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Best Perma Death Games

Top 50 of 173 qualifying games — tagged Perma Death (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-05-20.

1 Hades (2020) Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Hack and Slash · 5M–10M owners · $24.99 98.2%279,741 reviews 2 White Knuckle (2025) Early Access · Parkour · First-Person · 100K–200K owners · $14.99 98.6%3,034 reviews 3 Path of Achra (2024) Rogue-like · Character Customization · RPG · 50K–100K owners · $9.99 98.4%2,578 reviews 4 Aliya: Timelink (2024) RPG · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · 200K–500K owners · $2.99 98.2%6,512 reviews 5 Crab Champions (2023) Early Access · Action Roguelike · Soundtrack · 500K–1M owners · $7.49 97.9%26,860 reviews 6 It Steals (2020) Survival Horror · Horror · FPS · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 98.3%2,065 reviews 7 Baldi's Basics Plus (2020) Rogue-like · Stealth · Horror · 500K–1M owners · $9.99 97.7%7,437 reviews 8 Brutal Orchestra (2021) Strategy · RPG · Rogue-lite · 50K–100K owners · $19.99 98.0%1,800 reviews 9 Lethal Company (2023) Online Co-Op · Horror · First-Person · 10M–20M owners · $9.99 97.2%487,160 reviews 10 Don't Starve (2013) Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · 2M–5M owners · $9.99 96.6%109,816 reviews 11 Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk (2020) Visual Novel · Psychological Horror · Horror · 500K–1M owners · $1.49 96.7%29,935 reviews 12 R.E.P.O. (2025) Horror · Online Co-Op · Multiplayer · 10M–20M owners · $6.99 96.5%185,642 reviews 13 Bing in Wonderland (2023) Casual · 2D Platformer · Hand-drawn · 50K–100K owners · $4.49 97.0%2,074 reviews 14 Star of Providence (2017) Rogue-lite · Bullet Hell · Action Roguelike · 50K–100K owners · $14.99 96.7%2,877 reviews 15 Vecter (2020) Free to Play · Racing · Indie · 200K–500K owners · Free 96.7%2,821 reviews 16 Slice & Dice (2024) Turn-Based Strategy · Rogue-like · Dungeon Crawler · 200K–500K owners · $8.99 96.8%2,131 reviews 17 Nuclear Throne (2015) Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Pixel Graphics · 500K–1M owners · $11.99 96.1%17,979 reviews 18 Majotori (2017) Trivia · Multiple Endings · Nonlinear · 0–20K owners · $5.99 96.6%1,909 reviews 19 Cogmind (2017) Early Access · Traditional Roguelike · Atmospheric · 50K–100K owners · $24.99 96.3%1,792 reviews 20 FTL: Faster Than Light (2012) Rogue-like · Space · Strategy · 2M–5M owners · $9.99 95.3%75,052 reviews 21 Windowkill (2024) Action · Indie · Action Roguelike · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 95.9%3,057 reviews 22 Roboquest (2023) FPS · Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · 500K–1M owners · $24.99 95.4%21,689 reviews 23 Noita (2020) Physics · Rogue-like · Pixel Graphics · 2M–5M owners · $7.99 95.3%78,477 reviews 24 The Binding of Isaac (2011) Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Indie · 1M–2M owners · $4.99 94.9%60,379 reviews 25 Hades II (2025) Action · Rogue-like · Rogue-lite · 2M–5M owners · $29.99 94.9%64,132 reviews 26 Liquidators (2020) Stylized · Surreal · Atmospheric · 50K–100K owners · Free 95.9%1,118 reviews 27 Tales of Maj'Eyal (2013) Traditional Roguelike · Rogue-like · Turn-Based · 50K–100K owners · $6.99 95.1%6,712 reviews 28 My Summer Car (2025) Automobile Sim · Simulation · Driving · 1M–2M owners · $14.99 94.6%91,394 reviews 29 Super Amazing Wagon Adventure (2013) Action Roguelike · Side Scroller · Shoot 'Em Up · 0–20K owners · $2.99 95.3%1,926 reviews 30 Card Survival: Tropical Island (2022) Survival · Adventure · Card Game · 50K–100K owners · $24.99 95.1%2,729 reviews 31 Astral Ascent (2023) Action Roguelike · Rogue-lite · Hack and Slash · 200K–500K owners · $24.99 94.7%6,914 reviews 32 Ancient Dungeon (2021) VR · Dungeon Crawler · Adventure · 50K–100K owners · $19.99 95.3%1,445 reviews 33 Shattered Pixel Dungeon (2022) Traditional Roguelike · Dungeon Crawler · Rogue-like · 200K–500K owners · $9.99 95.2%1,606 reviews 34 Heat Signature (2017) Space · Stealth · Indie · 500K–1M owners · $14.99 94.5%7,146 reviews 35 CRUEL (2025) Action · First-Person · Boomer Shooter · 20K–50K owners · $9.99 95.3%1,023 reviews 36 Cyber Knights: Flashpoint (2025) Turn-Based Combat · Tactical · Character Customization · 500K–1M owners · $29.99 95.0%1,097 reviews 37 Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2014) Horror · Singleplayer · Survival Horror · 1M–2M owners · $7.99 93.7%22,697 reviews 38 One Way Heroics (2014) Mystery Dungeon · Side Scroller · Traditional Roguelike · 500K–1M owners · $3.49 94.1%4,055 reviews 39 XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012) Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Strategy · 2M–5M owners · $5.99 93.4%56,414 reviews 40 Dungeons of Dredmor (2011) Traditional Roguelike · Rogue-like · Turn-Based · 200K–500K owners · $7.99 93.9%5,301 reviews 41 Elin (2024) Early Access · Character Customization · Open World · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 93.7%6,575 reviews 42 Risk of Rain (2013) (2013) Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Indie · 500K–1M owners · $9.99 93.3%29,626 reviews 43 Seraph's Last Stand (2022) Action Roguelike · Casual · Bullet Hell · 200K–500K owners · $0.99 93.8%4,118 reviews 44 Race The Sun (2013) Procedural Generation · Runner · Racing · 500K–1M owners · $9.99 93.6%6,296 reviews 45 Spelunky 2 (2020) Platformer · 2D Platformer · Difficult · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 93.1%20,485 reviews 46 UnReal World (2016) Open World · Survival · Rogue-like · 100K–200K owners · $14.50 93.7%1,313 reviews 47 When the Darkness comes (2019) Psychological Horror · Free to Play · Walking Simulator · 200K–500K owners · Free 92.3%8,314 reviews 48 Spelunky (2013) Platformer · Rogue-like · Action Roguelike · 1M–2M owners · $14.99 92.1%16,293 reviews 49 Darkest Dungeon (2016) Turn-Based Combat · Dark Fantasy · Dungeon Crawler · 2M–5M owners · $24.99 91.7%149,456 reviews 50 Atomicrops (2020) Action · Indie · Rogue-like · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 92.2%5,660 reviews