Children of Morta is an action RPG with a rogue-lite approach to character development, where you don’t play a single character - but a whole, extraordinary family of heroes. Hack’n’slash through hordes of enemies in procedurally generated dungeons, caves and lands and lead the family of Bergsons, with all their flaws and virtues, against the forthcoming Corruption.
Gameplay-wise it's a unique mix of action-adventure RPG, rogue-lite and hack and slash game. By leveling up, you develop not only individual characters but also the entire family. There is no permadeath and you can change family members between the dungeon runs.
The story takes place in a distant land but copes with themes and emotions common to all of us: love and hope, longing and uncertainty, ultimately loss... and sacrifice we are willing to make to save the ones we care the most for. Ultimately, it's about a family of heroes standing against the encroaching darkness.
All the dungeons in the game are procedurally generated, which means their layout is different with each adventure. There can be from two to four levels of each dungeon, with a unique boss fight at the end. You can always get back to the previous dungeons to get extra XP or finish all the side quests.
Ranged attacks, magic spells, blocks, stuns, healing, evasions and passive skills - it's all there for you to discover, unlock and upgrade. You can choose from seven different family members, each one having unique skill sets. The father, John - a protective warrior with a sword and shield. The elder daughter Linda - a precise archer. Kevin, a quiet fighter equipped with deadly daggers. Lucy - a lively and bold fire mage. Mark - a mindful martial arts fighter. Joey - who smashes his enemies with a sledgehammer. And the latest addition to the family - Apan, a mighty healer and a firm defender in one.
A combination of hand-painted pixel art and frame-by-frame animations partnered with modern lighting techniques come to life to create the beautifully dangerous world of Children of Morta!
© 2017 11 bit studios S.A. and Dead Mage Inc. Children of Morta, the Children of Morta logo, the 11 bit studios logo and the Dead Mage logo are trademarks of 11 bit studios S.A. and/or Dead Mage Inc.. All rights reserved.
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Posted on: June 30, 2020
ms-spambox
Verified ownerGames: 879 Reviews: 2
Offline installers not up-to-date...
Buyers beware! The game itself is great. Unfortunately, update #3 is still not there in the offline installers, six days after the announcement. I suppose it is only available in the (optional???) Galaxy client. GOG refuses to answer questions...
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Posted on: August 30, 2020
akoskiss
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 14
Innovative and flawed
Children of Morta trully surprised me. First and foremost, I wish to clarify a common misconception about this game. This is NOT a rougelite. This is a straightforward top-down action RPG. There is consant progression and your characters never lose this. Only divine items are lost in each run, but these are minor buffs when compared to the actual levelling system. Now first the +: -For the first 12 hours, I thought I am playing the true successor of Diablo 2. -Character progression common among all characters. -Using each character is encouraged. -Almost no grind to get new character on same level as the rest. -Fun quests with good amount of randomness. -Divine relics are fun to use and are vert helpful during first 3-4 hours. -Animation of characters is beautiful. -Atmosphere of house and family are great and believable. Attention to detail such as each character has a room... -Pixel art look great especially in aformentioned house (main hub). Some of the dungeons are less good looking. -Each character in the family plays different, and it is fun to master them each. -New game +. The -: -The second 12 hours (completed all side quests and got 85% of achievements) when it becomes repetitive. -Progression regarding characters is too clear: Get gold, then XP, then DPS, then health and dodge. Rest of the progession seemed quite useless. -Characters are each somewhat unique and special but there is little room to customize. There is one way to play each. This means once you master the character, they only get stronger (so game is becoming even less interesting) and there is nothing else to do. -More unique characters would have been welcome with trully different mechanics. (e.g. shapeshifter, summoner, teleporter, etc.) -Side quests run out very fast. -Paws and Claws DLC overpriced (I understand that it is for a good cause - so I am not bitter about, but still for price sensitive people) -Either more dungeons or longer dungeons would be nice.
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Posted on: January 24, 2021
Rennt
Verified ownerGames: 205 Reviews: 8
It gets boring really fast.
The dungeons feel very repetitive with the same hordes of slighty different enemies. I was playing with a ranged character and the gameplay basically consisted in luring the enemy mobs, and killing them one by one. Rinse and repeat. The graphics is pretty good but the game seems to have a noticeable lag. Story is mediocre and it's something like, the forest is corrupted, and our family must defeat the big evil to save it. And on top of that, the game is not even that long with no post game content like secret levels or bosses.
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Posted on: October 20, 2024
Antipodes1
Verified ownerGames: 173 Reviews: 1
Fun game, but no multiplayer on GoG
Pleyed this game on GamePass and really enjoyed it. Was going to get it here on sale, but the multiplayer on GoG is unsupported. In December of 2022 they said they were working on it, but as of this message, it has been almost two years and it isn't done.
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Posted on: June 13, 2025
sugareebugg
Verified ownerGames: 414 Reviews: 3
Dev lied about us to the Steam version.
It has been years since the devs promised us the same content Steam users have. Guess it will never happen. Dead Mage is dead to me.
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