The Best Perma-death Games - Page 5

Update : Xenopurge added at rank #47.
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StarCrawlers Chimera (2024)

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PC Windows

StarCrawlers Chimera is a first-person, turn-based, cyberpunk RPG. Customize your character skills and dive into the Chimera complex to find the elusive Dr. Cerberus. Are you a stealthy cyberninja? A crazed pyromaniac soldier? Mind-bending void psyker? Or... a bit of all of them?


  • cyberpunk
  • movement
  • perma-death
  • dungeon-crawler
  • procedural
  • rpg
  • first-person
  • turn-based
  • rogue-like
  • grid
  • sci-fi
  • old-school
  • conspiracy
  • dystopian
  • cyberninja

42

Trapped In Here With Me (2023)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS

Heart-pounding arcade shooter.

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  • perma-death
  • attack
  • score
  • shoot-em-up
  • 2.5d
  • bullet-hell
  • pve
  • abstract
  • thriller
  • modern
  • minimalist
  • arcade
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • shooter

43

Idle Battle RPG (2024)

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PC Windows

А unique combination of idle game with RPG elements. Fight with enormous monsters, upgrade your stats and equipment, use prestige to get permanent power ups. But once your are dead the journey starts from the very beginning!

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  • idler
  • perma-death
  • rogue-like
  • souls
  • clicker
  • rpg
  • sandbox
  • immersive
  • scroller
  • simulation
  • pixel
  • survival
  • hand-drawn
  • crafting
  • management

44

White Knuckle (2025)

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White Knuckle is a first-person roguelite speed-climbing game. Ascend through the guts of SUB-STRUCTURE 17 using precision movement mechanics. Sharp reflexes and resource management will bring you out from under ten thousand meters of concrete and decay.

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  • platform
  • underground
  • parkour
  • horror
  • first-person
  • attack
  • score
  • precision
  • perma-death
  • old-school
  • survival-horror
  • pve
  • atmospheric
  • rogue-like
  • dark

45

Answer To Survive (2024)

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Can you win in the best show in the afterlife?

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  • platform
  • precision
  • trivia
  • 3d
  • perma-death
  • voxel
  • humor
  • satire
  • third-person
  • dark
  • question
  • family-friendly
  • cartoony
  • funny
  • pixel

46

OVERWHELM (2018)

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PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch

You're outnumbered, low on ammunition and the paranoia sets in. This is an action horror-world where enemies get power-ups and you don’t.


  • pixel
  • platform
  • perma-death
  • souls
  • horror
  • 2d
  • metroidvania
  • action
  • twin-stick
  • dark
  • boss-fight
  • violent
  • boss
  • fast-paced
  • retro

47

Xenopurge (2025)

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Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat. Operate from a remote command center, issuing indirect orders via multi-screen interfaces. Plan routes, set priorities, and adapt as missions escalate and feel the true weight of being in command.

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  • tactical
  • real-time
  • programming
  • auto-battler
  • warhammer-40k
  • aliens
  • perma-death
  • space
  • management
  • horror
  • strategy
  • rogue-like
  • procedural
  • atmospheric
  • -school

48

Earth Defender (2023)

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early access PC Windows Android

Play as one of the last surviving humans on a post-apocalyptic Earth, where resources are scarce and danger lurks around every corner. As you scavenge for supplies, fend off vicious enemies, and build a small colony, you must use your wits and combat skills to survive in this harsh new world.


  • base-building
  • perma-death
  • colony
  • procedural
  • character
  • top-down
  • shooter
  • shoot-em-up
  • building
  • rogue-like
  • loot
  • tower-defense
  • customization
  • open-world
  • aliens

49

VAPOR dash (2023)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone

VAPOR Dash: Hardcore action platformer set in a vaporwave city. Stay in constant motion, make quick decisions, defeat enemies, and escape. Fast-paced, challenging gameplay.

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  • perma-death
  • 2d
  • platform
  • cute
  • pixel
  • arcade
  • atmospheric
  • simulation

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Stories from the Outbreak (2024)

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Stories from the Outbreak is a turn-based roguelike zombie RPG. Lead a group of survivors from the doomed city of Riga towards a ferry sailing across the North Sea. Scavenge for supplies, battle the undead, decide the fate of your team. What are you willing to sacrifice in order to survive?

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  • japanese
  • rpg
  • perma-death
  • zombies
  • party
  • rogue-like
  • jrpg
  • post-apocalyptic
  • multiple-endings
  • survival
  • turn-based
  • story
  • combat
  • 2d

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