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Ancient Abyss

Screambox Studio · 2021-01-14

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 15, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ancient Abyss is a 2D Zelda-like action game where you will explore mysterious and hidden events in a randomly generated maze. As you progress, you’ll gain more power and collect items to help you reach further into the maze.

66%
positive of 190 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (124 reviews).
  • · Top 36% of 21,755 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.8k–8.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 190 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.24 at Steam (2021-11-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
898920212026Week of 2021-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

RPGIndieActionAdventureAction RPGRogue-likeRogue-liteSouls-likeExplorationEarly Access

Census log

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

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