The Unliving

About

In The Unliving, you play as a necromancer building and commanding an ever-growing army of the dead in a real-time rogue-lite RPG. Explore procedurally generated lands, battle living forces, and use magic to resurrect foes into your undead ranks. Each fallen enemy becomes a new unit with abilities tied to their past lives like cursed priests or corrupted knights. Combat blends fast melee slashing with strategic spellcasting as you crush villages, loot artifacts, and figure out traps in a world where every death reshapes your army and approach. The game shines in its recursive cycle of destruction and rebirth. Players praise the depth of unit customization and the tension of losing progress only to reclaim it with new tactics. No two runs share the same layout or enemy encounters, keeping replayability high. The narrative threads about immortality and forbidden power feel tightly woven into gameplay, with secrets about the necromancer’s origins hidden in environmental storytelling. With sharp action-RPG mechanics and a runtime of 15, 20 hours per playthrough, it’s a grind-heavy experience that thrives on its macabre creativity.

Storyline

Necromancy is the core of our story. It is deeply embedded in the structure of the world, personal story of the hero and other characters. The theme of wielding the forbidden power to break free from the authority fuels the conflict and inspires our world-building. The realm of the living has been corrupted to its core and a storm is coming to change the world order. This storm is you, a mighty Necromancer, a sorcerer who denies death and leads the legions of the dead. Clerics and lords hope to hide behind high walls, but there’s no stronghold to cover them from your wrath. Smite hundreds of those standing in your way and turn them into your tools on the way to a greater purpose. TURN ENEMIES INTO YOUR UNDEAD ARMY Each fallen foe can be resurrected and added to your army to create unlimited legions of the dead. These re-animated creatures have their own unique abilities, such as the undead Priest whose blessings in life, will now curse your enemies in death. CRUSH EVERYONE IN YOUR WAY Only some of the living are helpless victims, the rest can retaliate against your forces. They hold the line, move in large groups and wield powerful abilities too. They cherish their lives and will not fall easily, so unleash hell as the Undead Lord to bring them to their knees. CONQUER UNCHARTED LANDS 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. UNRAVEL THE MYSTERIES OF NECROMANCY Collect cryptic notes, force answers out of your enemies and study the writings of the ancient artefacts to gather the lost memories of the Necromancer piece by piece as you reveal the nature of his immortality, the secrets of his phylactery companion and find out the grim truth about the supreme hierarchies of the Church. DIE AND RISE AGAIN The ability to deny death itself is the greatest secret of the Necromancer. Another mortal strike is merely a setback for him. Take a lesson from your death and don’t let your enemies catch you the same way twice.