No fail state

Video game concept

It's impossible to reach a fail state, game over screen, forced reload/restart, or similar.

66
games
15
platforms

Alternate name: Impossible to lose

Contrast: permadeath
See also: unlimited lives, deathless

This means mainly that game progress is unaffected by whatever failures player character encounters (e.g. death), but game progress continues unaffected (no need to restart a mission for example). Player may lose some type of progress, as long as it's not game progress, for example death penalty may exist.

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Games by year

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The first No fail state video game was released in 1987.

Epic Games, Mojang and Namco Bandai published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 18
Linux 13
X360 6
PS3 5
Mac OS X 5
PS4 4
Xbox One 4
Android 3
Switch 2
PS5 1
Xbox Series X 1
Mac OS Classic 1
iOS 1
BSD 1
Apple II E 1

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