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Necropolis

Necropolis is a third-person action roguelike, set in a living dungeon that changes every time you play, filled with monsters, myth and magic, and lorded over by the mad mystical intellect known only as the…

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Necropolis is an adventure developed by Harebrained Schemes, released 12 July 2016 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Necropolis is

Necropolis is an adventure game developed by Harebrained Schemes and released in 2016. It was published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Necropolis is a third-person action roguelike, set in a living dungeon that changes every time you play, filled with monsters, myth and magic, and lorded over by the mad mystical intellect known only as the Brazen Head.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 13 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Necropolis holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 8 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E8500 3.17GHz or AMD Phenom II X2 555 3.2GHz, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 630 GT or AMD Radeon HD 6670. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 5GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Necropolis launched on 12 July 2016, within three weeks of Inside, Abzu, Starbound and Batman: The Telltale Series. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Inside, Abzu, Starbound, Batman: The Telltale Series.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Necropolis — frequently asked questions

When did Necropolis come out?
Necropolis was released on 12 July 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Necropolis?
At minimum, Necropolis needs Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo E8500 3.17GHz or AMD Phenom II X2 555 3.2GHz, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 630 GT or AMD Radeon HD 6670 graphics, 5 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Necropolis?
The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "5 GB available space" and the recommended line says "10 GB available space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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