History Main / FinalDeath

* ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' has balefire. It doesn't just kill you; it [[RetGone burns you out of the fabric of reality itself]]!

* The manikins in ''DissidiaFinalFantasy''. While in the original game they were just Mooks, in the prequel ''Duodecim'' it's revealed that anyone killed by a manikin isn't revived for the next cycle in the GroundhogDayLoop. [[spoiler:This is why Lightning, Kain, Yuna, Laguna, Tifa, and Vaan weren't in the original. They got overwhelmed by manikins after closing the rift that they were spawning out of.]]

* ''OregonTrail''.

* Unlike every other game in the series, the original ''SuperRobotWars'' on the GameBoy has permadeath. It can get away with it because it has [[ExcusePlot the bare minimum of plot]], compared to the series' modern trend of [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover mixing tons of plots together]].

* This is the underlying point of the [[NuzlockeComics Nuzlocke]] [[SelfImposedChallenge challenge]] in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games. The base rules are simple: one can only attempt to capture the first Pokémon they encounter in any given route, and anyone that faints is considered dead and must be released or placed in a PC box indefintely at the next opportunity to do so.[[hottip:*:It's also considered good practice to nickname everyone you successfully acquire. Any additional rules are up to the player, should they choose to add them.]] As this makes any Pokémon captured very difficult to replace, it becomes surprisingly heartbreaking whenever one of them '''''do''''' faint, whether as a result of a random CriticalHit or, worse, because of your own mistakes. [[ArcWords I believe this is all happening for a reason.]]

* Used in ''{{Otherland}}'' in a fictional MMORPG, where character death is permanent. After losing his high-level character due to the interference of the titular network, [[SeriousBusiness Orlando's driving goal is to find out why]].

* The Flying Men in ''VideoGame/Mother1'' and ''VideoGame/EarthBound''.

* The Flying Men in ''EarthBound''.

This trope is specific to gameplay; the equivalent of this in other fiction is DeaderThanDead. The inverse of this is DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist. See also KilledOffForReal. Compare OutOfContinues. If it's completely optional, that's a FinalDeathMode if the game enforces it, or NoDeathRun if its an entirely SelfImposedChallenge.

This trope is specific to gameplay; the equivalent of this in other fiction is DeaderThanDead. The inverse of this is DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist. See also KilledOffForReal. Compare OutOfContinues.

* Sarena from LaMouetteNoire was already deceased at the start of the series, despite the series being based on a (fictional) video game, and that she had ''many'' VideoGameLives.

* Sarena from LaMouetteNoire was already deceased at the start of the series, despite the series being based on a (fictional) video game, and she had ''many'' VideoGameLives.

* While not "turn-based", ''VideoGame/OgreBattle'' is tactical, and sometimes, if a human dies, they ''permanently'' change class into an angel or a zombie. The angel's nice, but only happens to [[GamePreferredGender female]] characters who were extremely lawful in life. The zombie class can happen to any human, and is exceptionally [[SpoonyBard spoony]]. (However, they could upgrade to a passable skeleton, only to turn into an even spoonier ghost.) In some games, there was a zombie dragon for dragons.

This is a video game specific trope; the equivalent of this in fiction is DeaderThanDead. The inverse of this is DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist. See also KilledOffForReal. Compare OutOfContinues.

** Terraria, the "Minecraft if it were 2-d and more combat based" game, has hardcore difficulty. If you die, the character you made is gone. As multiple characters can go through your worlds, it's not a total loss if you stored items regularly. You still lose that inventory and HP/MP gained on the character.

* In BloodCrusher2, you cannot restart the game from previous checkpoints. If you die, you have to restart the game in its entirety.

* Face of Mankind: characters respawn using clones, which cost money. If you are killed and have no clones or money left, your character is officially dead.

* ''OneChance''.

** OneChance is a modern Flash game that tries its best to do this.

* This is [[spoiler:the entire point of]] Jesse Venbrux's ultra-short freeware game ''Execution''.
** To elaborate on this, You start the game looking at a man tied to a pole through your scope. Shooting him yields the message: 'You Lose'. [[spoiler:Attempting to play a second time starts the game with 'Your actions have consequences, it is already too late'. If you try to play, the man will still be dead.]]

*** This mode returns in ''Awakening''.

* In the ''MonsterRancher'' games, your [[{{Mon}} monsters]] will eventually die of old age if you don't freeze or combine them.

** In its sequel, ''The Execution'', the player commands a firing squad aiming at whichever between Pink Lizard or the hero had been arrested, depending on the ending gotten in the first game. Execute them, and that's it. They're dead.

* The relatively unknown PSX game ''Hell Night'' had you fleeing through an AbsurdlySpaciousSewer with a partner. If the monster caught up with you, your partner would die permanently and instantly. You'd be on your own until you found the next one.