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Boneraiser Minions
Amass an army of undead to fight endless waves of heroes intent to end your boneraising ways! In this gothic auto-battler rogue-lite Survivor-like, use the bones of slain heroes to raise your minions, collect relics and spells, and unlock meta upgrades, all to survive King Gigald's crusade!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
36 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“content!!!! so much content and alot of depth and fun oh and theres a certain plumber you can unlock!”
12 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“The best of the bunch from the crop of Vampire Survivors influenced games. Does its own thing, incorporates tower defense, unique characters, and interesting progression better than any of the others I played, plus a…”
“Cool bullet hell game. I like the art style and music esp. Gameplay and progression is great.”
10 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“content!!!! so much content and alot of depth and fun oh and theres a certain plumber you can unlock!”
“This is a gem with a ton of replay value and lots of content for the money.”
“Simple and addictive with lots of content.”
10 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“This is a gem with a ton of replay value and lots of content for the money.”
“The game for the price is really worth it, and it's a nice vampire survivor like that is enjoyable for 10-15h. But the 100% completion is where it get pretty repetitive, the 3 game modes you have to do feels very…”
“Really an outstanding game. I wouldn't have expected so much, given the low price tag and the one man dev team, but I keep coming back to it. I would also recommend Spirits Abyss from the same dev.”
9 of the 69 reviews raise this.
“Cool bullet hell game. I like the art style and music esp. Gameplay and progression is great.”
“Great pixel graphics, fun gameplay. The meta upgrades and game are very strong. You pretty much start with nothing and have to unlock everything, including basic moves like dash and names of minions and relics. So there…”
“i love this game! good options, you can make it halloween or christmas theme and change outline of enemies to see them better. i like the music very much. it's so fun to discover new minions. i like this better than…”
6 of the 69 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“The game for the price is really worth it, and it's a nice vampire survivor like that is enjoyable for 10-15h. But the 100% completion is where it get pretty repetitive, the 3 game modes you have to do feels very…”
6 of the 69 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a bit barebones with the information so there's a bit of trial and error with which spells work with what class. And I'm pretty sure it's a bit buggy in areas. For example, summoning an extra giant Potussy (yes,…”
3 of the 69 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a bit barebones with the information so there's a bit of trial and error with which spells work with what class. And I'm pretty sure it's a bit buggy in areas. For example, summoning an extra giant Potussy (yes,…”
“i love this game! good options, you can make it halloween or christmas theme and change outline of enemies to see them better. i like the music very much. it's so fun to discover new minions. i like this better than…”
Counted across 69 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“At first glance, you would be forgiven for looking at Boneraiser Minions as just another Survivors-like. However, it quickly reveals a mechanical depth that puts its peers to shame. It functions less like a knockoff and more like a fully-inspired reinterpretation of the formula,…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“One of those rare games that genuinely earns its place in the genre. Not a Vampire Survivors clone, it takes the formula and builds something with real identity on top of it. Gothic pixel art that slaps, and a dark humor that runs through every corner of the game. The meta…”
— a player, Steam review · 53 hrs played“A great addition to the genre. I have yet to complete the game in it's entirety, however it does seem to be evident as to what remains, which i believe shows one of this games better aspects and that's a deliberate reveal of the flow and features of the game, put simply it…”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
The Xenosensory Awaits...
Greetings again filthy boneraisers. Hope you aren't too worn out after raising all those new years bones! Over the Winter I've been beavering away myself with another game that I just released last we
Patch v37.9
//bug fixes - Boneworld Challenges - Daily: On the Game Over screen pressing the Menu Back button would make the menu inactive. - Castle Conquest game mode - Choose Path screen: Having a Divine Coiler
Patch v37.8
//misc changes - The various 'Skirmish Supremacy' achievements are now triggered after scoring 99,999+ (instead of 111,111+), which also affects the Skirmish related Hub gems. - Psycho Possessed class
Patch v37.7
//bug fixes - Hub: Opening the Choose Class menu when using full Mouse Support would cause a crash. - Psycho Possessed class: His game mode win gems were being associated to the class he's currently p
Patch v37.6
//misc changes - Mausoleum Awakens game mode - Wizarding Library map: The speed at which the Sorcery Archives restock with new spells has been slightly increased and a bit more random. - Godly Vessel
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Action Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Pixel Graphics · Rogue-lite · 2D · Vampire · Indie · Singleplayer · Casual · Arcade · Action · RPG (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play Together · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 202 |
| Official site | http://caiysware.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 1 GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 175 MB available space