Permadeath?

[Rayquandia]

Is the game Permadeath? Interested in buying the game. If it isnt, does it work like Botw? And if so, how often does the game autosave / can you save the game yourself?

[Perseus]

It's not permadeath, and the save system is based on set locations with requirements. More precisely : the game saves your progress when you hibernate in a shelter with enough food. The game will also save when you die, but in that case you're just brought back to the latest shelter you hibernated at.
In other words, shelters are checkpoints.

[a dead meme]

there is no permadeath and the game only saves in shelters which you can find about 7-2 of them in each region.

[ivan866_z]

there are checkpoints in the game, but you have to keep your character well-fed in order to use one
there is no permadeath on normal difficulty; hard difficulty unlocks once you have completed the game for the first time; hard difficulty has number of checkpoints you can use limited; once you ve used them all (19 times), the game is over (kind of permadeath)
using a checkpoint is the only way to save progress; using a wrong checkpoint also saves your game, even if it is not the way you want to go (and there are a few places which you dont wanna go, actually)

[Jevmen]

Hunter gamemode Is permadead, after cycle 20-25 you will get drastically debuffed and the run will end if you die