Abacus

About this game

Abacus is a retro 2D platformer-shooter that pays homage to "the good old days" - where games were hard and no-one was there to hold your hand. Featuring cute pixel graphics, a catchy original soundtrack and swarms of explosive bees!

Explore a mysterious world

• Run, blast and double-jump your way through 25+ whimsical levels in a quest to save your friend.
  
• Hunt down stars to spend on weapons and upgrades at the Virtumart.
  
• Dodge (or shoot!) your way past Birds, Golems, Knights, Monks and more!
  
• Solve puzzles and uncover ancient secrets.
  
• 3 different difficulty levels to suit all abilities.

Fast-paced multiplayer action

• 3 different competitive game modes.
  
• Play individually or in teams.
  
• 20+ built-in levels to master.
  
• 6 carefully-balanced weapons available, each with different strategic uses.
  
• Unlimited ammo!

Limitless possibilities

• Make your own levels with the in-game level editor.
  
• Fully-customisable tiles and backgrounds.
  
• You can even make levels with friends!

Latest news

• Patch Notes·19 Dec 2024Official

  v1.0.2: Minor improvements

  Abacus v1.0.2 is here with a few small improvements and fixes. Added "Capture Time" setting for KOTH Added the ability to delete save files Minor tweaks to a few levels Fix Worm sometimes not activating in world 2-5
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• Patch Notes·23 Dec 2021Official

  Small fix for Linux users

  Fixed a small issue with the Linux launch script (thanks Keanen!).
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• Patch Notes·6 Jul 2021Official

  Minor fixes

  Added missing Stars Fixed Star Finder showing flashing arrows for already-collected Stars Fixed Yak corpses obscuring Stars
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• Announcements·5 Jul 2021Official

  Abacus is now officially RELEASED!

  Well, it's been a long road. Ten years in development; one year of Early Access. Now, it's finally over. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/37187379/2b75bb00d90efc0ba0356596f030597c66c305d8.png If you've been following the Early Access releases and you're wondering what's changed in this release... it's a big one! Added difficulty levels to Story Mode Added Signs Added new music tracks for Cave world Added new music tracks for Castle world Added new music tracks for Final Boss Added new music track for the Virtumart Added new Castle graphics Added compass arrows to Flags in CTF Added visual indicator for Heat effect Added tooltips in the editor Added new items to the Shop Improved Raven / Vulture AI Minor tweaks to several levels Minor graphical improvements Tweaked Shop costs Increased Knight aiming speed Reduced Ice Mage health Fixed crash in editor when trying to edit an invalid entity Fixed Final Boss dropping a Star when they've all been collected Fixed Dragon killing itself by flying out of bounds Fixed Worm sometimes failing to emerge Fixed Knights not blocking projectiles Fixed Double Jump icon missing from the Shop I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported me during this time - our playtesting sessions have been enormous fun and absolutely invaluable. I am really pleased with how the game has turned out. It's lightyears away from how it looked even just one year ago. I really hope you enjoy it! If you have any comments, questions or suggestions, please drop them in the Steam forum and I will endeavour to respond as soon as possible.
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• Announcements·14 May 2021Official

  Abacus v0.29.0b is here!

  Abacus v0.29.0b brings a number of bugfixes and graphical improvements, including a new lava parallax layer, as well as a brand new CTF level: Nimbus. As always, see the readme for more details. Enjoy!
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