The Unliving

Wait62%

Mixed · 908 player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows

RocketBrush Games · RPG · Oct 26, 2023

Player review score
62%
Mixed
Price
$5.19−80%
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
69
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
10
Full audio0 of 10
Subtitles10 of 10

Should I buy The Unliving?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 124 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 38 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 34 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 908 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
25% of themes are praise17% are divided58% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Sure, it's fun, it's a great time killer, the story is superb to an unbelievable degree as well as the concept of the MC's lore, if the bugs can be fix i'm more than certain that it would be on par if not surpass many major titles in a similar genre.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Also, the graphics and art of this game - from the units to the loading screens is phenomenal.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art style is gothic, the sound design eerie, and this is yet another example of the strength of pixel art.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story52 reviews
Graphics20 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Divided opinion
Steam Deck
83% still recommend
Characters
80% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
62% still recommend
Bugs
53% still recommend
Combat
53% still recommend
Difficulty
62% still recommend
Crashes
50% still recommend
Performance
50% still recommend
Controls
22% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

On sale, not the lowest
$5.19$25.99−80%

The lowest we've tracked is $3.39.

10 points recordedtoday · $5.19

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