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Breath of Death VII: The Beginning: Reanimated

Experience the supernatural classic, resurrected and remastered! Breathe new life into our spectral heroes: Dem the skeleton knight, Sara the ghost historian, Lita the vampire techie, and Erik the zombie prince! Embark on a bone-rattling post-apocalyptic adventure through an undead world, now more vibrant than ever, to exhume the mysteries of the past. Breath of Death VII: The Beginning: Reanimated has been rebuilt entirely from the ground up, no grave stones left unturned! Now with completely new detailed visuals, animation, audio, and quality of undead updates while retaining the classic fee

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July 29, 2025
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Shadow Layer Games
Publisher
Shadow Layer Games
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About Breath of Death VII: The Beginning: Reanimated

Experience the supernatural classic, resurrected and remastered! Breathe new life into our spectral heroes: Dem the skeleton knight, Sara the ghost historian, Lita the vampire techie, and Erik the zombie prince! Embark on a bone-rattling post-apocalyptic adventure through an undead world, now more vibrant than ever, to exhume the mysteries of the past. Breath of Death VII: The Beginning: Reanimated has been rebuilt entirely from the ground up, no grave stones left unturned! Now with completely new detailed visuals, animation, audio, and quality of undead updates while retaining the classic feel and gameplay of the original.

Revive the retro parody RPG that captures the magic of the classic era in a streamlined experience! It's to die (again) for! Entirely revamped presentation: Upgraded visuals and newly polished UI, blending old-school charm with a sleek new enhanced pixel art look and feel. Streamlined gameplay: Fast-paced, turn-based combat refined with quality of life improvements to keep the action smooth, quick, and accessible. Tense Combo System: Wreck enemies in battle using the combo system - increase your hit count to empower your special abilities!

But be cautioned, enemies increase in power each turn as well, so defeat them as efficiently as possible to stay alive! Or, undead, rather. Multi-character abilities: Power through tough encounters with Unite Techniques - combine the strengths of multiple characters for more powerful or advanced effects in battle.…

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★ 8.4/10GOG · 29 ratings
GOGLast checked November 3, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
A great phantasy star IV knockoff, loved the dialog, love the game when I played it way back when, will buy this version. NOW WHERE…
★ 5 / 5
Breath of Death VII is a fantastic RPG in it's own right: it doesn't take itself too seriously! The original, which I loved, had really…
★ 5 / 5
Fun short game but well worth the price. Requires grinding but the battles are interesting with plelnty of techniques and spells to use.
★ 5 / 5
Great love note to RPGs of the 80s and 90s, with some other nice nods and tributes to other game franchises as well. Funny dialogue,…
★ 3 / 5
As a (J)RPG, this is very simple. It's quite linear. You start from a city, buy some equipment, go to a dungeon, that's basically a…
★ 4 / 5
I love me some retro RPGs, and the updated version of this game has some wonderful QOD updates. The only real issue is that it…

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★ 4 / 5
Random encounter with a bix box release of Cosmic Star Heroine (PS4) led me to this game. I was completely captivated by the very first…
★ 5 / 5
I played the original back on my old 360 and this reanimation version is just as fun and a good couch and controller game :)
★ 3 / 5
if have 3 perfect -but too short- jrpg games - "Link to the Past" / "Secret of Mana" / "FF6" on SNES(emu if you want).…
★ 4 / 5
THIS VERSION IS A POSITIVE UPGRADE FROM THE FIRST BREATH OF DEATH IN ALL ASPECTS. BETTER GAMEPLAY AND GRAPHICS. I RECOMEND TO ALL WHO LOVE…
★ 4 / 5
I love me some retro RPGs, and the updated version of this game has some wonderful QOD updates. The only real issue is that it…
★ 5 / 5
It's a wholesome indie for starters, thankfully kept that way with it's remaster over a decade later. Simple yet solid gameplay that won't require hours…

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