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Hands of Necromancy
Hands of Necromancy is a Dark Fantasy FPS metroidvania, inspired by classics such as Heretic and made with the GZDoom engine. Wield weapons, magic or transform into a fearsome monster to slay your foes, then raise them as undead servants and unleash even more carnage to become a master Necromancer!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Nothing wrong with the game overall. I finished the first chapter boss and don't really want to continue. The game plays somwhat similar to Hexen. You progress towards a central HUB level, travel to different levels slowly unlocking new sections, before progressing linearly…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“This is a B-side Heretic / Hexen and I thought it was ok. Started off fun and the levels were pretty cool. After awhile the weapons got boring and then it felt like a drag. I'm glad it wasn't any longer than what it was for I was just wanting it to end and I wasn't having fun…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“This is one of those games where I wish Steam had a neutral review option First of all what I do like. The level design is really good, outside of a few minor hiccups, I thoroughly enjoyed exploring. The devs also did a great job of leaning into Doom's graphical aesthetic. Also…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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New Patch is Live Now!
Hello everyone! It's patch time today! We have a few important fixes that needed to be done, thank you all for keeping your eyes open and for reporting the issues! Please, keep doing so on our Discord
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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 |
| Player tags | Boomer Shooter · FPS · Shooter · First-Person · Singleplayer · Dark Fantasy · Action · Metroidvania · 3D · Demons · Pixel Graphics · Stylized (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian * |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: 64-bit Dual-Core with SSE2 support 2.4GHz+ Memory: 2048 MB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 4.2 Storage: 400 MB available space Sound Card: Any with proper Windows drivers