The Best Perma-death Games - Page 3

Update : Auto Dungeon added at rank #21.
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Auto Dungeon (2025)

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Conquer the Astral Plane, Summoner! In this roguelite autobattler, build a powerful army in a vast, procedurally generated world. Collect cards, defeat foes and rival summoners, and equip, enchant, and mutate your creatures. Defeat the five champions and recover your stolen rings!


  • auto-battler
  • card
  • battler
  • perma-death
  • tutorial
  • dungeon-crawler
  • pve
  • rogue-like
  • nonlinear
  • isometric
  • demons
  • surreal
  • procedural
  • top-down
  • rpg

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One Armed Bandit (2024)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows

Spin to win in this slot-machine-building roguelike!

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  • rogue-like
  • perma-death
  • turn-based
  • deckbuilder
  • cartoony
  • surreal
  • strategy
  • procedural
  • choices
  • gambling
  • 2d
  • cute
  • various

23

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.

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  • perma-death
  • scroller
  • shoot-em-up
  • arcade
  • procedural
  • choices
  • space
  • boss
  • shooter
  • 2d
  • artillery
  • pixel
  • retro
  • multiball
  • sniper

24

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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Three Sisters (2025)

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early access PC Windows

Three Sisters is a goofy RPG featuring some cute little (not nightmare inducing) enemies and a story where nothing bad ever happens! Wait, what's that? You played the other games? crap.

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  • perma-death
  • dark
  • rpg
  • party
  • eroge
  • gambling
  • walking-simulator
  • surreal
  • cats
  • visual-novel
  • humor
  • stylized
  • top-down
  • historical
  • alternate

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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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Maximum (2023)

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PC Windows Android

You control an athlete whose task is to do flips back and forth. The game will be over if you land on your head. More flips in a jump - more final points.


  • 2d
  • scroller
  • casual
  • perma-death
  • minimalist
  • family-friendly
  • arcade
  • card
  • platform
  • tycoon

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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!

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  • bullet
  • shooter
  • perma-death
  • time
  • rogue-like
  • first-person
  • modern
  • minimalist
  • heist
  • arena
  • fps
  • stylized
  • crime
  • abstract
  • 3d

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TEN SHOT (2024)

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PC Windows

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  • twin-stick
  • perma-death
  • logic
  • education
  • attack
  • score
  • 2.5d
  • pve
  • arcade
  • controller-support
  • abstract
  • top-down
  • shooter
  • single-player
  • minimalist

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Mage & Monsters (2023)

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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

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