Cyclopean: The Great Abyss (2025)

Developer: Schmidt Workshops
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG, Early Access
Rating: 4.5 of 5, 166 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 6.3 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A slow, methodical dungeon crawl through a procedurally generated abyss, emphasizing resource management and cautious decision-making over action.

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What players say

Players praise the Lovecraftian atmosphere and retro pixel art, but split sharply on the brutal, often punishing difficulty. Money is scarce, health recovery requires grinding, and one dungeon has over 50 fake walls with only one correct path forward, which some find maddening. A few report motion sickness from dungeon movement or crashes.

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