The Best Perma-death Games for Playstation 5

Update : Backrooms: Partygoers added at rank #9.
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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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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

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Radio Free Europa (2024)

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A top-down 2.5D Spaceship shooter. Choose your ship and upgrade it as you go as you fight your way back to earth to deliver a message. Fast-paced dogfights, massive bosses, vibrant graphics, and an original soundtrack that reacts to gameplay.


  • rogue-like
  • gun
  • 2.5d
  • twin-stick
  • perma-death
  • space
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • customization
  • multiple-endings
  • shooter
  • sci-fi
  • choices
  • top-down
  • economy

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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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Son and Bone (2024)

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PC Windows Playstation 5

Son and Bone is a fast-paced first-person shooter where you take on the role of Sam Judge, a Sheriff, that after tracking down a notorious bandit who attacked a farm and kidnapped a local, has found himself on an alien world overrun by prehistoric creatures and dinosaurs.


  • first-person
  • perma-death
  • shooter
  • fps
  • dinosaurs
  • 3d
  • cinematic
  • farming

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Backrooms: Partygoers (2024)

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Backrooms: Partygoers is a backrooms horror game based on Level 0 where you play as a researcher tasked to find anomalies inside the backrooms. You are equip with devices that can beep whenever an anomaly is near, where the partygoers roam and can hear you.


  • outbreak
  • horror
  • 3d
  • perma-death
  • souls
  • first-person
  • tutorial
  • walking-simulator
  • psychological
  • education
  • dark
  • choices
  • fps
  • survival
  • action-adventure

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Whisper Trip (2021)

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Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 5

Who just learned that TPF stands for Tactical Police Force – an anti-terrorist squad with an obvious mission to eliminate criminal groups…Katanas… Who does not like those curved blades? You will learn to treat them as equals; and invent a special approach to each.Cut them as regular chickens, evade their lunges, repel their bullets, adapt yourself, and listen carefully….You will soon find out the benefits of cooperation with your partner. Do not hesitate to ask your trusted fellow agent to help you out of this mess.This story is rich with unexpected twists and turns, where each move leads to profound consequences… Think before you act!


  • arts
  • cyberpunk
  • spectacle
  • campaign
  • cooperative
  • swordplay
  • beat-em-up
  • perma-death
  • martial
  • ninja
  • hack-and-slash
  • choices
  • fight
  • drama
  • third-person

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