The Unliving

Item: The Unliving
Rating: 40
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-02

Summary

Engaging art and fun gameplay
Authentic necromancer horde control
Major bugs and poor AI
Weak progression and repetitive gameplay
Unfinished and abandoned by developers
Roguelite death-progression loop

Emotions

Frustration29%Disappointment26%Satisfaction19%Excitement5%Hope5%

Reviews (sample size): 168
Helpful reviews: 88%
Unhelpful reviews: 12%
Protest reviews: 0%

40%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
60%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 409
Negative points: 924
Gameplay points: 124
Perf. points: 15
Rec. points: 108
Misc points: 20

Point	Description	Importance
Engaging Art & Fun Gameplay Description Reviewers consistently praise the game's beautiful and detailed pixel art style, finding it visually captivating. The gameplay is described as fun, addictive, easy to pick up, and offers a refreshing and unique experience. Importance 58%	Reviewers consistently praise the game's beautiful and detailed pixel art style, finding it visually captivating. The gameplay is described as fun, addictive, easy to pick up, and offers a refreshing and unique experience.	58%
Authentic Necromancer Horde Control Description The game excels at delivering the fantasy of being a powerful necromancer, allowing players to raise and control massive hordes of undead. This core mechanic provides a unique sense of power and is central to the gameplay experience, with specific praise for horde management and minion control. Importance 40%	The game excels at delivering the fantasy of being a powerful necromancer, allowing players to raise and control massive hordes of undead. This core mechanic provides a unique sense of power and is central to the gameplay experience, with specific praise for horde management and minion control.	40%
Rich Lore & Solid Writing Description The game features a well-written world with intriguing lore, compelling characters, and engaging dialogue. Reviewers appreciate the attention to detail in the story building, which provides a solid foundation and adds significant interest to the game. Importance 27%	The game features a well-written world with intriguing lore, compelling characters, and engaging dialogue. Reviewers appreciate the attention to detail in the story building, which provides a solid foundation and adds significant interest to the game.	27%
Strong Potential & Concept Description The game is recognized for its fantastic and promising core idea, with reviewers noting its significant potential to become an excellent and endlessly playable title. A lot of effort and love from the developers is evident in its current state. Importance 16%	The game is recognized for its fantastic and promising core idea, with reviewers noting its significant potential to become an excellent and endlessly playable title. A lot of effort and love from the developers is evident in its current state.	16%
Stable Performance & Value Description The game is noted for having few bugs and functioning well, with AI that responds to player commands. Reviewers consider it a solid product for its price, indicating good value and a generally smooth experience. Importance 12%	The game is noted for having few bugs and functioning well, with AI that responds to player commands. Reviewers consider it a solid product for its price, indicating good value and a generally smooth experience.	12%
Engaging Roguelite Progression Description The game features a fun and engaging roguelite loop, encouraging 'die and retry' gameplay with constant evolution. Players appreciate the abundance of skills, weapons, and ability combinations, allowing for significant build diversity and replayability. Importance 11%	The game features a fun and engaging roguelite loop, encouraging 'die and retry' gameplay with constant evolution. Players appreciate the abundance of skills, weapons, and ability combinations, allowing for significant build diversity and replayability.	11%
Extensive Spell & Build Variety Description The game offers a very large number of spells and skill trees, leading to excellent build diversity. This variety ensures each round feels unique and allows players to experiment with different combinations and progression paths. Importance 10%	The game offers a very large number of spells and skill trees, leading to excellent build diversity. This variety ensures each round feels unique and allows players to experiment with different combinations and progression paths.	10%
Lively & Innovative Combat Description Combat mechanics are described as lively, fun, and engaging, with reviewers noting the innovative and novel gameplay experience. The visuals also contribute to clarity even during intense, screen-filling combat scenarios. Importance 7%	Combat mechanics are described as lively, fun, and engaging, with reviewers noting the innovative and novel gameplay experience. The visuals also contribute to clarity even during intense, screen-filling combat scenarios.	7%
Unique Sacrifice Mechanic Description The game incorporates a unique and impactful sacrifice system, allowing players to utilize dark arts, blood, bones, and souls. Sacrificing different zombie types for varied effects is a core and enjoyable mechanic that intensifies combat. Importance 5%	The game incorporates a unique and impactful sacrifice system, allowing players to utilize dark arts, blood, bones, and souls. Sacrificing different zombie types for varied effects is a core and enjoyable mechanic that intensifies combat.	5%