ActionIs Hands of Necromancy worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- First-person shooter fans who want exploration across interconnected areas
- Fantasy action players who enjoy switching into monsters with different abilities
- Solo players drawn to fighting enemies and raising them as undead allies
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for a short, linear sequence of stages rather than exploration across 3 hubs
- Players who prefer grounded combat without spellcasting or monster transformations
- Players seeking multiplayer shooting, rather than a lone-sorcerer adventure
Our take on Hands of Necromancy
Its defining loop pairs first-person combat with monster forms that also open up new ways to move through the environment.
What is Hands of Necromancy?
Play as a lone necromancer exploring dangerous environments and fighting creatures across 21 maps arranged into 3 hubs.
Use weapons and spells, transform into monsters with distinct abilities, and raise defeated enemies as undead servants. Transformations provide ways to navigate the world as well as fight: the Swamp Serpent can move through narrow spaces and breathe underwater, while the Stone Breaker Golem can break walls. Other forms include a demon that can walk on lava and a Wyvern that can fly. The game combines first-person shooting with metroidvania exploration, moving through settings such as forests, castles, ice caves, and cemeteries.
How Hands of Necromancy plays
- 01Monster transformations
- Forms grant abilities for combat and navigation, including underwater breathing, breaking walls, walking on lava, and flight.
- 02Undead servants
- Defeated enemies can be raised to fight alongside the necromancer.
- 03Hub-based exploration
- The adventure spans 21 maps grouped into 3 large hubs.
Games like Hands of Necromancy
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Night Job GamesFor:Action players who want to command undead units while attacking villagesSkip if:Players who need precise unit commands may hit a wall when directing the undead with imprecise orders
ActionDead Format
Oro InteractiveFor:Survival-horror players who want a VHS-centered missing-person mysterySkip if:Players seeking a purely linear horror experience may not enjoy the hub, shortcuts, and connected paths.
ActionDemonizer
Iori BranfordFor:Arcade-shooter fans who want a fantasy story about protecting monstergirlsSkip if:Players looking for an open-ended structure rather than seven authored stagesPicked by overlapping fit notes and genres, not an editorial comparison.
Hands of Necromancy: platforms & release
Is Hands of Necromancy worth it?
It is worth it if: first-person shooter fans who want exploration across interconnected areas. Skip it if: players looking for a short, linear sequence of stages rather than exploration across 3 hubs.
Where can I download Hands of Necromancy?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Hands of Necromancy's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Hands of Necromancy on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.












