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PERISH

2023

Should you play it?

PERISH is a stylish 1-4 player FPS with a cross to bear. Slay hordes of creatures on the black sands of Purgatory and sell their gold-stained corpses to craven priests. Kill magnificent bosses and use the proceeds to gain entrance to Elysium, a place of cosmic revelations.

What works

  • Engaging and challenging combat
  • Strong cooperative multiplayer
  • Immersive greek mythology setting
  • Satisfying progression and unlocks
  • Active and responsive developers

Things to keep in mind

  • Repetitive map layouts and objectives
  • Some bugs and crashes reported
  • Enemy spawn mechanics can be frustrating
  • Limited weapon variety impact beyond daggers
  • No sprint and some clunky controls

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Vellum

  • DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin

  • Sker Ritual

  • Hellpoint

  • Warhammer: Vermintide 2

  • Borderlands 2

Less intimate

Games that feels like PERISH but with less focus on close relationships

  • Painkiller Hell & Damnation

  • Hellpoint: The Thespian Feast

  • Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition

  • Borderlands 3

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

  • STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN

Less competitive

Games that feels like PERISH but with less competition against others

  • The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria™

  • Abyssus

  • Remnant: From the Ashes

  • REMNANT II®

  • Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

  • Hunted: The Demon’s Forge™

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with PERISH. These titles are not in What to play next.

PERISH: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Competition, Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026