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Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus®

Oddworld Inhabitants · 2008-08-28

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 19, 1998 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 27, 1998 (PlayStation), Jun 02, 2010 (PlayStation 3), Jun 02, 2010 (PlayStation Portable), Dec 20, 2011 (OnLive Game System)

Abe's peaceful retirement was shattered when visited by a vision from the Mudokon Spirit Guides. Abe™ learned the Magog Cartel was mining Necrum, the sacred Mudokon city of the dead, to collect bones to make super-addictive SoulStorm Brew.

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus® is an Adventure game released in 2008, priced at $2.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (95% of 1690 reviews) and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

2
playing now
95%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (124 ratings)
30h
to beat · completionist 25h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus is a platform video game developed by Oddworld Inhabitants and published by GT Interactive. Although the game is a sequel to the video game Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, it is considered a spin-off title in the Oddworld series, and not part of the Oddworld Quintology. It was released in November 1998 for the PlayStation video game console and in December 1998 for Microsoft Windows. A Game Boy Color version, titled Oddworld Adventures 2, was released in 2000. The PlayStation version was re-released on the PlayStation Network in October 2009.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 63 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 68k–135k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,690 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.79-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.56 at Fanatical (2022-06-20) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 50 of 84 observed days · $1.23 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
292920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
235Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 10 · peak 23Dec 2012 — avg 7 · peak 21May 2013 — avg 7 · peak 18Oct 2013 — avg 6 · peak 15Mar 2014 — avg 9 · peak 23Aug 2014 — avg 14 · peak 35Jan 2015 — avg 15 · peak 35Jun 2015 — avg 18 · peak 53Nov 2015 — avg 8 · peak 25Apr 2016 — avg 8 · peak 20Sep 2016 — avg 9 · peak 22Feb 2017 — avg 9 · peak 23Jul 2017 — avg 10 · peak 23Dec 2017 — avg 10 · peak 30May 2018 — avg 12 · peak 46Oct 2018 — avg 6 · peak 18Mar 2019 — avg 7 · peak 25Aug 2019 — avg 7 · peak 18Jan 2020 — avg 8 · peak 20Jun 2020 — avg 12 · peak 29Nov 2020 — avg 9 · peak 25Apr 2021 — avg 23 · peak 56Sep 2021 — avg 6 · peak 15Feb 2022 — avg 8 · peak 22Jul 2022 — avg 8 · peak 19Dec 2022 — avg 8 · peak 21May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 22Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Mar 2024 — avg 8 · peak 18Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 15Jan 2025 — avg 9 · peak 25Jun 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$0.562015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-09-11 — best price $2.992015-12-01 — best price $2.992016-09-08 — best price $0.742017-03-13 — best price $1.012017-09-21 — best price $2.992018-01-25 — best price $2.992018-08-30 — best price $2.242019-01-24 — best price $2.992019-07-01 — best price $1.492019-12-11 — best price $1.792021-01-04 — best price $5.992021-10-28 — best price $0.742022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-04-29 — best price $2.192022-08-03 — best price $2.582022-11-01 — best price $0.742023-01-06 — best price $2.582023-05-08 — best price $0.742023-08-14 — best price $2.212023-11-16 — best price $2.112024-01-23 — best price $2.292024-04-05 — best price $2.292024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-09-03 — best price $2.192025-01-16 — best price $2.292025-06-27 — best price $2.192025-10-06 — best price $2.992026-01-11 — best price $5.992026-04-22 — best price $2.992026-08-12 — best price $1.792026-09-07 — best price $1.792026-09-19 — best price $5.992026-10-01 — best price $5.992026-10-13 — best price $1.792026-10-15 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

115442026-05-31 — 115 pageviews2026-06-04 — 94 pageviews2026-06-08 — 88 pageviews2026-06-12 — 67 pageviews2026-06-16 — 68 pageviews2026-06-20 — 75 pageviews2026-06-24 — 78 pageviews2026-06-28 — 109 pageviews2026-07-02 — 91 pageviews2026-07-06 — 83 pageviews2026-07-10 — 73 pageviews2026-07-14 — 60 pageviews2026-07-18 — 84 pageviews2026-07-22 — 79 pageviews2026-07-26 — 95 pageviews2026-07-30 — 73 pageviews2026-08-03 — 74 pageviews2026-08-07 — 71 pageviews2026-08-11 — 86 pageviews2026-08-15 — 79 pageviews2026-08-19 — 75 pageviews2026-08-23 — 74 pageviews2026-08-27 — 72 pageviews2026-08-31 — 69 pageviews2026-09-04 — 66 pageviews2026-09-08 — 65 pageviews2026-09-12 — 52 pageviews2026-09-16 — 56 pageviews2026-09-20 — 75 pageviews2026-09-24 — 52 pageviews2026-09-28 — 73 pageviews2026-10-02 — 54 pageviews2026-10-06 — 80 pageviews2026-10-09 — 54 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

2DDarkFunnyActionComedyPuzzleSci-fiClassicStealthAdventure

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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