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The Unliving

RocketBrush Games · Team17 Digital · 2023-10-26

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 26, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

The Unliving is a 2023 Action, Adventure, Indie and RPG game priced at $16.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 900 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000.

5
playing now
62%
positive of 900 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Necromancy is the core of our story. It is deeply embedded in the structure of the world, personal story of the hero and other characters. The theme of wielding the forbidden power to break free from the authority fuels the conflict and inspires our world-building. The realm of the living has been corrupted to its core and a storm is coming to change the world order. This storm is you, a mighty Necromancer, a sorcerer who denies death and leads the legions of the dead. Clerics and lords hope to hide behind high walls, but there’s no stronghold to cover them from your wrath. Smite hundreds of (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 32 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (271 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 900 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.36 at GameBillet (2025-11-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 92 of 150 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17617620222026Week of 2022-11-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1312026-09-15 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$2.362022-11-022026-08-252022-11-02 — best price $14.932022-12-11 — best price $13.652023-01-11 — best price $15.252023-03-16 — best price $11.552023-05-11 — best price $14.842023-06-17 — best price $13.592023-08-06 — best price $14.842023-10-11 — best price $14.272023-11-20 — best price $8.392024-01-04 — best price $16.992024-02-06 — best price $16.992024-03-18 — best price $8.352024-04-29 — best price $10.192024-06-01 — best price $16.142024-07-11 — best price $16.992024-08-08 — best price $15.252024-09-19 — best price $8.502024-10-28 — best price $4.912024-11-29 — best price $4.442024-12-26 — best price $5.342025-01-16 — best price $14.272025-03-13 — best price $5.772025-04-10 — best price $16.992025-06-03 — best price $14.272025-07-22 — best price $14.032025-09-03 — best price $15.592025-10-03 — best price $4.252025-10-27 — best price $3.612025-12-02 — best price $4.062026-01-16 — best price $3.052026-02-14 — best price $2.952026-03-12 — best price $3.132026-04-16 — best price $3.392026-05-13 — best price $16.992026-06-04 — best price $3.052026-07-14 — best price $16.492026-08-12 — best price $16.992026-08-25 — best price $3.31
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
98.6%
earned "Honor for Him"
11.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2022-11-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,0201%69

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGActionZombiesAdventureDifficultIsometricAction RPGRogue-likeRogue-litePerma Death

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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