Sword of the Necromancer

Release Date: January 28, 2021

RPG, fantasy, hack'and'slash, roguelike, 2D, dungeon-crawler, top-down, crowdfunding, indie games, action RPG, singleplayer

6.4

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70%

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Sword of the Necromancer is a dungeon crawler with elements of a roguelike, in which we play the hero who intends to fight a sinister necromancer and bring back to life his dead beloved. Before he can do this, however, the protagonist has to travel through vast underground areas and confront enemy troops.

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6.4

OpenCritic Rating

Game is Recomended by 23% of Critics. There are 28 Critic Reviews.

OpenCritic

Checkpoint Gaming: 6 / 10 by David McNamara

As much as I wanted to love Sword of the Necromancer (particularly after getting further into the story) it’s held back by so many annoyances that I didn’t have an amazing time playing through it. There are definitely some cool ideas, and the enemy design in particular is excellent, but issues with its core gameplay keep it from being the fun little experience I was hoping for.

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GamingTrend: 85 / 100 by David Flynn

Sword of the Necromancer manages to bring something new to the flooded rogue-like genre while providing a heartwarming story. It has a multitude of options to allow players to tailor the game to their liking. It's breadth of mechanics allow for tons of experimentation that will keep you coming back until you finally get the true ending.

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Impulsegamer: 4.25 / 5 by Andrew Holmes

Sword of the Necromancer is a gem of a game. While visually it can look a little repetitive, the game is honestly a ton of fun. I think this one may be a game people remember for a long time.

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70%

STEAM Score

All Reviews: Mostly Positive (247)

STEAM

Sword of the Necromancer is a dungeon crawler enriched with roguelike elements. The game was developed by the independent studio Grimorio of Games.

Plot

Sword of the Necromancer takes us to a fantasy world. The main character of the game is a warrior named Tama, who lost his beloved - Koko. The protagonist decides venture deep into the dark dungeons to kill the sinister necromancer and, with the power thus acquired, bring his beloved back to life.

Mechanics

The action in Sword of the Necromancer is shown from bird's eye view. We explore the procedurally generated dungeons and engage in dynamic battle;in addition to standard opponents, we also have to face powerful bosses. We use a variety of weapons in combat, including the eponymous sword, which enables us to resurrect our slaughtered adversaries to fight alongside us. As we progress, we gain more and more powerful equipment; in addition, we gain experience points and level up, improving protagonist's stats.

In contrast to classic roguelikes, the game does not feature permadeath mechanics. Yes, after death we lose all the equipment we have gained, but we keep half the experience points we have acquired. In addition, at certain moments we can leave the dungeon, although by doing this we will lose all gained EXP (although in this case we keep all our equipment).