City of Death is a top-down RPG. The player controls a character named Swordbane. His objective is to find the wizard Bellatrix. He moves around in a big city, searching information about the wizard. He can buy weapons, food and spells, and can steal moneys from houses. Combat is turn based - the player can select target body’s part (head, chest, body, legs and arms), or attacks blind. Game uses 4 keys to move: a-z (north-south) and x-c (west-east). Other commands like steal, buy or attack have a special key (displayed on screen).
