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
How it feels
A slow, methodical dungeon crawl through a procedurally generated abyss, emphasizing resource management and cautious decision-making over action.
atmosphericexploration-heavytacticalold schoolturn-baseddark fantasygrid-basedsingleplayer
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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