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Abort, Retry, Fail

Manpukuken Ramen · 2022-05-17

Steam

ActionAdventureFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 17, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Abort, Retry, Fail is a top-down roguelike action adventure in which you play as a lazy programmer that has to generate his own weapon and shoot his way through hordes of enemies. Are you brave enough to help him escape from computer hell of Windows 98?

90%
positive of 83 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 20,011 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

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