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Breath of Death VII
Resurrect the classic era of RPGs with the retro parody RPG, Breath of Death VII: The Beginning. Join Dem the Skeleton Knight, Sara the ghost historian, Lita the vampire techie, and Erik the zombie prince as they explore an undead world in search of the secrets of the past. Laugh! Cry! Laugh some mo
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Breath of Death is a grindy, old school JRPG on the level of the original Dragon Warrior. There are some interesting options at level up and some minor humor, but you have to really be up for 95% of your time to be spent in random encounter fights.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“The best Breath of Death so far”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“Undead mage casts fireball into his own skull and yells retro. I laugh so hard my cat files for emancipation. Pixel necromancer is now my therapist. Ten out of ten bones would die again”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:50 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | JRPG · RPG · Funny · Indie · Retro · Comedy · Pixel Graphics · Singleplayer · Turn-Based · Parody · Short · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Controller | Full support |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://zeboyd.com/2010/02/01/breath-of-death-vii-the-beginning/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7 Processor: 1.6Ghz or higher Memory: 1GB Hard Disk Space: 200 MB Video Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible DirectX®: 9.0c compatible Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible Additional: Current version of Windows Media Player