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The Unliving

RocketBrush Games · Team17 Digital · 2023-10-26

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

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.

4
playing now
62%
positive of 899 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$16.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 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

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 36% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–40k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 899 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.31-81%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 108 of 173 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1402026-08-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 19:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 4 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

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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