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Abalyte cover art

Abalyte

Purple Studios · 2018-10-15

Steam

ActionAdventureFree To PlayIndieRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 15, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Abalyte is a 2D-roguelike metroidvania that focuses on the player's skill and inventiveness. While other games have crutches or progression systems that help the player beat the game, Abalyte does the opposite and throws you in a spike-pit.

Abalyte is an Action, Adventure, Free To Play and Indie game released in 2018, free-to-play, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 203 reviews).

0
playing now
67%
positive of 203 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (45 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
363620182026Week of 2018-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
2.7%
earned "Die 10 times."
2.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10100%1

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGIndieActionAdventureDifficultPlatformerRogue-liteRoguevaniaEarly Access

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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