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The Unliving
Raise the dead as a fearsome Necromancer in the dark world of The Unliving! Lead your undead armies into the endless fight in this rogue-lite action RPG game. Burn cities to ash with devastating magic spells, slay epic bosses and turn your enemies into morbid servants.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“the game is good but not for everyone”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“You want to be the worst necromancer there ever was? Play this game and experience the dumbest minions ever and the clunkiest controls in existance.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Looks good, but gameplay just aint it. Rougelite, but outside of spells you don't really feel much difference or from run to run.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 18:54 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest 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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The Unliving is Out now in Full Access!
The Unliving is a dynamic rogue-lite action RPG with strategic elements. Command legions of undead, wield powerful spells and explore a mystical world, all realised with darkly extravagant pixel-art.
The Unliving | Launching into Full Access on October 26th
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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, Adventure, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Action · Singleplayer · Adventure · Zombies · Hack and Slash · Villain Protagonist · Dungeon Crawler · Action Roguelike · Perma Death · Difficult · Rogue-lite (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese |
| Achievements | 69 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://theunlivinggame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 or AMD FX-4350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 5750, 1 GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Title is not supported on DirectX 10