight
  • book
  • hand-drawn
  • sci-fi
  • exploration
  • economy
  • horror
  • grunt
  • story
  • 2d
  • anime

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Rick Henderson (2020)

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PC Windows ps2 xbox Xbox 360 Playstation 3 Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Nintendo Switch

Rick Henderson is an endless horizontal-scrolling shoot 'em up with infinite replayability, a true homage to 16-bit shooters wrapped in graphics we all loved. Twitch your fingers through five enemy factions and their bosses, upgrade your ship and try to survive through unpredictable space events.


  • perma-death
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • arcade
  • procedural
  • choices
  • space
  • boss
  • shooter
  • 2d
  • artillery
  • pixel
  • retro
  • multiball
  • sniper

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Death Elevator (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows

A short and minimalist roguelike where every hit is lethal but time slows down whenever you are in danger. Reach the top floor or die trying!


  • bullet
  • shooter
  • perma-death
  • time
  • first-person
  • modern
  • minimalist
  • heist
  • arena
  • stylized
  • fps
  • rogue-like
  • crime
  • abstract
  • 3d

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Gravity Oddity (2023)

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Embark on a one-man rescue mission across the galaxy to bring back your kidnapped roommate in this roguelike space action-adventure.


  • rogue-like
  • loot
  • perma-death
  • action-adventure
  • procedural
  • cartoony
  • choices
  • 2d
  • space
  • cute
  • funny

6

kallio (2024)

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Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Help players trapped in a collapsed mine find their way out through different levels in a puzzle-style game, either in single-player or multiplayer online.


  • underground
  • mining
  • perma-death
  • 2d
  • mystery
  • tabletop
  • multiplayer
  • dungeon
  • platform
  • puzzle
  • cooperative
  • hidden-object
  • duck
  • action-adventure
  • time-management

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Mage and Monsters (2022)

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Create an army and use spells while it fights for you. Mage & Monsters is an active auto battler, where you must choose wisely between upgrading the might of your army, or increasing the power of your spells.


  • auto-battler
  • perma-death
  • magic
  • rogue-like
  • choices
  • top-down
  • wargame
  • pixel
  • management
  • pve
  • war
  • character
  • dragon
  • fantasy
  • strategy

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Phoenix Point: Year One Edition (2020)

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Mac OS Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Includes two DLCs, a weapon pack, and digital extras.


  • transhumanism
  • tactical
  • grand-strategy
  • tutorial
  • perma-death
  • pve
  • procedural
  • character
  • tps
  • strategy
  • post-apocalyptic
  • turn-based
  • isometric
  • customization
  • aliens

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Dungeon Arsenal (2021)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

DUNGEON ARSENAL is a fast-paced roguelite card game. Go through series of random-generated floors filled with Gold, Weapons and Monsters.


  • card
  • battler
  • perma-death
  • rogue-like
  • tabletop
  • procedural
  • random-generated
  • pixel
  • 2d
  • fantasy

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Gearshifters (2021)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Nintendo Switch

Steer, drift, spin, smash and gun through waves of enemy vehicles. Go to war against extreme machine bosses. Build up and tune your tactical loadout of car mods, defences and weaponry for each treacherous transport mission. Drive. Destroy. Get Paid. Upgrade!


  • rogue-like
  • dystopian
  • driving
  • post-apocalyptic
  • performance
  • perma-death
  • shoot-em-up
  • vehicle
  • scroller
  • racing
  • bullet-hell
  • top-down
  • procedural
  • combat
  • boss

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