Game · Psychic Software
The Necromancer's Tale
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A story-rich gothic RPG. Master the rituals of an ancient spellbook. Commune with the realm of the dead and struggle with your descent into madness. Build the power to raise an undead army and march against your enemies.
Before you buy
- Redeem on
- Steam clientPC: Windows, macOS. Needs a free Steam account.
- Activates in
- Europe and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.Activates on accounts registered in the EU, EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.Will not activate on accounts registered in North America, Asia, Latin America or Oceania.
- You get
- A digital activation keyStandard edition. No disc, no box.
- Delivery
- To your account and by emailDelivered to your account and by email once it is ready. Some orders get a short manual check first.
Trailers and screenshots
About this game
The Necromancer's Tale is a story-rich top-down RPG where you play the role of a minor noble in the 18th Century, drawn into the Dark Necromantic Arts as you seek knowledge and revenge. Great power awaits... along with the weird, the morbid, and a gradual descent into madness.
This is best described as a Necromancer Origin Story: you start off as a regular person, and gradually get drawn into the Dark Arts. Your powers must be earned: you need to put in your time sneaking and studying as you gradually become a master of the undead. This is a tale about the acquisition of power, what you're willing to do for it, and what it does to you.
Before you lies a great spellbook, filled with powerful rites of death and reanimation. Can you decipher the pages and master its arcane rituals without losing your mind or being strung up by the townsfolk? Your progress will require great determination, cunning and secrecy.
The Necromancer's Tale is a story-rich game, with 400,000 words of hand-written narrative and lore, in which you converse with 180+ NPC characters, each with their own hand-drawn portrait art (we have not used any generative AI in the game). You will investigate, negotiate, coerce and flatter in order to progress your aims. The game's Trust system means that your choices - even in conversation - really matter. If the townsfolk's trust drops too low, you will find your choices are affected - if it drops further still, you will surely be tried in court and hanged, or lynched by a frenzied mob.
Your character is created in an interactive and fully voiced backstory, defining your gender, early life, skills and career (military, diplomatic, or academic). Narrative options during the main game are affected by these choices.
The game involves tactical turn-based combats between you, your allies and your undead minions - versus a range of enemies, natural and supernatural. Harness a range of weapons, rituals, and battle spells to defeat your foes.
The Necromancer's Tale is set in an alternative-history Kingdom near Venice and the Adriatic Sea, in 1733. This is a time at the cusp of rational thought and superstition; science and magic. The world is dark and dangerous; courtly intrigue collides with black magic even as chemistry emerges from alchemy.
A play-through will take between 25 and 50 hours, depending on how much side content and world exploration you engage with, and depending on whether you play the battles or use automatic combat resolution. There are multiple endings through which you see your choices play out into the future.
LANGUAGES
The Necromancer's Tale is only available officially in English. However, translations to several other languages have been made by the community. Please check the Steam forums for details.
Description, images and details are taken from this product's Steam page.
Details
- Developer
- Psychic Software
- Publisher
- Psychic Software
- Released
- 17 Jul, 2025
- Genres
- Adventure, RPG, Strategy
- Runs on
- Windows, macOS
- Activates on
- Steam client, Europe and UK
- Interface
- English
- Single-player
- Steam Achievements
- Adjustable Text Size
- Camera Comfort
- Custom Volume Controls
- Adjustable Difficulty
- Playable without Timed Input
- Save Anytime
- Stereo Sound
- Partial Controller Support
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
- Family Sharing
This game contains instances of alcohol consumption, black magic, sexual references, violence, mature language and subject matter.
System requirements
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 8/10/11 | 8/10/11 |
| Processor | Intel i5-7500 or AMD 1500 equivalent | Intel Core i7 or AMD 1800 equivalent |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | Integrated Intel HD620 or equivalent | NVIDIA Geforce 1060 or equivalent, 6GB+ VRAM |
| DirectX | Version 11 | Version 11 |
| Storage | 5 GB available space | 5 GB available space |
macOS
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| OS | MacOS version 11.0 or newer | MacOS version 11.0 or newer |
| Processor | i3 | i5 |
| Memory | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
| Graphics | A Metal supported GPU | A Metal supported GPU |
| Storage | 5 GB available space | 5 GB available space |
Activating it on Steam client
- Open the Steam client and sign in.
- Choose Games in the top menu, then Activate a Product on Steam.
- Paste the key and confirm. It appears in your library.
The key is listed for the Europe and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. region. Read how regions work before you buy.