Undead Horde 2: Necropolis

Undead Horde 2: Necropolis is an action RPG with real-time strategy and city building. You play a Necromancer King who, after his homeland is destroyed, raises an army from the remains of defeated enemies.

As you reclaim the world of the living, you free captive souls and rebuild the Necropolis. Your growing army and the rebuilt city affect each other.

Undead Horde 2: Necropolis came out for PC on Mar 30, 2023. Before that, the Steam Early Access phase began on Dec 8, 2022.

The versions for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch followed on May 31, 2023. The iOS version came out on Aug 31, 2023, and the Android version on Dec 13, 2023.

Undead Horde 2 is out for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android. There are standalone versions for PlayStation and Xbox for each console generation.

The mobile versions are designed for touch controls. On iOS, they also support iCloud saves. The console and PC versions use classic controller and keyboard controls, respectively.

In combat, you move the Necromancer King through the game world yourself and let the Undead fight at your side. Fallen enemies provide the material you use to summon new allies.

Between battles, you strengthen your character, reassemble your troops and conquer more areas. This combines the direct action of a hack-and-slash game with decisions about the makeup of a larger army.

On Windows, Steam lists at least 2 GB RAM, a 2.0 GHz processor, a graphics card with Shader Model 3.0 and around 600 MB of free storage. The Windows version requires DirectX 11.

macOS is also supported. If you install the Steam version, you now need an operating system version supported by the current Steam client.

The game lets you summon different, already unlocked Undead types from defeated enemies. Unlike in the first game, you don't have to revive only the exact unit you just defeated.

This lets you deliberately assemble a force, rather than only reacting to the random enemy lineup. On the battlefield, units with more than 100 creatures are possible.

The destroyed city is more than a setting. With rescued souls and new victories, you can restore the Necropolis. This gives you access to additional upgrades, talents and unit types.

Rebuilding gives the conquest campaign a lasting progression framework: each successful campaign can improve the options for the next one.

The Necromancer King attacks in person, while the summoned troops advance together against the living. You don't control every single creature as in a classic city-building strategy game. Instead, you lead the army directly in battle.

The decisive preparation happens when you select and upgrade your units. In larger battles, very different forces face each other as a result.

The living have destroyed the Necropolis and trapped the souls of its inhabitants in magical vessels. As ruler of the Undead, you lead the counterattack to win these souls back.

The story ties the conquest campaigns to rebuilding your homeland. The Necromancer King pursues a concrete goal here, beyond simply collecting new loot.

As the city is rebuilt and the Necromancer progresses, the available abilities grow. New talents and unlocked unit types change how you can approach later encounters.

This development affects both your own combat strength and the makeup of your army. That makes earlier areas and later challenges play differently.

Besides the summoned creatures, equipment strengthens the Necromancer King and his army. Items you find expand your options for upcoming battles.

The loot system complements the progress of the Necropolis: you develop not only a city but also a directly playable character.

Your campaigns lead through the lands of the living. There you face enemy troops, secure new areas and free souls who later help with the rebuilding.

The game world thus serves both as a battlefield and as a source of new troops and progress. Conquest, revival and expansion are closely linked.

Undead Horde 2 is designed as a single-player campaign. The focus is your own battles with the summoned army, not shared online matches or competitive multiplayer modes.

On Steam and in console stores, the game is accordingly offered as a single-player experience.

The iOS version was released on Aug 31, 2023 and offers controls adapted for touch input. It includes the full game and supports saving game progress via iCloud sync.

The Android version followed on Dec 13, 2023. Both mobile versions are standalone releases and not just streams of a PC version.

German on-screen text is available on PC and PlayStation. The Steam version also offers several other languages and English voice audio.

Whether you control the undead with a controller, keyboard or touchscreen depends on the platform you choose.