The Best Perma-death Games for Xbox Series X

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

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

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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Xbox Series X/s Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Xbox Series X j

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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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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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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Backrooms: Partygoers (2024)

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

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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Thermonuclear (2021)

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

Gain control of the ultra-advanced cyborg machine 'Thermonuclear', use its abilities to defeat the enemy AI and put an end to the war. In this Sci-Fi turn-based strategy game players can complete unique procedurally generated levels, strengthen the playable character and improve the Base.


  • turn-based
  • rogue-like
  • perma-death
  • cyberpunk
  • mech
  • strategy
  • robots
  • military
  • historical
  • tactical
  • alternate
  • top-down
  • anime
  • 2d
  • pixel

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Low Story (2021)

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

Low gets thrown from the top floor of a building, and he falls into the dark world. After his fall, Low wants to return but he finds the door locked by Red One The World Keeper. Thus, Low starts looking for the key hoping revenge.


  • hacking
  • 2.5d
  • character
  • scroller
  • dystopian
  • platform
  • multiple-endings
  • perma-death
  • action-adventure
  • sci-fi
  • dark
  • surreal
  • 3d
  • atmospheric
  • action

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