It has been a wild week for video games, and between the headline-grabbing news of shadow-dropped games and turbulent console preorders, it’s only natural that some stuff has flown under the radar. Starless Abyss is one such example here, as this blend of roguelike deckbuilding and Eldritch horror has just released today with very little fanfare.
That’s a shame, because so far, the game is earning high praise for its Lovecraftian themes and retro-inspired art design. Starless Abyss sees you command a fleet of spaceships powered by science and the occult against alien invaders from a nightmarish reality. As one of five Proximae tasked with saving humanity, you’ll be able to upgrade your ships along the way, and battles take place on a hex-based grid.
The catch here is that the closer you bring your fleet to the Outer Gods, the faster your sanity will deplete. You can keep your mind in check, but embracing a little bit of mental chaos will also allow you to use powerful occult abilities in battle. The art direction also looks quite enticing with its old-school spaceship designs and space-terror monsters. It’s Steam Deck Verified as well, so you can download it and start playing right away without the need to fiddle about with the game settings.
If you’re curious, you can grab the full game on PC via Steam, and a demo is available.
Looking ahead, a bunch of other cool new games were announced earlier this week by Top Hat Studios and The Mix. These cover a wide variety of genre, ranging from wholesome platforming with a duck through to survival-horror where you have to fend off flesh-monsters inside of a PS2-era mansion, and they’re all coming out in the near future on PC and console.