Sound effects tag

Death Sound Effects

Death sound effects for the moment a character goes down and doesn't get up. Final gasps and screams cut short. Monsters dying loudly, their roars collapsing into a rattle. Then the game side, with retro bleeps for losing a life. Grim stuff, mostly. Every action game needs it, though, and players hear it over and over.

Libraries
85
Publishers
29
Formats
Mono, stereo
Sample rates
44.1 to 192 kHz
Licence
Royalty-free for commercial work
Price range
$5 to $180
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Channel format
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Embedded metadata
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All 85 libraries tagged Death

96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Aztec death whistle recordings feature 19 variations of haunting sound effects, including reversed sounds, risers, drones, and distorted screams, suitable for TV, film, and game projects.
280 files · 1.72 GB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Inside a harrowing chamber, sound effects capture visceral moments through spine-chilling screams, menacing power tools, creaking floorboards, rattling shackles, and haunting room ambience.
34 files · 386 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Ancient and forgotten languages shape these demonic chants and whispers, offering spine-tingling sound effects suitable for paranormal scenes, rituals, and tribal ceremonies.
30 files · 995 MB · Metadata
96 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
A malfunctioning hair dryer yielded unique sound effects, including servo noises, switch clicks, EMF tones, and its final mechanical failure - complete with authentic foley elements.
70 files · 117.1 MB · Metadata
-28%
48 kHz, 24-bit. Formats: Stereo.
Professional voice actors deliver menacing sound effects featuring demon king and imp vocalizations, including grunts, laughs, spellcasting lines, and atmospheric death cries for dark fantasy productions.
136 files · 119 MB
Was $35.00, now $25.00
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A good death sound has to read instantly. In a busy fight the player needs to know an enemy is finished without looking, so game death cries tend to be short and a little bigger than life. The libraries here cover human and monster deaths. Actors deliver last breaths and death screams at different intensities, and Pain sounds, often from the same performers, lead into them, so a fight can build to its end in the same voice. The creature sets give an Orc or a zombie its own way of going. Leave a moment of silence after a death and it hits harder. The retro sets are lighter, for platformers where dying is part of the fun.

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