The Best Perma-death Games - Page 2

Update : Auto Dungeon added at rank #30.
11

Into The Dead: Our Darkest Days (2025)

View Similar Games
90
Review score
Logo of Into The Dead: Our Darkest Days Screenshot of Into The Dead: Our Darkest Days Screenshot of Into The Dead: Our Darkest Days Screenshot of Into The Dead: Our Darkest Days

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.

Buy

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

12

PEPPERED: an existential platformer (2025)

View Similar Games
90
Review score
Logo of PEPPERED: an existential platformer Screenshot of PEPPERED: an existential platformer Screenshot of PEPPERED: an existential platformer Screenshot of PEPPERED: an existential platformer

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.

Buy

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

13

We who are about to Die (2022)

View Similar Games
89
Review score
Logo of We who are about to Die Screenshot of We who are about to Die Screenshot of We who are about to Die Screenshot of We who are about to Die

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

14

PARANOIA PLACE (2025)

View Similar Games
89
Review score
Logo of PARANOIA PLACE Screenshot of PARANOIA PLACE Screenshot of PARANOIA PLACE Screenshot of PARANOIA PLACE

PC Windows

PARANOIA PLACE is a 1-3 player online co-op survival horror game. Together or alone, you will need to solve puzzles, find items and run from the bloodthirsty demonic killer.

Buy

  • cooperative
  • campaign
  • horror
  • survival-horror
  • perma-death
  • hunting
  • post-apocalyptic
  • gore
  • psychological
  • demons
  • supernatural
  • stealth
  • survival
  • realistic
  • first-person

15

Wander Hero (2023)

View Similar Games
86
Review score
Logo of Wander Hero Screenshot of Wander Hero Screenshot of Wander Hero Screenshot of Wander Hero

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.

Buy

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

16

Mage & Monsters (2023)

View Similar Games
83
Review score
Logo of Mage & Monsters Screenshot of Mage & Monsters Screenshot of Mage & Monsters Screenshot of Mage & Monsters

Nintendo Switch PC Windows

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
  • choices
  • rogue-like
  • top-down
  • wargame
  • pixel
  • management
  • pve
  • character
  • war
  • dragon
  • coin
  • fantasy

17

Bendy: Lone Wolf (2025)

View Similar Games
81
Review score
Logo of Bendy: Lone Wolf Screenshot of Bendy: Lone Wolf Screenshot of Bendy: Lone Wolf Screenshot of Bendy: Lone Wolf

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

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.

Buy

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

18

Heretic's Fork (2023)

View Similar Games
80
Review score
Logo of Heretic's Fork Screenshot of Heretic's Fork Screenshot of Heretic's Fork Screenshot of Heretic's Fork

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!

Buy

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

19

Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens (2020)

View Similar Games
79
Review score
Logo of Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens Screenshot of Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens Screenshot of Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens Screenshot of Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens

Linux Mac OS IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Lady Tallowmere's kittens have been acting strange. Still, the dungeon's rituals must be carried out. Despite the unusual circumstances, how many rooms can you clear?


  • rogue-like
  • cooperative
  • loot
  • local
  • perma-death
  • cats
  • hack-and-slash
  • dungeon-crawler
  • attack
  • score
  • 4-player
  • procedural
  • dark
  • gore
  • violent

20

Hell is Others (2022)

View Similar Games
75
Review score
Logo of Hell is Others Screenshot of Hell is Others Screenshot of Hell is Others Screenshot of Hell is Others

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?

Buy

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

Not seeing your game?