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Raise the dead as a fearsome Necromancer in the dark world of The Unliving! Lead your undead armies into the endless fight in this rogue-lite action RPG game. Burn cities to ash with devastating magic spells, slay epic bosses and turn your enemies into morbid servants.

The Unliving is a rpg, action and singleplayer game developed by RocketBrush Games and published by Team17 Digital.
Released on October 26th 2023 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 825 reviews of which 527 were positive and 298 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.2 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 16.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.44€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified The Unliving into these genres:

RPG Action Singleplayer Adventure Zombies Hack and Slash Villain Protagonist Dungeon Crawler Action Roguelike Perma Death Difficult Rogue-lite Action RPG Isometric Rogue-like Horror Procedural Generation Lore-Rich Pixel Graphics Hand-drawn

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD FX-4350
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 5750, 1 GB
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Title is not supported on DirectX 10

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March 2025
This game was and interesting and engaging. Pros + The story, I loved the macabre story. + Lore and setting was intriguing. + Character were unique and i want to know more about them. + Combat was fun, spell great variety made each round unique, army management was easy but a bit hit and missed when it came to attacking every so often. Act like a weak mage , hide behind your army and avoid range attacks and you will easily finish the game with that mind set in mind. + Controls were easy to understand and master. Cons - Bugs were annoying and one with the giant where you sacrifice round it caused it to get stuck forcing me to quit the round. When using bone attack spell with final boss caused crashes. But other then those 2 bugs, the others could be over looked there. - Achievements was a pain in the butt, even wrote my first ever guide to help with one. The worst was dying 100 time I set out to die about 86-93 time give or take. Overall, I give 7.5 out of 10 I had a good time with this game. you will too if your enjoy a macabre game.
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Dec. 2024
Why is this game getting so much hate? Graphics are decent (pixelated sprites with lighting effects, sweet!), and in my opinion the gameplay is a lot better than most other reviews claim it to be. The complaint I read most often is the limitiation of 80 undead to use for your army... Yeah well, there are items and skills you can use to circumvent this limitation, so why all the buzz? Being a roguelite title it's also to be expected to die a lot, upgrade a lot, repeat. Yeah I get it, that's repetitive, right? But so is Vampire Survivors and it is an awesome game anyway. And so is The Unliving if you give it a chance. There's a lot of story going on inbetween your runs to underline the feeling of making progress. Almost every run grants you new abilities to unlock or level up, so the lack of diversity in levels will be compensated with an abundance of skills, weapons and ability combinations to try out. There's also plenty of achievements to go for to keep your interest up. Sound and soundtrack are both adequte, so no real reason to complain here, either. So what if the devs 'abandoned' the game? They delivered a solid product and for 5.99 (during Winter Sale) that's a fair price. I played for about 7 hours now (which I enjoyed quite a bit) and I will come back for several more!
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Sept. 2024
Between this and Sea Salt, I'm thinking these are two of the best pure "Horde", "Necromancy" games. There's a lot of great lore, there's a ton of upgrades and the gameplay is how you'd want a Necromancer game to go. There's great attention to detail in the dialogue, the game system is pretty easy to use and the upgrades are kinda nice. I have no idea what is "mixed" about the reviews in this game. It's one of the few Necromancer games where you play a male and the action and gameplay are pretty awesome. I think this game is being artificially down-voted. I'm not sure what else anyone would be playing for Necromancer class in a necromancer game that's as easy to pick up and play, and has great depth, except for maybe Sea Salt, but that's Cthulhu.
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Aug. 2024
Full disclosure I got it for 8 bucks. For 8 bucks its pretty good. Its got an okay story, easy pick up grind and die mechanics. Rougelike for sure as each map is slightly random. There's a time loop element so be ready for long quest grinds. Competent, is how i'd describe it. Easy like fast food.
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July 2024
Honestly, really solid for a release but like all games, needs work and updates. Unfortunately, the devs kind of dont exist anymore and as such it might be stuck on this version for the forseeable future. Highly recommended to get on sale or something to try out if you like roguelikes and necromancy but unless it gets an update to fix the mob ai or add workshop support so other people can fix the game, dont get at full price.
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The Unliving is currently priced at 16.99€ on Steam.

The Unliving is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 16.99€ on Steam.

The Unliving received 527 positive votes out of a total of 825 achieving a rating of 6.20.
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The Unliving was developed by RocketBrush Games and published by Team17 Digital.

The Unliving is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Unliving is not playable on MacOS.

The Unliving is not playable on Linux.

The Unliving is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for The Unliving. Explore additional content available for The Unliving on Steam.

The Unliving does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Unliving does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Unliving 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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The Unliving
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Release 26 Oct 2023
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