Undead is an indie action-adventure strategy title that blends real-time tactics with base-building mechanics. The game tasks players with commanding undead forces across a Lord of the Rings-inspired landscape, offering mechanical depth to the fantasy of playing as an antagonistic force.
Recent coverage highlights two distinct experiences within the broader undead-themed ecosystem. Arise Dark Lord positions itself as a hybrid of action, RTS, tower defense, and base construction, letting players build and command dark armies. Meanwhile, Nekomancer takes a different approach entirely, casting players as a mischievous cat protagonist navigating challenges despite warnings from their master, with community guides emerging to help players manage undead encounters. The coverage suggests the undead gaming space encompasses both large-scale strategy and more intimate, character-driven adventures.
via Pocket Gamer
Ah, cats - so incredibly adorable yet so incredibly mischievous. They never seem to run out of chaos to crash into, and in Nekomancer, you play as one such cat that's let its curiosity get the best of it. In particular, even after your master specifically told you not to, you dec…
via Rock Paper Shotgun
What do we want? The ability to be evil in video games! How do we want it? Designed in a way that's mechanically enriching! That's what I'm hoping Arise Dark Lord will be, anyway, a Frankensteinian mish mash of action, real-time strategy , tower defence and base building where yo…