Path of the Abyss

Path of the Abyss

Released Jun 2025

Dive deep into the Abyss.

93% positive · 668 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Path of the Abyss launched out of Early Access on June 13, 2025, reaching its 1.0 release. The developer's announcement for that launch explicitly described it as a full release and outlined the final features added — Steam achievements, an ending credits sequence, additional character portraits, and Simplified Chinese language support. The launch post also noted that "bug fixes and further adjustments will continue after launch," but this is standard post-launch maintenance language, not a commitment to new content. Since launch, the developer has shipped a steady stream of small patches (versions 1.0.9 through 1.0.13) adding minor quality-of-life features and fixing bugs, consistent with a developer supporting a finished product. There is no announced DLC, expansion, roadmap, or any other indication of planned new content. The game launched as a complete dungeon-crawling RPG with a clear ending, and no signals suggest additional content is in the pipeline.
Evidence
Version 1.0.0 released, adding an ending credits sequence, Steam achievements, additional character portraits, and Simplified Chinese support — marking the game's full launch
news post · Jun 13, 2025 source content shipped
high
Developer announced Path of the Abyss leaving Early Access for a full 1.0 release on June 14, 2025, describing final features added and noting post-launch bug fixes would continue
news post · Jun 1, 2025 source development ending
high

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Suzuki Suzuzou
Achievements
10
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Path of the Abyss is a single-player, grid-based dungeon exploration RPG.

You explore dungeons expressed in black-and-white pen drawings with your freely customized character and aim for the deepest level.

*Unique Features*

・First person RPG

・Real-time Combat that can be paused at any moment

・Diverse Character Builds

・Many mysteries and loot to be uncovered in dungeons

*Combat*

Combat operates in real time.

You can pause at any time so analyze your enemy’s attacks, buff your allies, intercept enemy attacks and deploy a wide range of tactics to gain an advantage.

You will be able to see what the enemy intends on doing. It is important to react with the appropriate skills.

Basically, you want to…

1. Pause and see how the enemy intends to attack.

2. Choose the appropriate skills.

3. Unpause.

Combat will be done by repeating these steps.

Skills you want to use in combat will be set into the “Formation Panel” formed by 9 panels, prior to combat.

The outcome of combat will be affected greatly by the skills and the position of the skills you place on the Formation Panel.

The Formation Panel will be shared by the party, a unique feature of this game is to come up with ways to use the limited number panels you have.

*Character Builds*

You can build a character by customizing 8 abilities, 5 basic stats, skills and gear.

*Party Build*

You build the party by setting up skills of the characters into the Formation Panel.

Some skills have synergistic effects, and the Formation Panel should be set up so that the skills complement each other.

*Exploration*

In Path of the Abyss, you explore a world comprised by one giant dungeon and several minor dungeons.

Uncover the mysteries of the dungeons, strengthen your characters and make it to the the deepest depths of the dungeon.

*Story*

A small ruin in East Weltden.

In a forgotten ruin that has been robbed countless times, sightings of terrifying monsters became frequent.

Some scoffed at the sightings as mere rumors, and ventured into the ruins to boast of their intrepidity, only to never return.

The Lord of East Weltden dispatched an investigation team but it only resulted in a bloodbath.

Rumors of this ruin traveled far and wide, luring skilled adventurers to the land.

You are such an adventurer yourself.

*Video uploads/Streaming*

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Last evaluated Jun 22, 2026
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