The Necromancer's Tale
A story-rich gothic RPG. Master the rituals of an ancient spellbook. Raise an undead army to march against your enemies. Commune with the realm of the dead & struggle with your descent into madness. Progress…
The Necromancer's Tale is an adventure developed by Psychic Software, released 17 July 2025 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Mac.
What The Necromancer's Tale is
The Necromancer's Tale is an adventure game developed by Psychic Software and released in 2025. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Necromancer's Tale is a narrative-driven 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. 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.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
The Necromancer's Tale holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The Necromancer's Tale launched on 17 July 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Mafia: The Old Country, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Necromancer's Tale yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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