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Breath of Death VII: The Beginning: Reanimated

Breath of Death VII: The Beginning: Reanimated

The fast-paced supernatural RPG, Breath of Death VII, has been resurrected and remastered! Embark with our undead heroes on a bone-rattling post-apocalyptic adventure through an undead world, now more vibrant than ever, to exhume the mysteries of the past.

Released Dec 12, 2024 Developer Shadow Layer Games LLC Platforms Windows RPGTurn-Based StrategyJRPGComedy2D
View on Steam ↗ $1.74 (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

89.4%positive66 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Unique mini RPG with good humor. Interesting new take on an old battle system. You'll beat it in a weekend, but you'll remember it for a long time.”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Recommended. A brisk, joke-dense retro turn-based RPG about a silent skeleton and a chatty ghost that turns random-encounter grinding into a player-owned choice, and mostly nails it. The capped encounter pools per area are the smartest idea on offer: exhaust a region's battles…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A fun shorter turn based RPG in which the humor surprised me. Hard mode is far too annoying to be worth the effort and normal is a bit too easy. All the achievements are naturally obtainable (sans buying an item. finding peoples secret weapons, & using the chat command). It…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

18achievements
35.5%median completion
16.2%rarest: Enter the Dragonduck
81.9% of players 62.4% of players 60.3% of players 48.2% of players 42.4% of players 41.4% of players 37.2% of players 36.6% of players 35.5% of players 35.5% of players 29.5% of players 25.9% of players 24.0% of players 23.7% of players 23.0% of players 22.0% of players 16.2% of players 16.2% of players 81.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
81.9%Ghost Historian — Recruit Sara to the party
62.4%Buddy Banter — Use the Chat command
60.3%Don't Fear the Reaper — Defeat the Grim Reaper boss
Rarest badges of honor
16.2%Enter the Dragonduck — Start Dragonduck Mode
16.2%Duckie Takedown — Defeat the Dragonduck secret boss
22.0%Pew Pew — Find Lita's laser gun

Latest official news

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Apr 24, 2025
Update Notes for April 24, 2025

Fixes since the last update: - Updated abilities that target random enemies - Hits will now always land on enemies (at random per the ability) and will not "miss." The number of hits will also corresp

Feb 26, 2025
Update Notes for February 26, 2025

Fixes since the last update notes: - Fixed Solar Flare, where in some cases it was inaccessible from the menu - Actions no longer occur while Escaping - Fix: rapidly tapping confirm on one unite no lo

Jan 17, 2025
Update Notes for Jan. 16, 2025

Here are the fixes/tweaks that are now live since the last Update Notes post: - Fixed collision/sticking point in southwestern part of World map - Fixed some stat boosts (such as to MP or HP) for vari

Dec 21, 2024
Quick fix - Sara Level-up HP fix

There was an issue where level-up stats for Sara were inaccurately affected when the Health Ring was equipped. That should now be fixed. Thank you!

Dec 20, 2024
Some bug fixes - Update Notes for December 20

Bug fix update: - Blessing ability no longer overwritten by Hailstorm/Snowstorm - Level-up reward for Dem at Level 21 is fixed (where it would repeat previous choices in certain circumstances) - Sands

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresIndie, RPG
Player tagsRPG · Turn-Based Strategy · JRPG · Comedy · 2D · Turn-Based Combat · Funny · Post-apocalyptic · Horror · Top-Down · Colorful · Controller (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements18
Official sitehttp://www.shadowlayergames.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 1.7 GHz Dual Core or Greater Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 405 Graphics DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 500 MB available space