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Iratus: Lord of the Dead

Iratus: Lord of the Dead

Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!

Released Apr 23, 2020 Developer Unfrozen Publisher Daedalic Entertainment Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux RPGStrategyIndieTurn-Based CombatRogue-like
View on Steam ↗ $2.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

85.7%positive7,810 reviews
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“This is my favorite turn-based combat game. Before playing this, I wasn't really into turn-based games at all, but this completely changed my perspective. One of the coolest things about the game is the concept , you defeat enemies and then use their parts (hearts, bones,…”

— a player, Steam review · 59 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“Lol, yeah, I think I get it. I really do. The devs clearly played Darkest Dungeon (a good game, btw) and suffered through the same pain as I did. You know, where your “heroes” are basically a rotating cast of expendable idiots, capped at level 6, and emotionally easier to…”

— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“After this developer reeleased new HOMM, I remembered that they have another game that they released, this one, years ago, I played it for a bit, but never finished it, got distracted by something else at the time. I came back to this game and finished it in one sitting. Here is…”

— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:59 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

50playing at last check
4924-hour peak
4,238all-time peak
0 1k 2k 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 1.4k avg · Jul 2019

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

75achievements
17.5%median completion
0.5%rarest: Graveyard Call - III
89.1% of players 78.1% of players 67.9% of players 63.0% of players 59.8% of players 53.4% of players 53.2% of players 49.6% of players 49.1% of players 47.7% of players 47.7% of players 46.4% of players 42.2% of players 36.7% of players 36.3% of players 35.0% of players 33.7% of players 31.8% of players 29.2% of players 28.4% of players 28.3% of players 27.3% of players 26.3% of players 25.3% of players 25.2% of players 25.0% of players 24.7% of players 24.5% of players 24.0% of players 23.5% of players 21.5% of players 21.1% of players 20.1% of players 20.1% of players 19.6% of players 18.3% of players 17.9% of players 17.5% of players 17.2% of players 16.2% of players 15.8% of players 15.7% of players 15.5% of players 15.0% of players 14.9% of players 13.8% of players 13.7% of players 13.2% of players 12.1% of players 11.0% of players 11.0% of players 10.9% of players 10.6% of players 9.6% of players 9.1% of players 7.3% of players 6.5% of players 5.9% of players 4.3% of players 4.0% of players 89.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
89.1%Improvement — Level up Iratus
78.1%Path of the Necromancer — Complete the tutorial
67.9%Cursed Creature — Unlock the Mummy
Rarest badges of honor
0.5%Graveyard Call - III — Kill 1000 enemies in the Cemetery
0.6%Nightmare of the Humanity - III — Kill 1,000 enemies in the Cathedral
0.6%Revealed Secrets - III — Kill 1,000 enemies in the Catacombs

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$2.99−90% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$29.99base price
$2.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-16
US2.99 USD−90%
EU2.99 EUR−90%
UK2.49 GBP−90%
Australia4.29 AUD−90%
Canada3.99 CAD−90%
Japan389 JPY−90%
Brazil9.99 BRL−90%
China14.90 CNY−90%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$2.0 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$3.4

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Nov 06, 2025
Celebrate the Release of Bloodgrounds with us

Greetings fellow Necromancers, Today we released Bloodgrounds together with our friends from Exordium Games into Early Access: In this brand new turn-based Strategy RPG, you battle in challenging tact

Aug 22, 2024
Announcement: A new Heroes of Might and Magic by Unfrozen is coming soon!

Greetings, necromancers! We are thrilled to announce that our next project, Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, the official prequel of HoMM, has been revealed at Gamescom 2024! Yes, you read right!

Apr 23, 2024
Iratus 4rth Anniversary

Hello, necromancers! Today Iratus: Lord of the Dead turns four 🎉 Birthdays are usually the time when we turn our inner gaze backwards. We decided to turn our gaze to one of the studio's veterans: Alex

Dec 29, 2023
2023 in Review

2023 was a pivotal year for Unfrozen. We've done a lot — and you'll start seeing the results next year. ːiratus_medallionː Growth and Expansion This year, we welcomed more talented professionals to th

Nov 17, 2023
Turn-Based-Tactics Bundle with 64% discount!

Get ready for an exceptional deal! This exclusive bundle offers you two incredible turn-based strategy games: Iratus: Lord of the Dead and Inkulinati. Grab them with a massive 64% discount, available

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsRPG · Strategy · Indie · Turn-Based Combat · Rogue-like · Villain Protagonist · Dark Fantasy · Rogue-lite · Dark · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Tactics · Lovecraftian (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Russian * , French * , German * , Spanish - Spain, Korean, Simplified Chinese * , Traditional Chinese * , Japanese * , Polish, Turkish, Hungarian *
Achievements75
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://iratus.org/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 - 64 Bit Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Open GL 3.2+ Compliant DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 3500 MB available space Sound Card: Direct X9 Compatible