RPGFit check
Is Skulltide worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Co-op players who want local or online skeleton-based action
- Roguelite fans who enjoy changing builds between runs
- Action RPG players interested in collecting abilities from enemies and fallen foes
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a fixed character build, since abilities can be mixed, gained, and lost during runs
- Players who prefer a predictable campaign structure over repeated runs shaped by death and changing equipment
- Solo players looking specifically for a single-player-only experience
Our take on Skulltide
Rather than treating death as a final failure, the game makes reanimation part of its structure: fallen characters return to the crypt with additional grimoires, while run-specific abilities can be lost. Its central build system is also tied to detachable bones and replaceable body parts.
What is Skulltide?
Skulltide is a co-op action RPG roguelite about reanimated skeletons hunting the necromancers responsible for their return.
Local and online multiplayer can be used separately or together. Players assemble builds from abilities attached to bones, collect spells from raised enemies and weapons from fallen foes, and replace missing limbs, skulls, or ribs. Skeletons can throw their bones, raise the dead, grapple with lethal magic, and reanimate fallen friends. Death sends characters back to the crypt with additional black magic grimoires, while abilities can be lost when a character falls. Runs take place across dying and dead lands as players try to prolong the Skulltide and evade the Grim Reaper.
How Skulltide plays
- 01Local online co-op
- Multiplayer supports local play, online play, or both modes in the same session.
- 02Bone-based builds
- Abilities are attached to individual bones and can be mixed into different character classes.
- 03Reanimated equipment
- Players collect spells from raised enemies, blades from defeated foes, and replacement body parts.
- 04Persistent death progression
- Returning to the crypt after a death grants additional black magic grimoires.
- 05Loss on defeat
- Abilities gained during a run can disappear when the character falls.
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Skulltide: platforms & release
Is Skulltide worth it?
It is worth it if: co-op players who want local or online skeleton-based action. Skip it if: players seeking a fixed character build, since abilities can be mixed, gained, and lost during runs.
Where can I download Skulltide?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Skulltide's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Skulltide on?
Windows only.
