Fit check
Is Purgatory worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Turn-based strategy fans who want an afterlife setting and an overworld map
- Players who enjoy recruiting spirits and improving a central character
- Data Hacker followers interested in a connected prequel
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking fast-paced real-time combat rather than turn-based encounters
- Players who want varied combat instead of repeated waves of increasingly difficult foes
- Players looking for a broad sandbox or open-universe RPG
Our take on Purgatory
The presentation foregrounds an epic premise and pixel art, while the described play centers on map exploration, turn-based fights, spirit recruitment, and skill-point spending. The store copy gives less emphasis to how much of the experience consists of repeated encounters and progression between them.
What is Purgatory?
Purgatory is a turn-based tactical strategy game set in an immortal realm.
After Xzus dies, the story follows his attempt to return to the realm of the living. Players travel across an overworld map, recruit spirits, face increasingly difficult groups of enemies, and ultimately confront the gatekeeper. Skill points can be acquired and spent to improve the character. The game uses pixel art and takes inspiration from the Heroes of Might and Magic series. It is also presented as a prequel to the Data Hacker series.
How Purgatory plays
- 01Overworld exploration
- An overworld map structures travel through the afterlife.
- 02Spirit recruitment
- Spirits can be recruited to join Xzus's cause.
- 03Character progression
- Skill points can be spent on character improvements.
- 04Escalating encounters
- Enemy groups become increasingly difficult as the journey progresses.
- 05Gatekeeper objective
- The final stated goal is defeating the gatekeeper to return to life.
Purgatory compared to similar games
Purgatory centers on turn-based battles across an overworld, spirit recruitment, and a goal of defeating the gatekeeper. Quasimorph instead combines a high-stakes roguelike structure with corporate contracts, extraction, and persistent gains for a mercenary company. Its setting shifts from an afterlife adventure to cyberpunk body horror and apocalypse-focused operations.
Purgatory: platforms & release
Is Purgatory worth it?
It is worth it if: turn-based strategy fans who want an afterlife setting and an overworld map. Skip it if: players seeking fast-paced real-time combat rather than turn-based encounters.
Where can I download Purgatory?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Purgatory's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Purgatory on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
