10 Video Games Where You Can Only Die ONCE

6. Rimworld

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Ludeon Games

Rimworld is a wonderfully traumatizing, unpredictable game. Set in a distant future where humanity has colonized planets both close and far away, Rimworld puts you in charge of a colony of survivors and tasks you with making sure they safely escape from their middle-of-nowhere death planet.

The game includes several modes to tailor your experience to your individual needs, including a permadeath "Commitment Mode" that ensures your run will be a one-of-a-kind challenge.

Because the game features a plethora of randomly generated elements, from colonists to maps, events, and even things like item descriptions, nothing is ever the same.

Combine this with the fact that your unique colonists are walking death magnets and the fact that at any point your narrator can decide to drop toxic fallout on their heads, and the permadeath mode becomes a truly unique experience. One fatal mistake can wipe your entire colony off the map and make it a distant memory, never to be recreated again.

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