Other games with necromancers?

[m3L0]

Harro.

What other games are there where you can play a necromancer? Those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head.

Diablo 2, Diablo 3 and Diablo 4
Grim Dawn
Wolcen (I have never played)
Path of Exile (I have never played)
Skyrim

Unfortunately, all hack and slay games and frankly I got sick of it. I finally want to try something new.

I saw on Youtube that you can also play a necromancer in Skyrim but not right at the beginning, which I also think is pretty stupid. Instead, you have to travel halfway around the world to finally become a necromancer. I myself have never played Skyrim either, but I could imagine it.

Do you know of any other examples?

[Peredur]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/790850/Undead_Horde/

[Adefice]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1944570/Boneraiser_Minions/

This game has been a blast for the price point. Lots of variety and fun unlocks. Still being actively updated every Monday.

[Atropos]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/909320/Ruinarch/

[Kolbex]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/807120/Iratus_Lord_of_the_Dead/

[Espiovvv]

I once asked this question and got the fantastic answer of Dvinity: Original Sin 2, it's the best CRPG I've ever played. It has necromancy which is greatly improved by mods.

RimWorld has a mod called "RimWorld of Magic" with a Necromancer class which can make you feel like a true Nagash/Sung Jin Woo, especially if you disable mana drain in the mod's settings. You can use either the "Prepare Carefully" or "Character Editor" mods to start the game as a necromancer.

You could play Total War Warhammer as one of the undead factions, which are Vampire Counts, Vampire Coast and Tomb Kings; and raise entire civilizations from the dead into your servitude, you can have up to ~4,000 zombies (19 units) in an army, however that's probably not what you're looking for.

There's Hero's Hour with an undead necromancer faction called Decay, which have fun to use necromancy, however this game is far too unbalanced at the moment and I can't recommend buying it.

You can be a necromancer in a classic CRPG called "Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura", I recommend watching SsethTzeentach's and MandaloreGaming's reviews of it.

You can raise the dead into powerful monsters in Prey, though it's a Sci-Fi game and it's a mid to late game ability.

Skul: The Hero Slayer is a fantastic roguelike with little story and a boatload of content, one of the playable characters (skulls) is a necromancer, and it's common enough that you might just obtain the necromancer skull called "Grave Digger" minutes after launching it, when fully upgraded into the master necromancer skull "Saviour", it becomes extremely overpowered and got me some of my best runs in 100 hours of playtime.

Middle Earth: Shadow of War has necromancy in the final part of the game, though that final part is so boring and drags on for so long that I can't recommend getting the game.

[Bonkers]

Off the top of my head, here's a few I've personally played that you might find interesting.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/500810/Arcanum_Of_Steamworks_and_Magick_Obscura/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/259680/Tales_of_MajEyal/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/228280/Baldurs_Gate_Enhanced_Edition/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/205710/EverQuest/

[Carnatux]

guildwars 2 sorta

[Espiovvv]

Originally posted by Carnatux:

guildwars 2 sorta

I started playing guild wars 2 for the necromancer class but it was pretty disappointing, it's more black magic than raising the dead into an army.

[Putty Patroller]

Heroes of might and magic 3 and 2 both have fun necro factions. Also check out this youtube channel. Videos on a lot of the more obscure games and mods.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPlZ1XnekiJxKymXbXyvkCg/videos

[Glenn / Vexy]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1949190/Necrosmith/

[manry]

Last Epoch has a pretty nice necromancer-flavored class. I say 'flavored' because you just summon undead minions, like in grim dawn. you can get quite a few

[Bueno Stainz]

IMO this was one the best/funnest necromancer games ive ever played but it seemed like it got swept under the rug. Idk I really enjoyed it. I actually suggested this to the developers so they could try to get an idea of a good way to have your summons AI work. https://store.steampowered.com/app/983350/Sea_Salt/

[ThatGuyKhi]

If anyone doesnt mind a card game approach
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1580800/Erannorth_Chronicles/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1681840/Summoners_Fate/

And SS will most likely has the class option since there are minion skills (EA release in 30 minutes)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2066020/Soulstone_Survivors/

PS: Special mention to the TW Warhammer series if you have the system for it.
Three undead factions that play completely different.

Vampire Counts - Top Tier Magic and Sustain built on attrition. (99% melee only)
Vampire Coast - Undead Pirates set on explosives and straight up bombing the opposition.
Tomb Kings - Egyptian Undead that's a mix of the others.

[CeeRiL]

I recommend "Right Click To Necromance", a bit same gameplay as The Unliving & Undead Hordes, but it's just a short casual game.

[gooby pls]

Double thumbs up for TOME and NecroSmith - first is the best non-casual experience for necro, especially after revamp and second is really fun as "one-time experience"