Released in 2023 for PC and Mac, *The Unliving* is a dark fantasy action RPG that incorporates elements of real-time strategy, hack-and-slash, and adventure. Players assume the role of a Necromancer, a sorcerer with the power to raise the dead and command undead armies.

Story and Setting

The game's narrative explores themes of forbidden power and rebellion against a corrupt authority. As the Necromancer, you lead legions of undead to challenge the established order, confronting clerics, lords, and other forces seeking to maintain their power. The storyline unfolds through the collection of cryptic notes, interrogation of enemies, and the study of ancient artifacts, gradually revealing the Necromancer's past, the secrets of immortality, and the grim truth about the Church's hierarchies.

Gameplay Mechanics

The core gameplay loop of *The Unliving* centers around raising the dead to expand your army. Fallen enemies can be resurrected and added to your ranks, each retaining unique abilities from their former lives. Players navigate randomly generated landscapes filled with creatures, artifacts, secret rooms, and traps. The world is populated by various inhabitants, from feeble peasants to formidable foes, requiring players to adapt their strategies and effectively utilize their undead legions.

Key Features

A key mechanic is the Necromancer's ability to deny death. Upon defeat, players can learn from their mistakes and rise again, retaining knowledge and experience to overcome future challenges. Each fallen foe can be resurrected and added to the undead army, creating unlimited legions of the dead. These re-animated creatures retain their own unique abilities.

What makes the world unique?

The world is randomly generated for each run and is richly populated with an array of creatures, artefacts, secret rooms and deadly traps. Each part of the world is occupied by a variety of living inhabitants - invade villages and slay feeble peasants to reinforce your army or engage in a desperate fight to the death in the swamps against formidable foes.

Additional Information

*The Unliving* combines elements of real-time strategy, role-playing, hack-and-slash action, adventure, and indie elements into a dark fantasy experience.