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Shaggles · Published by Shaggles
Content notice: The Abyss contains cartoon / pixelated acts of violence all throughout the game. Nothing is very gory or realistic but there is a lot of langauge that revolves around death.
4 user reviews — 75% positive (4 reviews) · 21 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
"Everlasting night. Shadowed crescent, red moon runs. Watch the sleeping sun." -The White Crown Traverse throughout Mondreich, Learn its secrets, and free yourself from the chains of power and madness.
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Action, Adventure, Indie · 2023 · More under £5 games
Embark on a nightmarish journey through Mondreich as you unravel its mysteries and fight against the shadows of power. Traverse ever-shadowed landscapes with The Abyss, an indie adventure from Shaggles that challenges your wits and courage.
About this game
“The Abyss” is a concoction of the 3 genres known as Bullet Hell, Souls-Like, and RPG. There are over 20 levels with a plentiful amount of unique bosses and enemies scattered about the game. There are also quite a few puzzles and challenges sprinkled about. Put nightmares to rest to learn the Lunar Secrets of Mondriech by using the abilities and equip able runes that are collected throughout the game. In “The Abyss” there is a full movement and dodge system, as well as a projectile based combat system that deviates from the typical souls-like combat. In “The Abyss” you can only take one hit before you are sent back to your last checkpoint. “The Abyss” takes a deviation from the typical grindy RPG elements that you see everywhere. Instead of grinding enemies over and over to level up your stats there is only one stat, and that stat is your skill level. The bosses progressively get harder and require the player to have more of a grasp on the game mechanics to beat. “The Abyss” features custom controls for your keyboard inside of the settings as well as some accessibility settings like turning off the camera shake, and a performance mode. There are plentiful secrets just waiting to be discovered hidden throughout "The Abyss."
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Core i3-530
- Memory: 100 MB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6100
- Storage: 65 MB available space
- Sound Card: AMD High Definition Audio Device
- VR Support: None
- Additional Notes: This game doesn't require much power to run, and if your system is struggling there is a built in performance mode.
Recommended
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core i3-530
- Memory: 200 MB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6100
- Storage: 200 MB available space
- Sound Card: AMD High Definition Audio Device
- VR Support: None
- Additional Notes: This game doesn't require much power to run, and if your system is struggling there is a built in performance mode.
Supported Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Small Bug Patch (12/25/2023)
Bug Fixes Fixed a bug causing the entire game to break if a player tried to load a non-existent save file. Fixed a slight discoloration issue with the player when playing the idle animation. Changes Swapped the new game button's postion with the load save file button's positions.Read full article on Community Announcements (ShagglesOnSpotify)Patch NotesOfficial
Music Patch (6 / 26/ 2023)
Hello all! I was replaying through the game and came to the ultimate conclusion that some of the music just didn't quite capture the experience I wanted it to. So I went through and redid everything I deemed necessary to redo! There was also a few bug fixes and some quality of life changes, I hope you enjoy!Read full article on Community Announcements (ShagglesOnSpotify)AnnouncementsOfficial
New FREE DLC included in the game!
This new update adds in a secret area called "The Gauntlet" and isn't for the faint of heart. Follow along through the Scientist's questline to access The Gauntlet and face the arena filled with bosses old and new. There is three seperate arenas: The Sapphire Cup, The Ruby Cup, and The Blood Diamond Cup. Each arena gets harder the further you get in it and it resets back to level 1 on death. Happy DreamingRead full article on Community Announcements (ShagglesOnSpotify)Patch NotesOfficial
April 10th Patch, 2023
This is just a quick bug patch for some more bugs I have noticed, but with a new major inclusion. There is finally a brightness setting! Changes: Fixed the location of Hammer’s Badge Fixed a bug that caused you to not lose a badge during the Scientist’s questline Fixed an issue that caused the player to be able to jump onto a non-existent ledge Fixed layering issues Fixed the Thoughts poems Fixed an issue that caused sound settings to not load properly on startup Fixed an issue that caused some of The Collector’s attacks to not be destroyed on boss death Fixed an issue that caused the incorrect music to play in most of the levels Fixed an issue that caused the player to not lose the moon badge on completion of Shroomy’s questline Fixed an issue that caused the music on certain levels to restart on player death Fixed some naming issues for some levels Fixed an issue that caused some soundtracks to play over eachother Fixed an issue that caused beam type attacks to not kill the player Fixed an issue that caused a secret to be unfindable Fixed an issue that caused the player to lose out on an item permanently Redesigned the Collector’s cutscene Redesigned Wurm’s background Redesigned the art for The Abyssal Elevator Remastered The Dreamer Awakened Ending Lowered Najis’ health by 10 Added a brightness settingRead full article on Community Announcements (ShagglesOnSpotify)Patch NotesOfficial
Major Balance Update
I've been listening to the players as I've made this balance update, and I have addressed a few of the major issues. I hope this helps! Lighting Changes: Made the rocks brighter Made the spikes brighter Made some walls brighter Made the player's lantern light about 6X as bright as before (Same reach) Balance Changes: Made some attack hitboxes more forgiving Rebalanced Heila’s Dream Rebalanced The Hunter Rebalanced The Harbinger Rebalanced Uhr Minor Changes: The player now starts off with the dash ability Changed the locations of a few items Altered Uhr's graphics Altered some of the inventory graphics Altered The Hunter's sword attack graphics Altered the bone attack graphics Added a time played stats tracker on the load game page for your save files Added a NG+ stats tracker on the load game page for your save files Bug Fixes: Fixed some layering issues Fixed an issue that allowed the player to get unlimited extra damage Fixed an issue to cause The Hunter's attacks to not always work correctly Fixed an issue causing The Collector to play an incorrect audio on death Fixed an issue causing The Harbinger to play an incorrect audio on death Fixed an issue causing Wurm to play an incorrect audio on death Fixed some graphical errors with Wurm Fixed some collision errors with Wurm Fixed an issue that caused enemy attacks to not disappear on their death Fixed an issue that caused Crowlites and Crows to not die on boss death Fixed an issue that caused the player to be able to use both the tentacle and tear attack at once Fixed an issue that caused the player’s tear attack to sometimes shoot from their feet This update also comes with a new game plus feature! After the credits roll on the completion of a run it will send you back to Mondreich with all of your stats and items saved, the only difference now is every boss is respawned and has 1.5X the health as before. For every new new game plus you go through the bossed will get another 0.5X their original health!Read full article on Community Announcements (ShagglesOnSpotify)
