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Genre: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Arcade

Ancient Abyss

Zelda-inspired Adventure Ancient Abyss Demo Available in the Steam Game Festival
Beijing, China -- 9.29.2020 -- The indie developer Screambox Studio unveiled their maze based roguelite action adventure Ancient Abyss, will be releasing a playable demo for a limited time on PC as part of the new Steam Game Festival (set for Oct 7 to Oct 13, PT).

The Demo contains the first 2 missions from the start of the campaign for a glimpse of the combat system, and the wildest pixel art worlds. Inspired by The Legend of Zelda series, the game features thrilling battle and perma-death mechanics of the Roguelike genre, as well as the exploration and discovery of 2D Zelda games.

Beta test is over!
Many thanks for all your support!
This round of beta test is over and the previous keys are obsolete.
The next test date will be announced later.

Thank you again for your feedback and bug endurance!
We hope to see you soon!

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A tiny update

  1. Particles when puddles are frozen, poisoned or electrified
  2. Rabbit holes in second level
  3. Fixed some input bugs when chatting with NPCs

Some Changes

  1. Better SFX for poisoned puddle catching fire
  2. Faster animation to pick & throw
  3. Fixed mouse issue in Menu
  4. Fixed player can't evade bullets by rolling
  5. Fixed passive skill: Hunt


As well as


  1. More content of storytelling
  2. Laser of shotgun units is blocked by obstacles
  3. NPC drops newly unlocked item at a proper place
  4. Walking speed halves for units on oil
  5. Fixed delayed updates of boss' HP
  6. Fixed passive skill Fight Back only deals 1x damage
  7. Fixed double door bug in initial battle room
  8. Fixed a deadlock when boss is cut to pieces

Fallback to last version
Sorry, buddies.
We made a small update with some new stuff in the battle scenes that need more time to polish.
So we roll back to last release. But for those who want to have a taste of the buggy yet fun changes, feel free to switch to the beta branch by entering access code 'Screambox123'.

We have updates!

  1. Settings menu at home scene
  2. Brand new rabbit hole
  3. A new passive skill for Hammer & Two Hand Sword accumulation
  4. Doors lock as soon as player enters battle room
  5. New battle rooms added
  6. Use max damage value for heavy attack
  7. Fixed deadlock caused by dialog & pause menu
  8. Other bug fixings

Little Updates

  • Counter tip for keyboard
  • Tweaked details for room entrance
  • Display relics count on HUD
  • Fixed bugs with passive skills
  • New ornaments in rooms

Better Barrel Experience !
Major changes

  • Easier barrel kicking. Only display UI tip when player can kick
  • Barrel bounces back a little when hitting walls or stones
  • New icons for some of the Passive Skills


Bug fixings

  • Enemies stun forever
  • Hand of Fate: minor data error
  • Super Roll Attack: Only deals 1x damage
  • Blast: No effect for level 2
  • Some other issues in battle scenes

Some updates

  1. Fixed UI layout on ultra wide displays which causes Archer Boss invincible
  2. Fixed issues with dialog deadlock
  3. Updated ice texture for water
  4. Boosted performance in chapter 2
  5. Tweaked levels of chapter 2
  6. Easier to pickup multiple items one by one
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