Neon Abyss

Neon Abyss plays like a panic-stricken, action, rouge game that knows exactly what it wants to be from beginning to the end. The guns are big, the options are plentiful, and randomness is the name of the game. The boss battles left me a bit empty, but this game is definitely more than a glass half full.

With beautiful pixel art brought to life with bright neon colours and wonderfully absurd enemy designs, Neon Abyss is an absolute joy to play. Its bombastic soundtrack spurs you on through each dungeon and if you die – no, when you die – you’ll just shake it off, eager to jump back in. The sheer wealth of weapons and pick-ups available genuinely means that no two journeys through the abyss ever fe...

Neon Abyss is a highly playable action-roguelike with a huge number of perks and weapons to take on the ever-growing horde of monsters that show up in each room.  The powerup progression in a run is almost always satisfying, assuming it doesn't take too long for the random drops to start piling up in a helpful way, and while sometimes the chaos can become unreadable it's usually due to becoming tr...

Neon Abyss’ emphasis on thriving, not surviving is a breath of fresh air in a subgenre defined by struggle. It’s chaotic, cathartic gameplay is a welcome surprise and unique take on the formula.

I keep saying that the amount of indie roguelikes out there is big enough to warrant multiple “Atari from 1983” levels of market saturation. However, there’s always a title that entices me due to its setting or some schtick in its gameplay loop. Neon Abyss is the latest roguelike to grab my attention, partially due to how stylish it is, and also because it’s a run-and-gun platformer. Who doesn’t l...

Neon Abyss is a procedurally generated, rogue-like platformer that takes heavy inspiration from the likes of Enter the Gungeon and The Binding of Isaac. You play as part of the Hades formed ‘Grim Squad’ and are thrown into the Abyss, equipped with nothing more than a gun to blast through room after room of menacing foes in order to reach and slay the manager of each floor.

Neon Abyss is occasionally great. It's let down by repetition, uneven difficulty, and the occasional game-breaking bug.

Neon Abyss starts with Hades calling you “the enemy of my enemy” and asking you to kick the butt of an organisation called “The Titan Group” for taking his powers and killing your family. It’s hard not to get a bit excited about what’s to come. When the pixelated, mustached, Reservoir Dogs looking Hades slides a cup your way and exclaims “If you seek revenge, DRINK IT”, you know sculling it is you...