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The Necromancer's Tale

91% positive of 966 Steam reviews

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Released
2025
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, PlayStation

Made by Psychic Software.

About the game

A story-rich gothic RPG. Master the rituals of an ancient spellbook. Commune with the realm of the dead and struggle with your descent into madness. Build the power to raise an undead army and march against your enemies. Progress through secrecy, diplomacy, blackmail, coercion and seduction.

Tagged by players

  • Gothic
  • Narrative
  • CRPG
  • Alternate History
  • Isometric
  • Lore-Rich
  • Zombies
  • Detective
  • Magic
  • Dialogue Heavy
  • Turn-Based Combat
  • Turn-Based Tactics

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Bought it a while ago and only recently started it, but this is actually quite fun. It's as if Marry Shelly wrote Disco Elysium! I do gotta warn others though, there is a metric ass ton of reading in this game. It's a slow burn mystery sort of thing, I adore it, but for people looking for a faster paced game this may not be it. You don't even get to any necromancy for the first few hours of the game, you're pretty…

    11 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    Tremendously good story. Really entertaining and slow burn of gaining power as a Necromancer. The characters were all very well realized and the plot arcs engaging. The quests to get various items for your spells are really well designed and realistic. They make you think but never use moon logic. There are also multiple solutions to most of them. The actual gameplay mechanics however, are very clunky. Moving your…

    29 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    Game has a beautiful and immersive story, yet poor and confusing interface. Play it only if you can endure the quirks of a laggy UI and having the "unstuck" command as your closest friend. I wish the game would've been a full point-and-click adventure without the combat, rather than a combination of both

    41 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.

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