The Best Perma-death Games for Linux

Update : Meowmunitions added at rank #23.
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R (2025)

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

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

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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

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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!

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

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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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PLATE (2025)

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Rogue like monster battler where every decision counts.

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  • cartoony
  • perma-death
  • rogue-like
  • 1990s
  • hand-drawn
  • minimalist
  • anime
  • stylized
  • 3d
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • 2d
  • psychological
  • rpg
  • fight

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Tallowmere 2: Curse of the Kittens (2020)

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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?

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

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Valley of The Savage Run (2023)

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Save the frogs from the predator. A challenging 2D pixel arcade game.

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  • precision
  • perma-death
  • platform
  • 2d
  • runner
  • nature
  • top-down
  • cartoony
  • pixel
  • arcade
  • 1980s

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Stopping Santa (2025)

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Stopping Santa is a Jazzy top-down arena shooter where you play a mercenary fighting against Santa’s legions. Short play sessions, simple controls, instant action, and a global leaderboard for the Top 10. Inspired by classic arcade games.

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  • top-down
  • shooter
  • perma-death
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • arena
  • 2d
  • arcade
  • fight
  • mythology
  • funny

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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

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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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