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Build a village in a generated 2D world, automate work with settlers, then mine, craft and fight through caves and bosses.
Released 16 Oct 2025
Automate Chest Sorting
Assign Settler Jobs
Take Settlers Fighting
Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!
Developed by Fair Games ApS · Published by Fair Games ApS









Necesse is a top-down survival and crafting game set in a procedurally generated world. Starting with basic tools, you gather resources and explore the surface, caves, and deeper areas while building a settlement.
Mine ores and collect materials to make equipment, potions, and structures. Fight monsters and bosses to advance through new resources and gear, choosing from melee, ranged, magic, and summoning playstyles. Later progression includes repeatable incursions.
Recruit settlers, assign them jobs such as farming, crafting, mining, and sorting storage, and equip them to help defend or join expeditions. Play solo or in co-op, and adjust several world and difficulty rules to suit your game.
Players who enjoy Necesse often point to its blend of exploration, crafting, combat, and settlement management, especially the way settlers can handle routine work while the player explores. Co-op and building up a functioning village are recurring sources of fun. Some reviews, however, find that later progression becomes repetitive or grind-heavy, and opinions differ on boss balance and exploration.



| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
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| Achievements | 51 |
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| Players | From 1 (maximum not specified) |
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| Multiplayer | Necesse supports single-player, online co-op, LAN co-op, online PvP, and LAN PvP. The official description states players can play solo, with friends, or run a dedicated server with hundreds of other players. Reviews also describe seamless joining, hosting, and dedicated server play. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Steam Workshop is supported, and reviews mention active mod support and a modding community. The provided information does not specify how mods function specifically in multiplayer. |
| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |