The Best Perma-death Games

Update : Barold: Inferno added at rank #1.
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Barold: Inferno (2024)

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"Barold: Inferno" is an action-packed dungeon crawler roguelike. Navigate through procedurally generated dungeons, craft items, defeat enemies and talk to the Infernal residents. Highly replayable with 21 distinctive abilities, 120+ upgrades and a wide variety of bosses.

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  • rogue-like
  • procedural
  • demons
  • perma-death
  • bullet-hell
  • crafting
  • dungeon-crawler
  • action-adventure
  • fantasy
  • medieval
  • top-down
  • 2d
  • colourful
  • single-player

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Nobody Sleeps Tonight (2024)

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early access PC Windows

a co-op survival horror about finding your friend who disappears at night in a strange forest hiding a sinister secret.

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  • horror
  • perma-death
  • cooperative
  • character
  • psychological
  • survival-horror
  • customization
  • gore
  • demons
  • sandbox
  • violent
  • survival
  • 3d
  • exploration
  • first-person

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NodeRunner (2024)

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PC Windows

Jump from Node to Node while surviving the Chasers onslaught. Keep moving, Keep Upgrading, and don't get terminated.

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  • rogue-like
  • top-down
  • mouse
  • perma-death
  • minimalist
  • bullet-hell
  • pve
  • cyberpunk
  • arena
  • shooter
  • physics
  • 2d
  • arcade
  • action
  • controller-support

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Square Edges (2024)

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PC Windows

Mini arcade game about a cube jumping on moving platforms. All platforms move at different speeds. Find the right moment to make a precise jump so as not to fall off the edge. Collect tokens and gain a high rating to purchase other characters.

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  • perma-death
  • isometric
  • casual
  • arcade
  • platform
  • puzzle

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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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YonDelver (2024)

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PC Windows

With the world's natural metal sources completely depleted, corporations fight over the rights to massive sinkholes known as "Delves". Team up with players online and build an arsenal before taking on the terrors that sleep deep under the clouds within.

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  • rogue-like
  • perma-death
  • bullet-hell
  • loot
  • class
  • dungeon-crawler
  • pve
  • procedural
  • beat-em-up
  • shoot-em-up
  • hack-and-slash
  • character
  • cooperative
  • top-down
  • 3d

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WarSphere (2024)

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PC Windows

WarSphere is a fast-paced, roguelike top-down shooter. As a spherical death robot, you blast, dash and loot your way through procedurally generated worlds. It's all about the pew pew.

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  • top-down
  • rogue-like
  • perma-death
  • procedural
  • editor
  • level
  • dungeon-crawler
  • replay-value
  • rpg
  • action
  • destruction
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • sci-fi
  • 2d

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Skibidi Toilets: Invasion (2024)

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PC Windows

A secret agent prevents an evil toilet uprising. Follow this path with brutal music and a killer attitude.

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  • spectacle
  • shooter
  • first-person
  • linear
  • tutorial
  • zombies
  • gore
  • perma-death
  • fps
  • pve
  • arena
  • war
  • horror
  • story
  • atmospheric

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Explorer of the deep (2024)

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PC Windows

Explorer of the deep is a dynamic 3D game in which you have to fly a futuristic space transport through an endless tunnel and avoid dangerous obstacles! Earn points and unlock new vehicles that suit your taste! Avoid various traps and score as many points as possible and set a new record!

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  • perma-death
  • flight
  • runner
  • space
  • futuristic
  • simulation
  • casual
  • 3d
  • arcade

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Warrior Next (2024)

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early access PC Windows

Few against many... Fight with a handful of Spartans to save Greece. Destroy hordes of enemies until the fight with creatures sent by the Gods. Lots of action for everyone!

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  • perma-death
  • rogue-like
  • 1980s
  • top-down
  • minimalist
  • pixel
  • medieval
  • 2d
  • action
  • arcade
  • retro
  • cute
  • relaxing
  • old-school

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