We Who Are About To Die

We Who Are About To Die

88% Very Positive
6,350 Positive
867 Negative
7,217 Total Reviews

Fight & strategize your way through spectacles and arenas -- rise from lowly slave to Grand Champion and earn your freedom. Or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelite features in-depth career management and a unique physics simulated combat system. To those who are about to die, I salute you!

$21.99
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Developer: Jordy Lakiere
Publisher: Jordy Lakiere
Release Date: (2 years ago)

Game Details

Estimated Owners
200000 - 500000
Peak Concurrent Users
93
Recommendations
7,028
DLC Count
1 DLC
🌐 Official Website: jordylakiere.net
🛠️ Support: Support Page

About This Game

IMPORTANT: This game is ACTUALLY different! Get ready to re-learn how to fight. This game features a physics based combat system with directional attacks. It'll take time to master! Don't worry, gladiators exist to be sacrificed. You control your character fully , at all times, based on complex inputs - you will never sit there while an animation plays. This game's combat will take practice: at first you will find it hard to even hit anything properly. To win and master combat you will have to slow down and pay attention, pressing random buttons in a panic will only send your gladiator to an even earlier grave. You will learn how to move, how to use momentum to hit HARD , how to hit targeted weak spots and eventually, you will make up your own moves and fight in your own style. An unforgiving Gladiator Roguelite experience. Take control of a gladiator with a single life , that you lead to an inevitable dea-- I mean, to victory and glory! Fight from the Pits to the Arena into the Stadium, pleasing larger and larger crowds until you finally become a legend of the Grand Stadium. Each run is totally unique! There are many roads to becoming champion. Try different approaches and improvise through the randomisation to survive in the long run. Strategise your way to victory - combat skills alone are not enough! Deal with random events, choose your next matches, please the rich patrons, please the crowds, expand your school, setup your training regime, bribe for information, hire professional help... and much more! Fully modular equipment system! Progress and purchase/loot weapons and armor. Master 8 weapon classes that all play differently. Spend hard earned gold and influence and outfit your character piece-by-piece. Welcome to Terantia: the city of games! Step into over a dozen arenas of different sizes and styles, each with random variations. Fight in group battles or take on tense one-on-one duels that test your skills. How long can you last before your inevitable glorious death? Other features include: Starting backstories with different traits and goals Permanent bonuses for each backstory's victory Dynamic audiences that respond to your actions. Don't just win: entertain! A ranking system with rewards (levelling up) Character skills that grow as you perform the relevant actions And much, much more! Now into the arena, Aspirant! To those who are about to die, I salute you! Jordy
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Family Sharing Partial Controller Support Single-player Steam Cloud

User Tags

Early Access (366) Indie (332) Action Roguelike (312) Rogue-lite (306) Simulation (303) RPG (300) Action RPG (297) Physics (291) Swordplay (288) Gore (285) Replay Value (282) Perma Death (280) Rome (278) Difficult (273) Management (261) Atmospheric (260) Hack and Slash (255) Rogue-like (253) Medieval (252) Action (237)

Supported Languages

English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese - Brazil
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Spanish - Latin America
Spanish - Spain
Traditional Chinese