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An Ankou
Death is not the end. You’ve been chosen as the Ankou, a servant of Death who aids lost souls using the tools of your old trade. Roam haunted lands to find resources, craft weapons, and slay hordes of demons in this action-exploration roguelike.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“I was so sad to hear that development on this had stopped (there were issues with the publisher I believe) This game had a lot of promise, and is still worth playing in its incomplete state.”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Game is abandoned”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:42 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Important Security Update Available ✅
Update – Oct 10, 12PM CET: ✅ Good news ! The new patch resolving the Unity-related vulnerability is now live . This update fully addresses the issue, and it’s now completely safe to launch and enjoy t
V0.5.2
It's December and holidays are coming soon! For you all to enjoy your cozy winter gaming sesh, we've added some exciting cool stuff this time with many new Steam Achievements to aim for. Like are you
V0.5.1b
Important Balance change: - The Soldier now starts with the Crossbow instead of the Sword. Sorry we really wanted to do that and forgot to push this change yesterday. Fixes : - The Crossbow spirit was
Quality of Life V0.5.1
New Features: The second music track (music of Noz-Ha-Deiz) is now in its complete and glorious state with live recordings of violin! The in game pause menu now features a character sheets with all st
V0.4.2c
It's Halloween! Features : - You can't craft a healing potion when you're full life - You can't craft ammunitions when you're already maxed out Balance Changes : - Spiders are now a bit slower and onl
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Early Access |
| Player tags | Exploration · Rogue-like · Action Roguelike · Arcade · Hack and Slash · Dark Fantasy · Top-Down · Action · Crafting · Survival · Singleplayer · Bullet Hell (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 24 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10+ Processor: Intel I3 or equivalent and above Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce 10 series equivalent or above DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: Anything that goes beyond bleep