Underplayed Gems

Hands of Necromancy (2022)

Hands of Necromancy cover
Developer
HON Team
Publisher
Fulqrum Publishing
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Genres
Action, Indie
Rating
4.2 of 5, 407 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 15 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

You charge through pixelated demon hordes, casting dark spells in a fast, old-school first-person shooter that feels like a frantic, atmospheric power fantasy.

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What players say

Players call it a charming and funky hexen-like where you feel like a frail necromancer flinging spells. The levels are impressively huge, but getting lost is a constant complaint, and there are no checkpoints at all. Players split on the graphics, some find them charmingly unpolished while others say they are worse than half-finished mods.

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