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Death's Gambit: Afterlife

The promise of immortality lies at the heart of Siradon. As Death's right hand, challenge the undying guardians of the realm and endure the eternal struggle to purge their souls. Death's Gambit: Afterlife is the new and expanded edition of the original hardcore 2D RPG action platformer. Master the precise combat, utilizing a wide variety of weapons and abilities to confront the horrors that lurk within Siradon. Explore a mysterious and unforgiving world and uncover the true price of immortality. Afterlife offers players a wealth of new content to experience on top of the original game, includi

Release date
August 14, 2018
Platforms
Windows
Developer
White Rabbit
Publisher
Serenity Forge
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The promise of immortality lies at the heart of Siradon. As Death's right hand, challenge the undying guardians of the realm and endure the eternal struggle to purge their souls. Death's Gambit: Afterlife is the new and expanded edition of the original hardcore 2D RPG action platformer. Master the precise combat, utilizing a wide variety of weapons and abilities to confront the horrors that lurk within Siradon. Explore a mysterious and unforgiving world and uncover the true price of immortality.

Afterlife offers players a wealth of new content to experience on top of the original game, including 10 new levels, over 30 weapons, 5 new bosses, mechanical overhauls, and more. Your choices will affect the epic finale to Sorun’s tale. Expansive World – Travel across a massive world of over 20 beautifully rendered levels. Meet quirky characters from all walks of life and uncover their secrets. Metroidvania – Unlock unique movement and combat upgrades that open and expand the world.

Character Classes – Choose from 7 playable classes, pick from over 100 talents in the skill tree, and multi-class to tailor the combat style to your preference. Incredible Bosses – Hunt 20 towering monsters and other creatures of legend. Each boss is a test of skill, requiring unique strategies to defeat. Heroic Mode – Defeated bosses experience a second wind in an exponentially harder heroic mode accessible immediately after defeating them.…

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★ 7.2/10GOG · 106 ratings
GOGLast checked November 2, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 3 / 5
There is a 4/5 or 5/5 game here, but it is buggy (somehow got stuck outside the walkable/explorable area and had to restart, etc.), the…
★ 3 / 5
I enjoyed playing the game, but the lack of the dev's technical prowess really shows. The advertizing gave the impression of very large scale enemies…
★ 2 / 5
I can tell a good metroidvania from a bad one when I play one. And this here is not the former; a damn shame, really.…
★ 3 / 5
First off, compared to what the game game was before the Afterlife update, this is golden. The game has been fully revamped, and it's now…
★ 4 / 5
This is a launch day review after only playing for a few hours, but hopefully it will be helpful for anyone on the fence. If…
★ 4 / 5
DISCLAIMER: I am only about 4 hours into the game, but since this game is supposedly about 10 hours long, I feel safe reviewing as…
★ 3 / 5
It's an okay game is about how I'd sum this up. The game is pretty short and compressed, you can beat it in less than…
★ 4 / 5
At the current time Im closing in on 100h "vanilla" and Afterlife combined, and well, it's a bit complicated. The game is a metroidevania soulslike,…

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★ 2 / 5
The core loop is fun and engaging, combat is serviceable, but Death's Gambit tries its best to take you away from the meat of the…
★ 3 / 5
First off, compared to what the game game was before the Afterlife update, this is golden. The game has been fully revamped, and it's now…
★ 5 / 5
Old school gamer and RPG player here.. This was one of my top three games for 2021, and one of the best RPG's I've played…
★ 4 / 5
At the current time Im closing in on 100h "vanilla" and Afterlife combined, and well, it's a bit complicated. The game is a metroidevania soulslike,…
★ 5 / 5
...and I had a lot of fun. The Afterlife update made this game a must-play for all metroidvania /Souls-like fans.
★ 3 / 5
I'm uncertain whether I couldn't get into this game because of its gameplay, or whether I couldn't get into it because of its immersion-breaking "bugs."…
★ 4 / 5
When I first played this, I didn't know what to expect. I wasn't really a fan of Dark Souls and Bloodborne left a bad taste…

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