The Best Perma-death Games

Update : Auto Dungeon added at rank #20.
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Into The Dead: Our Darkest Days (2025)

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early access Mac OS PC Windows

Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.

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  • survival-horror
  • zombies
  • survival
  • psychological
  • 2.5d
  • perma-death
  • immersive
  • stealth
  • scroller
  • crafting
  • simulation
  • post-apocalyptic
  • management
  • atmospheric
  • choices

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PEPPERED: an existential platformer (2025)

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PC Windows Mac OS

An existential platformer where Doomsday is just around the corner. Save the world or become an eternal corporate slave for the God of Death. Choices matter. Or do they? Goof around and find out.

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  • platform
  • soundtrack
  • philosophical
  • lgbtq
  • precision
  • humor
  • perma-death
  • dystopian
  • replay-value
  • multiple-endings
  • choices
  • psychological
  • dark
  • pixel
  • action-adventure

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Bendy: Lone Wolf (2025)

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Bendy: Lone Wolf™ will tests your ability to survive against ever increasing odds. Monsters and obstacles emerge from every direction as you journey into the rubberhose halls of the world's most evil animation studio. Every day is a challenge.

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  • rogue-like
  • horror
  • perma-death
  • hack-and-slash
  • thriller
  • action-adventure
  • hand-drawn
  • psychological
  • top-down
  • dark
  • cartoony
  • atmospheric
  • survival
  • mystery
  • story

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Between (2025)

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PC Windows Android

"May you leave no regrets in this journey of life." 、 An independent game about death. Explore the past lives in an atmospheric graveyard.


  • typing
  • modeling
  • animation
  • perma-death
  • cinematic
  • exploration
  • 3d
  • logic
  • walking-simulator
  • fiction
  • rhythm
  • puzzle
  • atmospheric
  • nature
  • multiple-endings

5

Hell is Others (2022)

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PC Windows

Dive into the chilling world of 'Hell is Others', where you navigate the eerie Century City, fight off terrifying foes, and keep your blood-thirsty bonsai tree healthy. With the clock ticking, your choices decide your fate. Will you survive the spectral town and uncover its secrets?

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What we like:
  • Unique multiplayer experience
  • Adrenaline-pumping gameplay
  • Solid and polished design
  • Interesting customization options
  • Helpful game tips and strategies
What could be improved:
  • Limited exploration time
  • Small inventory size

  • top-down
  • gun
  • philosophical
  • perma-death
  • twin-stick
  • survival-horror
  • shooter
  • loot
  • shoot-em-up
  • pve
  • thriller
  • customization
  • dystopian
  • fast-paced
  • stealth

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CRUEL (2025)

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PC Windows

A fast run and gun horror shooter with roguelike elements

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  • shooter
  • first-person
  • perma-death
  • rogue-like
  • procedural
  • boomer
  • wick
  • violent
  • fast-paced
  • adrenaline-pumping
  • post-apocalyptic
  • gore
  • run
  • shoot-em-up
  • fps

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Heretic's Fork (2023)

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80
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Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows j

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!

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  • 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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R (2025)

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Linux PC Windows Android

Run, hide, adapt and survive in a mansion of endless night and bizarre brain-twisting phenomena in this 2D hand-drawn psychological horror title.


  • horror
  • perma-death
  • psychological
  • cooperative
  • exploration
  • walking-simulator
  • hand-drawn
  • comedy
  • multiple-endings
  • thriller
  • multiplayer
  • stealth

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Soulforged (2022)

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IOS iPhone Android PC Windows

Join our community on a fantastic journey across a vast, unique world. Discover new technologies, build infrastructure and brave new frontiers. All that with no fees or in-game purchases. Please note: This is a slow-paced game limited by Action Points that regenerate very slowly in real time!


  • perma-death
  • mmo
  • pve
  • character
  • multiplayer
  • sandbox
  • rpg
  • choices
  • customization
  • exploration
  • cartoony
  • 2d
  • open-world
  • turn-based
  • crafting

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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

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