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Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee® cover art

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee®

Oddworld Inhabitants · 2008-08-28

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Nov 11, 1997 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 18, 1997 (PlayStation), Oct 22, 2009 (PlayStation 3), Oct 22, 2009 (PlayStation Portable), 1997 (DOS), Jul 30, 2012 (OnLive Game System)

Selected by the fickle finger of fate, Abe™, floor-waxer first class for RuptureFarms, was catapulted into a life of adventure when he overheard plans by his boss, Molluck the Glukkon™, to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into Tasty Treats as part of a last-ditch effort to rescue Molluck's failing meat-packing empire.

9
playing now
85%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
100/100
critic score (0 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (252 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is a platform video game developed by Oddworld Inhabitants and published by GT Interactive. It was released in 1997 for the PlayStation game console, and computers running MS-DOS and Windows. A Game Boy version was released as Oddworld Adventures in 1998.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 86 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 181k–363k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,534 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.79-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.79-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.56 at Fanatical (2022-06-20) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 38 of 45 observed days · $1.23 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4522026-08-06 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 11 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 10 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.562015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $1.492015-09-10 — best price $1.492015-11-13 — best price $5.992016-05-27 — best price $2.992016-09-22 — best price $2.992017-03-13 — best price $2.992017-09-21 — best price $1.492018-01-04 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $2.992018-11-27 — best price $2.992019-04-05 — best price $0.742019-08-26 — best price $2.992019-12-19 — best price $0.892020-12-22 — best price $1.492021-08-09 — best price $5.992021-12-01 — best price $2.992022-01-20 — best price $2.582022-05-24 — best price $2.992022-08-26 — best price $2.582022-11-16 — best price $2.582023-01-06 — best price $2.582023-03-16 — best price $1.492023-06-23 — best price $0.592023-08-25 — best price $2.192023-11-22 — best price $2.292024-02-06 — best price $1.492024-04-04 — best price $5.992024-06-17 — best price $0.562024-08-03 — best price $2.192024-11-05 — best price $2.392025-01-24 — best price $2.292025-07-02 — best price $1.192025-09-29 — best price $0.742025-12-24 — best price $2.242026-03-27 — best price $1.792026-05-25 — best price $1.792026-08-29 — best price $1.792026-08-30 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k1892026-05-31 — 226 pageviews2026-06-03 — 227 pageviews2026-06-06 — 223 pageviews2026-06-09 — 262 pageviews2026-06-12 — 228 pageviews2026-06-15 — 189 pageviews2026-06-18 — 213 pageviews2026-06-21 — 221 pageviews2026-06-24 — 209 pageviews2026-06-27 — 236 pageviews2026-06-30 — 313 pageviews2026-07-03 — 228 pageviews2026-07-06 — 222 pageviews2026-07-09 — 227 pageviews2026-07-12 — 270 pageviews2026-07-15 — 253 pageviews2026-07-18 — 282 pageviews2026-07-21 — 271 pageviews2026-07-24 — 343 pageviews2026-07-27 — 324 pageviews2026-07-30 — 297 pageviews2026-08-02 — 250 pageviews2026-08-05 — 316 pageviews2026-08-08 — 310 pageviews2026-08-11 — 279 pageviews2026-08-14 — 241 pageviews2026-08-17 — 233 pageviews2026-08-20 — 239 pageviews2026-08-23 — 236 pageviews2026-08-26 — 222 pageviews2026-08-28 — 217 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

2DDarkFunnyRetro1990'sComedyPuzzleClassicAdventureDifficult

Census log

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

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