Corpse Keeper Preview (Steam Early Access)

by Jim Smale · March 20, 2023

For our Corpse Keeper Preview, a very challenging action-strategy rogue-lite. You’ll need to lead a squad of three corpses to explore the grim and dark medieval world within the limited time, build a powerful army of the living dead, and finally kill the demon lurking in the deep end of the cathedral.

Corpse Keeper Preview Pros:

Decent graphics.
5.66GB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Controller support.
Graphics settings – camera shake, window mode, resolution, motion blur, saturation, and flare intensity.
Opening text-based storyboard with hand-drawn art graphics.
Opening tutorial with a checklist and direction of moves to perform along with a video pop-up.
Parry attacks but the time is for a perfect parry and stagger your opponent.
Use soul crystals to make a soul strike attack. (special attack)
One-on-one fighter gameplay.
Unlock and use different stances.
After you kill an enemy you can loot their body and add items to your backpack.
Keyboard support.
Can rebind controls for both keyboard and controller buttons.
Ossuary is your hub, here you can create modified bodies for a stronger body.
The game flow is that of a room-by-room affair.
Loot chests can be found, a key garners all the rewards whilst brute forcing halves what you can get.
Meaty satisfying combat.
You can parry, perfect parry, roll, lean side to side, counterattack, etc.
A game loop is 15 days long.
At the end of a run/day, your current characters lose a predetermined amount of decay and can disintegrate.
Loot on you at the end of the day or when you go back to the Ossuary will bank them.
Area selection is done when you leave the Ossuary and each one shows the decay amount of your Corpse and enemy strength.
Collect materials like flesh and gems to construct a Corpse and then make them stronger.
A preservative potion can lower how much decay you lose.
In a run, you can have 1 to 3 characters.
Pre-run setup has you creating your characters, choosing a location (you can scout to see possible rewards/enemies), and filling your backpack.
A stunning bar fills as you attack and once full your opponent will momentarily be stunned.
A crazy state is where you lose control of your character for a short time.
Collect the Corpse of your fallen enemy and use them for yourself.
Different damage types like bleeding, lightning, poison, torn, etc.
Such a satisfying game.
When a Corpse gets defeated you choose the next one and carry on the fight.
Each enemy and each fighting style really make it a fantastic fighter.
After each fight, you choose a new random attack stance or choose to keep your current one, the Stat that changes shows beforehand.
Random events can trigger in rooms.
Teleport – out of combat you lose some items doing it but if in battle you lose most of your items.
Collect bones to create skeletons or break down skeletons to create bones.
Skeletons are attached to each fighter/character style.
Reading takes a whole day and grants you a random reward/buff.
The forging table is where you craft/strengthen and meltdown gear.
Put blood into the blood altar to permanently increase initial resources each round.
The corpse display rack shows off your best characters.
You can have up to 8 corpses/characters created at one time in your Ossuary.
The flesh can heal your corpses in the Ossuary but you can also house a Corpse in the coffin and they accrue health daily.
Each Corpse earns exp and levels up.
Just one more go.

Corpse Keeper Preview Cons:

Minimal graphics settings.
A lot to take in and this is bad due to the fact you have to work it out yourself.
The game does not help you at the start in any way.
Initially, the game is not very inviting.
Small backpack at the start meaning a lot of items get left behind.

Corpse Keeper:

Official website

Developer: Melancholia Studio

Publisher: Thermite Games

Store Links –

Steam Early Access