Necrosmith
Top-down tower defense with custom-built undead and roguelite runs
Alawar · Released Jul 13, 2022
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 5,142
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 71% of 14 in 30 days
- Players
- 5
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 3 years ago
- Jun 9, 2023
What is Necrosmith?
A top-down, 2D strategy game with tower defense and roguelite runs, set around a necromancer’s tower in a strange world. Assemble undead units from body parts, upgrade the tower, and guide your army through different biomes to find keys to escape.
For you if...
- +you enjoy testing creatures made from different body parts
- +you like gradual upgrades over repeated runs
Not for you if...
- −you expect units to defend without constant micromanagement
- −you dislike grinding for upgrades between runs
What players say
84% of 5,142 reviews are positive · 71% of 14 in the last 30 days
Players praise experimenting with body-part combinations and discovering new kinds of undead. The most common complaint is that poor unit AI forces micromanagement; some players also find early progress grindy and late-game difficulty uneven.
How many players finish Necrosmith?
18% of Steam players have unlocked «Transpose», the achievement for finishing the main story.
Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.
Screenshots and trailer
Necrosmith system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 650, 4 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Necrosmith?
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- OS
- Windows 7 or later
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 or equvalent
- Graphics
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 or equvalent
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
- Notes
- Stay Hydrated
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Does Necrosmith have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Necrosmith run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 30
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: Russian, English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Polish, Japanese, Spanish - Spain.
Does Necrosmith use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Zombies
- Action Roguelike
- Tower Defense
- Roguelite
- Bullet Hell
- Strategy
- Top-Down
- Roguelike
- 2D
- Pixel Graphics
- Bullet Heaven
- Simulation
- Vampires
- Dark Fantasy
- Magic
- Old School
Recent updates
- Oct 21, 2022 · Small Hotfix
- Sep 23, 2022 · New 1.3 Update, Spanish support, TactiCon and -25% deal
- Jul 29, 2022 · Major Update 1.2 is here! Also, 6 new languages and OST
1 DLC available.