Necro Mutex

Necro Mutex

Denormalizer · February 8, 2019 · Action, Adventure, Indie, Gore, Violent

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About Necro Mutex

* Playable as a desktop shooter or in VR using the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and WMR.
* VR mode supports 360 and 180 degree tracking plus step rotation.
* 10,000 maps, ranging from super easy to certain death.
* Play the levels you want, stay on the easy maps or jump to high risk, high reward sectors.
* Collect rewards from completed maps to upgrade a variety of weapons and skills.
* A multitude of different enemies and special map challenges.
* Multiple leaderboards for different game modes.
* Hardcore old-school shooter with rogue-like elements.

An Orcus Research Cartel station orbiting a deep space magnetar has gone rogue. The operating system has killed the crew and turned them into thanatoids, half dead monsters with a lust for murder. And if that's not bad enough, the corporate A.I. back at Earth System has triggered the station's self destruct sequence. Your only chance is to fight your way through an army of weaponized undead and find an escape pod, before time runs out or the thanatoids overwhelm you.

10,000 levels of chaotic science fiction horror that rise inexorably in difficulty. Choose which maps you play, in any order, from the dead easy beginning sectors to the certain death end sectors. Take on extra challenges for big rewards, and use those rewards to buy new weapons and survival skills. The maps start small and painless, but sector by sector the challenge mercilessly ramps up, until at some point they become practically impossible. Where that point is depends on your skill.

Find the escape pods to complete the game, or just keep going and see how far you can get. Rise up on the leaderboards.

Necro Mutex — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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Recommended Sep 15, 2024
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8 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 18, 2024
Necro Mutex is a free to play VR shooter game that has long playability. Worked on my HTC Vive and Index system, looked ok, played ok, sounded ok. Says it with work with Oculus Rift and WMR systems. Had 38 steam achievements. Get this free game now.
4 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 8, 2025
Игра Necro Mutex - это мрачное и захватывающее погружение в мир киберпанка, зараженного некромантией. Сеттинг отлично проработан, и атмосфера отчаяния и безнадежности чувствуется в каждом пикселе. Боевая система, хотя и может показаться на первый взгляд немного сложной, со временем раскрывается и предлагает множество тактических возможностей. Управление ресурсами, грамотное использование способностей и выбор правильных улучшений для персонажей - залог выживания. Визуальный стиль нарочито грубый, но благодаря этому игра обладает уникальным шармом. Саундтрек прекрасно дополняет общее впечатление, создавая тягучую и тревожную атмосферу. Сюжет не блещет оригинальностью, но подан достаточно интересно, чтобы мотивировать игрока двигаться дальше. Единственным недостатком можно назвать некоторую затянутость ближе к концу игры, однако это не сильно портит общее впечатление. Necro Mutex - крепкий инди-проект, который определенно заслуживает внимания любителей киберпанка и RPG, ценящих глубину и атмосферу. Рекомендую!
1 found this helpful
Recommended Mar 11, 2025
pretty fun
1 found this helpful
Recommended Sep 13, 2026
Necro Mutex is a relentless science-fiction first-person shooter that favors immediate action, escalating difficulty, and long-term replayability over a heavily scripted campaign. Developed and published by Denormalizer, it throws players aboard an orbital research station where a catastrophic technological failure has transformed the former crew into violent creatures. With the station facing destruction, survival becomes a race through hostile sectors filled with enemies, weapons, upgrades, and increasingly punishing encounters. The basic premise works particularly well because it gives the game enough context without slowing down its arcade-oriented pacing. An operating system has turned against the personnel aboard the station, leaving the facility populated by deadly thanatoids. Meanwhile, an artificial intelligence has triggered the station's self-destruct procedure. The objective is therefore simple: fight through the infestation, become powerful enough to survive the escalating resistance, and eventually reach an escape pod. Storytelling remains secondary to gameplay, but the combination of rogue technology, undead-like enemies, and an isolated space installation establish…
Not recommended Jun 5, 2025
I appreciate what this game tries to do, and the optional vr is pretty cool too, but man oh man did it seriously need more work before release.

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