A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux

Launch

Skeleseller will launch on March 17th, 2026. Until then, this page is just for the demo.

Story

Your dream was to be an adventurer. You were out questing one day when you encountered a poisonous snake. You won the fight handily, but the poison started wearing you down. You headed to the nearest town, but with no antidote actually there for sale, you died.


You come back as a skeleton. You decide that your fate should never beset another adventurer. Unfortunately, with your adventuring career behind you, you need to recruit others to gather loot for you. Hire adventurers, send them into battle, acquire loot, and SELL, SELL, SELL! ๐Ÿ’ธ Use the gold you get to upgrade your town and adventurers.

Gameplay


Skeleseller is laid-back and casual:

  • There's nothing to rush you in the game, so take things at your own pace.
  • Experiment! You can change adventurer skills for free.


Skeleseller also bucks the trends of traditional idle games:

  • Finite gameplay: you won't be waiting for hours or days to unlock the next big upgrade! The demo contains ~20-30 minutes of gameplay. The full game has ~5 hours for Story Mode and another ~5 hours for an extra mode that you can unlock. ๐Ÿคซ
  • No scientific notation needed—numbers stay within the realm of human understandability.
  • No systems just for the sake of them: prestige/ascensions, experience points, and equipment are eschewed in favor of mechanics crafted for Skeleseller's design philosophy: keep the game fun and casual.


While most of the game is automated, you'll perform high-level actions like:

  • Hiring adventurers, forming parties with them, and choosing where they'll battle
  • Leveling up adventurers and choosing their skills
  • Prioritizing how you want to develop and upgrade your town
  • Helping out occasionally—stock shops or harvest crops manually to speed things up

Patch notes

Note: patch notes are only posted to Steam.

Links

Updated 2 days ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Rating
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
AuthorXtonomous
GenreSimulation
Made withGodot
Tags2D, City Builder, Cozy, Fantasy, Idle, Incremental, Management, Pixel Art, Skeletons
LinksSteam

Download

Download
skeleseller-win.zip 157 MB
Version 72 3 days ago
Download
skeleseller-mac.zip 219 MB
Version 70 20 days ago
Download
skeleseller-linux.zip 149 MB
Version 71 20 days ago

Install instructions

  • macOS: the app isn't signed or notarized, so you'll get a message about it being blocked by Gatekeeper. To bypass this, โŒ˜+double-click the application when you open it (or โŒ˜+right-click it and go to "Open"). Note that on Monterey, you may have to go to Security & Privacy and choose "Open anyway".
  • Linux: just unzip and run the file named "linux".

Development log

Comments

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I can't wait until this is released.

Very fun. It's sad it's just a demo

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Thank you! ๐Ÿ˜ The full version should be out later this year; we're already working on more content and features.


EDIT: it's looking more like March of 2026 at this point. ๐Ÿ‘€

love it!

I love this game <3

ZBombies baby!

Froze on start up, every time I tried it. Does this use the Godot engine?  I know Godot hates some of the drivers for some graphics cards.

Yes, it does use Godot. You should be able to launch with this command:

skeleseller.exe --rendering-driver opengl3

Thanks for trying it out, and I hope that command helps!

looks nice! looking forward to it

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This is a bunch of fun so far!

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new version day ๐Ÿ’€

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new version day ๐ŸŽ‰

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I just happened to open itch right when...this...was happening? interesting

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It's your lucky day my friend.

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This must be perfectly featured, perfectly recommended for me, and perfectly new.

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i think itch io likes this game a lot lol

I'm having the same impression too

play'll later

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