The Unlife of Gorlak
LandsharkRAWR · 2025 · RPG, Multiple Endings, LGBTQ+, Dragons, Combat
PC
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About The Unlife of Gorlak
The Unlife of Gorlak is an RPG Where you play as a dragon who died but got better (or is at least trying to). You have been resurrected as a skeletal dragon by a necromancer. As you returned to the living world you felt the presence of the hero who had slain you has given chase. You have one month to prepare for his arrival so you can tell him how you really feel about him!
featuring...
- multiple Endings!
- 10 Skills that allow you to gain new combat abilities and surmount various encounters.
- Use Sleights and Taunts to get an extra move in without spending a turn in combat.
- Uncover pieces of your past in a journey of self discovery.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players praise the game as a charming and fun experience with excellent pixel art, accessible gameplay that doesn't feel intimidating, and engaging storytelling that keeps playthroughs short and sweet around 3-4 hours. Common complaints include occasional freezing bugs that can cause progress loss, though most players still recommend it to fans of raising sims and JRPGs despite this technical issue.
"there is something really wrong with that skeleton" does not cut it, gorlak would do numbers on broadway1 found this helpful
[Extremely light spoilers, but you saw the LGBTQ+ tag, didn't you?] [Reading time: ~2 minutes] --Summary-- The Unlife of Gorlak is a 3-6 hour raising sim about an undead dragon training to fight his arch-nemesis at the end of the month. I’d describe this game as somewhat narrative, with a large focus on traditional turn-based RPG combat. The writing is simple but charming and effective, and the “good ending” was challenging enough to be inaccessible in the first playthrough but easy enough to achieve in the second playthrough. This game is worth $9.99, especially with the lovely artwork and indie charm. --General Vibes-- Overall, I’d describe this game as lighthearted, quirky, charming, retro, and a bit like “peeking into another world,” like an old fantasy novel. It has some rough charm to it that makes it feel oddly real. It’s hard to find words to describe the vibe of this game. Think “RPG from the 90s,” complete with the feeling that there might be more systems and secrets at work in the background than you think. For example, if you equip the musical weapons, it's hard to not wonder if those unlock or influence paths in the story—there’s a sense that it’s not quite possi…1 found this helpful
Built on a great foundation of rebuilding your strength to face a former rival and executed in a way that has a ton of variety, great writing, and fantastic art. I love how many different ways you can approach encounters and I'm looking forward to digging in more and gosh maybe helping Gorlak hold someone's hand
Very fun, very gay, very cute short little game.
The art, the writing, the humour, the combat, where do I begin?! This game is a real treat that I will definitely be playing multiple times. There are so many ways to approach things, and I am looking forward to seeing what different builds result in. The battle music is peak, the character design is groovy and nostalgic. Get this game!
A short but very cute and fun game, gave me exactly what I expected from it. The combat is repetitive but enjoyable anyway. The enemies at the beginning seemed much more difficult than the ones at the end. I almost never used status effects skills, didn't really understand why they were needed when pure damage works better there. Didn't see any bugs, but saw a few small errors in the text, not critical at all. Overall: an rpg with a simple and sweet story, can recommend :)
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