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Sword of the Necromancer
Developer Grimorio of Games
Help Tama to save Koko using the powers of the forbidden Sword of the Necromancer. Turn your foes into allies and reach the depths of the Necromancer's dungeon. Defeat the guardians to gain enough soul power to bring Koko back from the dead, no matter the cost. From the Steam store page
201 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Sep 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
54
Mixed
96 positive · 81 negative
95% range 47–61%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 96 | 81 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
105 of 187 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
At a glance
Sword of the Necromancer is a 2021 action adventure indie video game, from Grimorio of Games.
- 194 people have posted about this game on Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy
- posts span Jan 28, 2021 to Sep 6, 2026
- 54% of 177 Steam reviewers recommend it (their own thumbs)
- Steam reviewers had played a median of 4 h when they wrote
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Sword of the Necromancer sits at 54% positive across 177 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 201 · most liked firstIn times full of samey dungeon crawlers, Sword of the Necromancer stands out. It's a game that puts a huge emphasis on monster possession and how you strategically use the foes you've defeated in combat to survive, not only getting stronger but also getting wiser as you learn the benefits of using enemy patterns and attacks for yourself. It's a game that rewards you for playing your cards right while still retaining the sense of progression and making your gear and monsters stronger. And while…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →be gay, do necromancy
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Way too slow-paced for me, necromancer gimmick is good, but holy crap only 3 slots available for EVERYTHING (items AND monsters) feels kinda wack. When you want to open a chest or convert a monster's corpse, you have to stop moving for a good second, then you're able to press your action key, else you'll just hit the air like an idiot with your sword. Had to redo the tutorial thrice because it didn't register when I left the game twice... Saw the bestiary with only 20 type of monsters, is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33025671-Missi-the-Achievement-Huntress/] Please see my curator page for more games that are well worth your time Approximate amount of time to 100%: 12h Estimated achievement difficulty: 4/10 Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 Has it been in a bundle: No Is there a good guide available: I made a guide. I hope it is helpful. You can find it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far, it's pretty boring and slow paced. Not much variety in game play and enemies, and the unique gimmick, the Necromancy, is not very exciting or well realized. Most of the summons are pretty useless and die quickly with their poor AI. Your inventory space is too limited, only 3 slots for both equipment and monsters. (Technically 4, but your sword always takes one slot.) The Necromancy is what interested me in the game in the first place, but most of the time it seems better to have good…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →just started it, realized Tama was a girl, was even happier I bought this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sword of the Necromancer : Resurrection. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2782880/Sword_of_the_Necromancer_Resurrection/ Best played co-op. Wonderful story with a great ending. Truly beautiful and solid game play. Short 12hr game to 100% complete. Only like 150 reviews.
positive · AI labelView post →I really wanted to like this game, but overall I did not enjoy playing it. The combat system is lackluster. A huge point for buying the game was that you could reanimate the monsters and have them fight for you. In reality they are really useless. You can't control them and their ai is just plain stupid. Beat the game with pure melee and only using the monsters to heal. Since you can't do combo attacks it's pretty boring. The last two boss fights were nice. The story is as cliched as it gets…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR:I would totally recommend this game. You can see the love and passion the developers put in every detail of this dungeon crawler. If you liked Enter the Gungeon or Hades I would totally recommend you to give it a go. I might not be totally objective as I am a Kickstarter backer for this project, when I totally felt for this game (got a Switch physical edition), being said that, let's get into business: You might think "another dungeon crawler", but nothing far from reality. Sword of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Babies First Roguelike So I love Roguelikes. I'm currently maining Hades and have a long history of games very similar in concepts such as Sundered and many other glorious titles. I was suggested this game by a backer of it, specifically because they enjoyed the "Emotion" of the voice acting and story. From the get-go there was a CTD bug, alright, no biggie tho. I'll breakdown why I cannot recommend this game in it's current state and will be requesting a refund. Note this is just my opinion…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Combat mechanics are subpar. That plus the usual grind these type of roguelikes require make it too much of a chore to bother with at least in my case. YMMV. Nice intro at least.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It feels like an unfinished game or too many bad design choices were made overall. This game still needs a lot of work and I can't recommend it. They need to redo or improve: - inventory - so you don't have to sacrifice summons for weapons, items, accessories, etc. - co-op experience - second player starts at level 1 each time and it's annoying. They should've had more user review to help shape the direction of the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game could've and should've been so much more. If you've played it for 5 minutes, you've played it. The whole idea of reviving the dead monsters and using them comes off as more of a gimmick instead of adding any real depth to the game. It could have been a fantastic Zelda/Pokemon hybrid, but instead it just feels like something that was created at a 24 hour game jam, but with nicer graphics. There's nothing inherently terrible about it (controls are a bit clunky for 2022), but my…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have mixed feelings about the game. The story, art, and soundtrack is really really good. However, the combat is bland, boring, repetitive. It feels like a chore to play. You can summon enemies you have defeated, however the minions are absolutely useless in a boss fight, and they just stand around and do not pursue enemies, they do not react to gameplay, they do not avoid attacks. They just stand there and facetank a bunch of damage and maybe get a few hits in before they die. You have much…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Didn't like this game at all. I've put thousands of hours into roguelike games and this one has one of the worst combat systems of any pixel dungeon crawling game out there. It's an interesting idea to allow you to grab monsters that you've killed, but the AI for the monsters after revival is terrible. They just stand in one spot or fail to navigate with you around the room and don't help kill anything beyond 1-2 monsters. At the same time, they die during boss fights so quickly because they…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll update this review whenever I get further into the game. So far this Sword of the Necromancer is a really fun and unique action roguelike. The enemies telegraph their attacks really well and it is very intuitive to learn how to fight each enemy. The summoning/raising of the dead mechanic is the really unique part. Any enemy you kill can be resurrected to use as your own. So far you are limited to 4 items per run. That includes your sword, resurrected enemies, weapons you find, potions,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →That game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Its honestly annoying to play. The inventory system is extremely clunky. Summoning of dead enemies, while a really good idea, is not well executed. Your summons don't follow you around or even just wander around the room on their own. They are just standing there. Menacingly. But just standing. When they die a message pops up, which interrupts the gameplay flow. Overall moving around just takes too long. And I want to flame the throwing axe, like damn. Every time I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly not too sure if I'd recommend this. The gameplay is pretty good; reminds me a lot of the 2D Zelda games, with some RPG elements mixed in. However, the frustrating aspect is when the character dies, the game is basically set back to square one. If, for example, you clear two dungeons, die at the boss on the third, all your items except the sword are gone, experience is halved, and you're back to fighting the first boss from the first dungeon. If the character dies three times in the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will admit I skipped every. Single. Cutscene. Because the story is very corny. But, the gameplay is pretty good. Now keep in mind, it's an indie as anything can get. Like Super Meat Boy indie? Far more indie then that. The good : Reanimating enemies with a built in leveling system Dashing is solid and fast Can opt out of rogue like elements for babies like myself Although the story was boring, the replay strategy is pretty neat. The bad: Last hit of a combo string…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even at its low price, it's just not worth it. Graphics are very basic. I usually really like pixel art, but this is some really amateur work. Head too big, colours aren't noticeable enough, some monster recolours are outright ugly to look at, not enough definition, bad lighting... The only time I thought "this is some nice work" was upon fighting the giant lich boss, who actually looks cool as ♥♥♥♥ and has some solid poses. The cutscenes art and the anime OP are great though, good job! Not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow this game is bad. For such a hype trailer, the actual gameplay is clunky and slow. The dialogue was cringey at best. The UI is hard to work with. In the tutorial section they gave me 3 weapons and a necklace which took up all my action slots (You use your A,B,X,Y buttons). The necklace had no active function but said it "Reduced Thunder Damage" or something, so cool, okay. Then when I got the title weapon, The Sword of the Necromancer, it forced me to give up one of those slots so I could…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Neat concept, I like the idea. I like the art, though it could be a little sharper/cleaner. My biggest complaint about the game is the execution of the concept itself. Anytime a game offers you pets controlled by AI, the build/play style revolves around how good the pet AI is. The monster AI in this game isn't consistent. They will roam off and do their own thing. You have to babysit them. On top of all that, they're fairly weak and will die at any boss fight. So what's the point of all the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Most of the items, level objects and enemies in this game aren't implemented in a way that make them relevant. So the gameplay is mostly walking slowly through very large rooms using a small selection of items. It feels like the game was published in the beta stage as there a lot of stuff in the game that is just there for seemingly no reason; like a feature that was introduced and not developed. The game being so rough wouldn't matter but its priced at 20 Canada bucks
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Clunky and unresponsive controls. Could have been a good game with proper controls. Was so bad it made me uninstall the game after less than half an hour.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I play a lot of roguelites; it's one of my favorite indie game genres, if not my top one. However, this game completely misses the point and format the genre aims for. In roguelites, you're supposed to get stronger as you die, either through currency or pickups you collect. I went through and cleared an entire dungeon three times, only to die at the boss every time due to being two-shot by a move that doesn't have a telegraph (the AoE stomp with lingering hitboxes). I wouldn't even mind this…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrection - Announcement Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games.
neutral · AI labelView post →Probably one of the worst experiences I've ever had, I was recommended this game because it's similar to moonlighter, but this is an anecdote. Weak story, weak gameplay, I finished the game without increasing the level of weapons or armor with the level 0 sword. I do not recommend it at all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →makes my gay heart very happy
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ah, my very first Steam review. Alright, buckle up, because I write like I ramble... As someone who invested in this game through Kickstarter, I can say that I'm very happy with my decision to back it. In particular, the voice acting is fantastic (particular shout out to Morgan Berry as our protagonist, Tama, but everyone really delivers here.) The game is not incredibly lengthy. Looks like I've got 16 hours on the books, and I've unlocked what I believe is the best ending. I've still got a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DC ARPG + raise dead monsters + challenging = Fight mobs and bosses to find a way to bring Koko back. Roguelike elements and equip up to 3 additional items/monsters. Where's corpse explosion? Follow our curator for similar games https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35180752-3-point-play/
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the story but the gameplay is almost unbearable. I keep playing just for the story. I don't know whether to recommend for the story or not recommend for the gameplay. Guess I'll recommend if you love lesbian stories as much as I do.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Every day until the release of the game we're sharing info from one of the monsters you can fight and recruit in Sword of the Necromancer: Resurrection. Today it's Slaaim's turn! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →So you think this game looks pretty good and has an interesting mechanic of reviving dead enemies? I did too, but looks can be deceiving. The truth is the gameplay is awful. The design choices in this game are baffling. I could write an essay on what all this game does wrong, but that would be giving the game more time than it's worth. Just don't buy it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really, REALLY want to like this game. But it just feels so...unpolished. -The combat is stiff. With the titular sword, your main weapon, if you do a charge attack, or three attacks in a row, it leaves you wide open for a looong time. The trade-off? Nothing that I can tell. Seriously, if the charge attack does something more than normal, I don't know what it is. -The 4 items slots is a cool idea, but a little too prohibitive with the random nature of item drops. Most equipable gear has such…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beware any roguelike where you have a small number of hearts instead of a health bar. It means the boss will take away your health almost instantly. Such is the case here, even on normal difficulty. Reviving enemies as allies is pretty cool, but I wish there were more strategic variety and interesting choices. The entire game seems to be: hit enemies with sword, revive enemies, repeat.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh my lesbian heart. Also addictive monster collecting dungeon crawling but nevermind that.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The story interested me, but the actual game is a little unpolished and feels at odds with itself. The idea of essentially making a measured choice between minions and personal weapons is potentially interesting, but the minion AI is not much more intelligent than they are as enemies. Essentially even when turning off the roguelike elements in options (losing levels and equipment on death), it feels a bit too punishing due to a lack of real telegraphs on enemies compounded with relatively…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Combat is extremely simple. The UI is rather clunky. When one of your summon dies it gives you a forced alert message that it has passed on, and the only way to close out of the message is with backspace.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game lacks a lot of polish, but it's still cute. The voices sound amateur and don't match the text sometimes (note: I'm playing with Japanese voices and Japanese text), the art is pretty wonky at some parts, the story/writing is a little silly. I struggled a fair bit with the dungeon sections despite being on easy mode, until I just randomly happened upon some items/weapons that were actually good, as is par the course with roguelites admittedly. Altogether, it's not the best, but it's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wanted to like this game, and there are some redeeming qualities to this title, but I could not get behind the bland game play. The often critiqued shortage of slots means that you cannot carry a large variety of weapons and minions at the same time (only 3 slots are available to for different weapons/minions since 1 slot needs to be taken by the Sword of the Necromancer.) The minions' AI is not very great either as they can get stuck in one place and do nothing as you clear a room. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It has a neat gimmick of being about to raise slain enemies. But thats all it is, just a gimmick and isn't actually that fun to use.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I dunno...this brought me in with its positive reviews, animated intro and voiced cutscenes, but in the end it just felt underwhelming. The gimmick is on monsters, maybe? Really, if you just slog through gathering materials and maybe get lucky on equipment drops all you really need is +5 magic, +100% damage, +25% crit and the necromancer sword two-shots everything. Tried using the monsters, but since you can't actually control them they either did nothing or rushed into enemies until they died.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has great potential, however has some major flaws from the get go... I want to say upfront I wish there was an OK recommendation, because this game isn't a NO, nor is it a YES. PROS: Beautiful Animated opening and Story Scenes Creative and potentially awesome summoning Music is great CONS: My game crashed immediately after the initial scene (not a good way to start the game, first time only) Sound Effects are awful, particularly killing enemy creatures Super slow combat for a rogue…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is frustrating and makes me hate this genre of game. There are bugs beyond belief and that alone I don't fault the game for because the game is very new. That being said, many things that are glaring issues are said to be mechanics of the game when they are so anti-player that they felt like bugs. The creator of the game stands firm on several of these issues and for that the game deserves an uninstall from me. I played this game at launch and it bugged so badly I had no weapons, not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game seems ok but hate the fact that you only have 4 lots and many people complain about this You have 4 slots and 1 is already filled with the necromancer sword which you cannot unequip, so you really only have 3 slots which summons/accesories/weapons/potions/consumables take place, and gives you no space for anything. And the developers refuse to listen and try to work on this issue, its not a gameplay feature its just a bad idea for the game that it is, its a roguelite game that has…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just saw that the same thing happened with one of the Sword of the Necromancer games, because I guess their filter detected the word "romance" being on there. (oddly the original game didn't get that)
neutral · AI labelView post →Second time I've bought this and I still love it so much! Relatively small dungeon floors between fully voice acted vn segments separating the floors, story is nice and satisfying,I love the buildup of their relationship and getting to see both their perspectives over the game!! Gameplay is a little slow and I personally turned off item and xp loss on death but training up the decent variety of monsters is pretty fun, also very satisfying to forge a nice weapon after a while Big recommend…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cant find anything to like here. Feels like playing a prototype.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is very basic, The fighting and summoning is not very refined in the sense that there's not much you can do differently. There's no real skills nor talents to use. There's some different equipment but you are forced to carry the sword at all times so you always have a melee weapon. The story is also very basic. It's kind of hard to create a good or emotional story in a couple of seconds of still images. Since most of the bonding and adventure has taken place outside of the game the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't bother, if you want the story, then look up the cutscenes on YouTube. The gameplay is extremely clunky, visuals are very low tier pixel art, sounds are buggy, for some reasons monster familiars take up weapon spaces. This game seems to stand out only in its marketing and trailers but the core is extremely low quality and does a terrible job at making the first impression of presenting itself as something worthwhile. As a roguelike it doesn't live up to its ancestors and decent quality…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A decently fun roguelite that has a few too many small issues for me to really recommend it. If you can get it on sale, I think it's worth playing, But I think this is a skip at full price. Also, why are so many actions mapped to the sword button? It attacks, resurrects enemies, revives teammates in co-op, trades with teammates in co-op, and opens chests. Having so many actions mapped to one button caused a lot of issues, and I really wish some of those functions had been moved to any of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a kickstarter backer of this. It's not downright unplayable or broken, it just isn't enjoyable and so I can't recommend it. PROS LGBTQ protagonists and storyboards exploring their relationship. There is voice acting, which is rare in indie games like this The anime trailer is great looking, it's probably the best part of the game. Difficulty controls are great for accessibility. Co-Op is always a welcome option and surprisingly rare. CONS The game play is cumbersome. It isn't snappy…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Better players than I could beat this
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a big no from me, and for multiple reasons. The gameplay is pretty bad. Controls are pretty slow and awkward. It seems like it wants to be a bit fast paced but doesn't give you the means to do so, which makes everything clunky and a pain to deal with. When enemies die, the most annoying "screech" happens, which made me turn down the sound effects volume to almost 0. For whatever reason, that death sound is about ten times louder than everything else, and horrendous. So while I can…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Way to hard, not enough way of healing you, monsters deal way to much damage One type of enemy is a pain as they can always shoot you from farther than you can see. Most of the summon are stupid and dies immedialty
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! Simple enough yet challenging. I think it's great you can change things like losing items on death at the game settings, and I wish all games had this kind of customization. This may be the first roguelite game I feel I can beat. Summons are great to make the enemies focus on them and lift some burden from yourself. I also found the summons to be more useful summoning them to do a few actions, then de-summoning instead of letting them roam. The story is great and touching, with two…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another spin on the rogue-likes, similiar to Wizards of Legend or Enter the Gungeon. The twist this time is you can revive fallen enemies to fight for you. Sounds good? Well. The idea is good, the execution not so much. The combat is slow- enemies have huge windups, your dashes are limited by stamina meter, your attacks have cooldowns. You have 4 slots for actively used items and another 4 for storage, however, when you try to pick up an item, you can only assign it to the 4 active slots. If…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will begin with... i really wanted to like that game. I almost backed it! The concept of the game mechanic is really nice but everything is applied in a way that it's not fun to play. The ability to summons dead monsters is amazing but since a lot of things doesn't work properly. We tend to forget quickly the positive aspect of this title. -The game lacks depth -the protagonist has one combo -You feels sluggish and slow. -There is a lot of endlag after your only combo -The only thing that…
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