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Animyst
Explore a strange and dark afterlife as the Undead. Inhabit the body of a Skeleton or Fleshy Corpse and build a new life in The Droughts, a giant desert of ancient ruins and occult monsters. Craft powerful spells and befriend or battle other players in a single open online world...
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“This game is really captivating and even though the overworld is a barren dead wasteland there seems to be a good few secrets I would really like to uncover... but the server lag is so bad that it's very hard to fight creatures or get anything done, which is a shame”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Surreal, yet oddly captivating in its own bizarre way.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“This should be the baseline for every single AAA going into the future”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:30 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.
Throne improvement and bug fixes
Patch Notes: -Thrones will prevent building decay in The Ruins only. -Fixed a bug that caused Groundskeepers, Thrones, Fossil and Amber pieces to take full damage instead of the reduced amounts listed
The Final Resting Place
The end is here. This will be the final major update to Animyst. A new vast desert has been added, The Ruins. It is a dead land of rocks and sand, but brings great opportunities for those who wish to
Monster Violence
-Monsters now spawn in proximity from their spawners and staggered over time to address issues with then spawning in stuck. This will make monsters seem much more aggressive. -Bug fixed where fossil a
Bug Fixes
-Bug fixes for the end-game crafting recipes. -Optimization of server cleanup/lag reduction process.
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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, Adventure, Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG |
| Player tags | Dark Fantasy · Demons · Horror · Philosophical · Surreal · War · Free to Play · Indie · PvP · MMORPG · Sandbox · Massively Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · In-App Purchases |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5- 2 Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 6 GB available space Additional Notes: Must have a 64-bit processor and operating system. Game may run below minimum requirements at a slower frame-rate.