Underplayed Gems

Ancient Abyss (2021)

Ancient Abyss cover
Developer
Screambox Studio
Publisher
Screambox Studio, BD Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access
Rating
3.3 of 5, 190 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 3.3 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A challenging 2D action game with permadeath and randomly generated mazes, focusing on exploration and combat.

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What players say

Players say Ancient Abyss is an abandoned Early Access game whose last patch was in 2022. Its translation is so broken that the story makes no sense, and combat suffers from weapons with identical movesets, poor hit feedback, and a difficulty spike at the first boss.

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