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A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.
Necrosmith is a zombies, action roguelike and tower defense game
developed and published by Alawar.
Released on July 13th 2022 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: Russian, English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Polish, Japanese and Spanish - Spain.
It has received 5,094 reviews of which 4,375 were positive and 719 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on K4G.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7 or later
- Processor: Intel Core i5 or equvalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 or equvalent
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Stay Hydrated
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Create an army of undeads using a mix of body parts. Discover builds giving the units a bit of a bonus, unlock a few spells and try to survive. It's a fairly simple game. Liked the style. Very grindy at the start though. But at some point, the game speeds up and you'll be creating vampires, robots and the occasional dragon or demon. Unit AI is pretty basic. Apart from casting some spells on a regular basis and chosing what type of units to keep near your tower, there's not much strategy going on. It's fun for a while, but also forgettable. That said, it costs less than a bottle of milk and lasted me about 20 hours.
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6.5/10 Short sweet game. no replayability you can finish the game under 20 hours or so no story and just some fun ideas.
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Necrosmith is an inventive blend of light strategy, roguelite progression, and chaotic minion management wrapped in a tongue-in-cheek necromancy theme. Developed and published by Alawar, it places you in the role of a reclusive necromancer who sits inside a magically fortified tower while assembling an army of stitched-together undead creatures. On the surface, the game appears simple—build units, send them out, survive as long as possible—but the appeal lies in the constant experimentation with bizarre combinations of limbs, cores, and weapons. The game’s pixel-art presentation and humorous tone make it approachable, while the underlying mechanics create a satisfying loop of discovery and incremental advancement. At its heart, Necrosmith revolves around constructing minions from a growing catalogue of body parts harvested from fallen enemies or unlocked through upgrades. Each limb influences the resulting creature’s stats—speed, strength, armor, magic ability—while special cores grant tactical advantages, such as elemental attacks or increased resilience. The joy of creation is central to the experience: every run invites experimentation, and odd combinations often lead to unexpectedly powerful or hilarious results. Once your undead troops are assembled, they roam semi-autonomously across a procedurally generated world, uncovering resources, battling enemies, claiming structures, and spreading your influence outward from the tower. The tower itself functions as the hub of progression and survival. As your units explore and gather materials, you funnel those resources into strengthening your magical base—unlocking new laboratories, boosting defenses, crafting modules that accelerate part generation, or learning spells that can aid your roaming undead. Each decision affects both short-term survival and long-term success, especially since enemy attacks grow stronger and more frequent as time passes. The roguelite structure ensures that, even when you fail, upgrades carry over into the next attempt, gradually broadening your roster of parts and increasing your potential for deep runs. This gradual expansion of possibilities fuels a compelling “just one more run” rhythm. While the game’s concept is strong, its limitations become more noticeable during extended play. Unit AI is intentionally simple, leading to amusing but sometimes frustrating situations where minions wander off in odd directions or prioritize irrelevant targets. You can directly control units one at a time, but broader troop management is limited, preventing more sophisticated strategies from emerging. As you progress, repetition in map layouts and enemy encounters becomes more apparent, and once you have unlocked many upgrades, later runs can feel like variations on a familiar routine. The challenge persists, but the sense of discovery that defines the early hours gradually tapers off. Despite this, Necrosmith remains engaging because its core loop is well-tuned and easy to enjoy in short sessions. The lightweight design makes it accessible to players who may be intimidated by heavier RTS titles, while the fast pace and cheeky humor keep the tone breezy rather than oppressive. The game never takes itself too seriously, and its compact scope works in its favor—offering quick bursts of creativity and strategy without demanding long commitments. The pixel-art visuals, quirky animations, and simple interface support this accessible approach, giving the game a charming personality that fits its playful necromantic theme. Ultimately, Necrosmith succeeds as a compact, addictive sandbox where necromancy becomes a puzzle of resource management, experimentation, and tactical improvisation. It may not offer deep narrative arcs or complex strategic layers, but it excels within its chosen niche by presenting a steady cycle of creation, exploration, and incremental improvement. For players who enjoy building strange creatures, watching emergent chaos unfold, and gradually powering up through repeated runs, Necrosmith offers a surprisingly engaging—and often humorous—take on the RTS and roguelite fusion. It’s a small game with big charm, best enjoyed as a creative playground rather than a grand tactical challenge. Rating: 8/10
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Necrosmith is a great game, it's lots of fun and has a really neat art style. The game play is interesting and in the early to mid-game there's so many different combinations of parts that work it's really interesting. Towards the end of the game you get a bit more limited as enemies get stronger and clearly superior combinations start to emerge. The biggest flaw with this game, and the thing holding back from an easy 10/10 for me is the lack of almost any AI for your troops. You can either manually control a single unit - which is super cool - or you can give them the command to Stand Still - and they'll stay in the exact same spot regardless of anything, or Explore and they'll automatically roam around exploring. Standing still means they'll die when they have no need to. Exploring seems to pick a random target in the nearby area to explore, but because of that your troops end up almost always picking the same target to explore to leading to them all getting bunched up - even when the target they're exploring to is loot on the ground they just have to walk over to pick up so it doesn't require 8 people. I think it'd be really cool if you could upgrade their AI through the Brain in your lair to give them some more controls - like a Guard option - and to upgrade Explore to pathfind better. There's also no way to group units together which I think would be great too. Regardless of that, though, it's still a really fun game that's absolutely worth a look.
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For the price I thought it was very fun. So many different units, I'm not even sure that I saw them all. If you're going for the achievements it can get grindy. No matter how you look at it, it's a deal, especially when on sale.
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Necrosmith is currently priced at 2.99€ on Steam.
Necrosmith is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 2.99€ on Steam.
Necrosmith received 4,375 positive votes out of a total of 5,094 achieving a rating of 8.31.
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Necrosmith was developed and published by Alawar.
Necrosmith is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Necrosmith is not playable on MacOS.
Necrosmith is not playable on Linux.
Necrosmith is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Necrosmith. Explore additional content available for Necrosmith on Steam.
Necrosmith does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Necrosmith does not support Steam Remote Play.
Necrosmith is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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