Fit check
Is Absentis worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Action-RPG players who want melee-only combat
- Players who enjoy repeated expeditions with character and shelter upgrades
- Fans of dark fantasy worlds with monsters, bosses, and procedural exploration
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking ranged weapons or a mixed combat system will hit the melee-only restriction immediately.
- Players who want a fixed, story-led world may tire of repeated exploration in procedurally generated lands.
- Players looking for stealth, crafting, or tower-defense systems may find the combat-and-upgrade structure too narrow.
Our take on Absentis
The bounce point arrives at the combat rules: anyone expecting ranged attacks or a broader weapon system has no alternative approach once melee-only fighting becomes the core of every expedition.
What is Absentis?
Fight through a dark world after humanity’s mistakes open the gates to the afterlife.
As the last survivor, travel across desolate lands, defeat groups of monsters, and confront bosses with melee combat only. Each expedition provides experience and currency for unlocking equipment and improving a shelter. The world is procedurally generated, with dangerous areas and hidden secrets to discover. Progress comes through repeated combat, exploration, character upgrades, and shelter development while pursuing the restoration of order across the continent.
How Absentis plays
- 01Melee Combat
- Combat is restricted to close-range weapons while facing groups of monsters and bosses.
- 02Character Progression
- Expeditions provide experience and currency used to obtain equipment and strengthen the character.
- 03Shelter Upgrades
- Resources gathered during expeditions can be spent on improving the survivor’s shelter.
- 04Procedural Exploration
- The dark setting changes through procedurally generated lands containing hazards and secrets.
Absentis compared to similar games
Ghost of a Tale combines action-RPG play with stealth, disguises, conversations, and exploration in a medieval animal world, while Absentis centers on melee battles, boss encounters, procedural lands, and shelter upgrades. Vagante also uses a dark fantasy setting filled with monsters, but its description focuses on adventuring for fame, riches, and power rather than Absentis’s expedition-based progression and shelter development. Dungeon Defenders: Awakened adds cooperative play and tower defense alongside action-RPG combat, whereas Absentis is described around melee fighting and character progression.
Absentis: platforms & release
Is Absentis worth it?
It is worth it if: action-RPG players who want melee-only combat. Skip it if: players seeking ranged weapons or a mixed combat system will hit the melee-only restriction immediately.
Where can I download Absentis?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Absentis's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Absentis on?
Windows only.
