The Best Perma-death Games

Update : TEN SHOT added at rank #26.
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It Steals (2020)

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PC Windows

AROUND EVERY CORNER. Face against stealthy antagonists that will take advantage of your expectations.

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  • horror
  • perma-death
  • first-person
  • survival-horror
  • psychological
  • fps
  • 3d
  • pixel
  • stealth
  • arcade
  • demons
  • shooter

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Liquidators (2020)

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PC Windows

Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.

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  • nonlinear
  • souls
  • perma-death
  • underground
  • cold
  • 1980s
  • fmv
  • 3d
  • historical
  • retro
  • exploration
  • dark
  • experimental

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Rift Wizard (2021)

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PC Windows

Rift Wizard is a tough as nails fantasy roguelike featuring challenging turn based combat and deep open ended character building. Craft your spellbook from over 100 unique spells and abilities and fight your way through a series of procedurally generated challenges to defeat your nemesis.

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  • rogue-like
  • character
  • perma-death
  • turn-based
  • magic
  • dungeon-crawler
  • customization
  • traditional
  • procedural
  • 2d
  • minimalist
  • fantasy
  • top-down
  • rouge
  • pixel

4

Baldi's Basics Plus (2020)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Baldi's Basics Plus is like the original game, but PLUS! The same cruddy edutainment horror type parody theme is back, but with hugely expanded gameplay features, including procedurally generated levels, field trip minigames, crazy random events, PLUS more characters, more items, and more chaos!

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  • parody
  • rogue-like
  • procedural
  • horror
  • perma-death
  • stealth
  • 1990s
  • satire
  • 3d
  • surreal
  • first-person
  • survival-horror
  • retro
  • funny
  • exploration

5

Utopia Must Fall (2024)

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early access Mac OS PC Windows

Defend humanity's last surviving metropolis from mysterious alien machinations in this challenging base-defense arcade shooter. Featuring rapid upgrade progression, procedurally generated attack waves, dark humor and laser-sharp aesthetics.

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  • dark
  • arcade
  • rogue-like
  • shoot-em-up
  • base-building
  • humor
  • tower-defense
  • bullet-hell
  • procedural
  • perma-death
  • comedy
  • abstract
  • sci-fi
  • minimalist
  • shooter

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The Witch's House (2018)

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PC Windows

A young girl, Viola, is drawn inexorably to a mysterious manor that seems to change behind her back. It is a place of pain, turmoil and death. Plumb its detestable depths and abominable history. Untangle riddles that bar your perilous path. And flee the hellish halls of The Witch’s House.


  • horror
  • 2d
  • rpgmaker
  • perma-death
  • rhythm
  • survival-horror
  • atmospheric
  • pixel
  • rpg
  • puzzle
  • platform

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Draft of Darkness (2021)

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Linux PC Windows

Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.

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  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • card
  • battler
  • perma-death
  • deckbuilder
  • survival-horror
  • dungeon-crawler
  • procedural
  • post-apocalyptic
  • 2.5d
  • nonlinear
  • rogue-like
  • resource-management
  • pve
  • strategy

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No Parachute (2021)

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PC Windows

No Parachute is a fast-paced arcade game with a pixel art style, in which you will dodge various obstacles in free fall. Try to find out what is on the other side of the tunnel, and save your arms and legs along the way!

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  • underground
  • perma-death
  • mining
  • 2.5d
  • flight
  • pixel
  • arcade
  • 3d
  • dungeon
  • violent
  • mystery
  • top-down
  • linear
  • nature

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We who are about to Die (2022)

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early access PC Windows

Fight & strategize your way through spectacles and arenas -- rise from lowly slave to Grand Champion and earn your freedom. Or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelite features in-depth career management and a unique physics simulated combat system. To those who are about to die, I salute you!


  • rogue-like
  • physics
  • character
  • perma-death
  • hack-and-slash
  • customization
  • swordplay
  • historical
  • medieval
  • rpg
  • rome
  • pve
  • gore
  • replay-value
  • arena

10

Wander Hero (2023)

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early access PC Windows

This is the fantasy of a two-dimensional traverser in a different world. You can take a leisurely and strategically deep adventure. You can also collect beautiful girls without hurting your wallet, and form your own harem... ahem, mercenary group.

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  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • rogue-like
  • japanese
  • rpg
  • perma-death
  • battler
  • card
  • jrpg
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • exploration
  • cartoony
  • tactical

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