Every Oddworld game, ranked
All 3 Oddworld games we hold, spanning 1997 to 2005: 3 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 7,484 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (GamingPickz Score 6.9), the highest-rated entry we can score.
The Oddworld games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 3 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
3 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 3 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- Multi-platform
- PlayStation
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
3 best Oddworld games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
- 1
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
6.9GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceOddworld: Abe's Oddysee at a glance Released 1997 Studio Oddworld Inhabitants Player sentiment 85% positive of 4,534 Critics No aggregate Price $2.99 Steam Deck playable Install size Not stated Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 85% shrinks to 84.9 on 4,534 reviews, giving 6.9. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 2
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Best for: A smaller game its players are unusually fond of
6.7GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceOddworld: Stranger's Wrath at a glance Released 2005 Studio Oddworld Inhabitants Player sentiment 87% positive of 1,817 Critics No aggregate Price $9.99 Steam Deck playable Install size Not stated Accessibility 0 declared features Raw 87% shrinks to 86.4 on 1,817 reviews, giving 6.7. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- 3
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
Best for: A smaller game its players are unusually fond of
6.1GamingPickz Scoremedium confidenceOddworld: Munch's Oddysee at a glance Released 2001 Studio Oddworld Inhabitants Player sentiment 77% positive of 1,133 Critics No aggregate Price $4.99 Steam Deck verified Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 77% shrinks to 78.8 on 1,133 reviews, giving 6.1. No critics data, so that weight was redistributed across the rest rather than counted as zero.
What the data supports- Valve has tested it and rates it Verified on the Steam Deck.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
Best and worst entry
The best-received Oddworld game we can score is Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee at 6.9. The lowest is Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee at 6.1, a 0.8-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
How the series scored over time
GamingPickz Score against release year, 1997 to 2005. It has held roughly steady across the years.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee at $2.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the Oddworld entries on Steam:
- Verified: Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
- Playable: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath
Platforms across the series
Where the 3 Oddworld games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 3 of 3 |
| PlayStation | 1 of 3 |
The Oddworld series, game by game
Every Oddworld game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 1997
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. (Steam)
Plot
Characters Abe's Oddysee focuses on a variety of species that inhabit the game's setting of Oddworld: the Mudokons, a species with a rich history and culture who have been slowly transformed into meek, obedient slaves, leaving many who are born into captivity ignorant of this kind's past; the Glukkons, a species that covet power and money, lacking any morals or restraints on achieving these goals, and who have established large industries that have… (Wikipedia)
Characters
Abe's Oddysee focuses on a variety of species that inhabit the game's setting of Oddworld: the Mudokons, a species with a rich history and culture who have been slowly transformed into meek, obedient slaves, leaving many who are born into captivity ignorant of this kind's past; the Glukkons, a species that covet power and money, lacking any morals or restraints on achieving these goals, and who have established large industries that have stripped Oddworld… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Upon its release in 1997, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee received mostly positive reviews. Edge described the game as "a tight 2D platformer that's packed with great innovative touches and some great character design". GameSpot called it "the ideal platformer, balancing its action and puzzle elements perfectly to make the game intelligent, engaging, and, best yet, fun". (Wikipedia)
- 2001
New port for 2016! 60 FPS, higher res textures, higher poly models, improved audio, numerous fixes and improvements, and trading cards, badges, emotes and backgrounds! (Steam)
Plot
Characters Munch's Oddysee features a selection of new species: the Vykkers, who act as researchers and conduct immoral experiments on other species; the Gabbits, a frog-like species that has been nearly driven to extinction thanks to Glukkons harvesting them; and the Fuzzles, a puffball-like species that the Vykkers frequently experiment on, causing them to be highly aggressive. The game's main protagonist and narrator is Munch, a Gabbit who is captured… (Wikipedia)
Characters
Munch's Oddysee features a selection of new species: the Vykkers, who act as researchers and conduct immoral experiments on other species; the Gabbits, a frog-like species that has been nearly driven to extinction thanks to Glukkons harvesting them; and the Fuzzles, a puffball-like species that the Vykkers frequently experiment on, causing them to be highly aggressive. The game's main protagonist and narrator is Munch, a Gabbit who is captured at the… (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee received fair to positive reviews from critics upon its release in 2001. More critical of the title, GameSpot gave the game a 7. 9, stating that it is "a very smart game with great puzzles, yet there's not enough variety in those puzzles to keep it completely entertaining throughout. (Wikipedia)
- 2005
You're the Stranger, a mysterious bounty hunter on a mission to bag the ultimate prize. And you need that money like no one else because there is something very wrong with your health and the only way to fix it is a very costly operation. (Steam)
Plot
The game begins with a bounty hunter , known only as the Stranger, catching various Outlaws to raise money for a mysterious operation. He travels through three towns inhabited by the bird-like Clakkerz; Gizzard Gulch, Buzzarton, and finally New Yolk City. Midway through, he hears that a tribe of amphibian creatures called Grubbs are tormented by a demon. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception Upon release, Stranger's Wrath received highly positive reviews with an average critic score of 87% at GameRankings and 88 out of 100 at Metacritic . It later was nominated for and won numerous awards for multiple media outlets. It received nominations for Outstanding Achievement in Animation and Outstanding Character Performance – Male at the AIAS ' 9th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards , Best Artistic Graphics at GameSpot and Best… (Wikipedia)
Oddworld, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
Oddworld vs other series
How Oddworld stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
Also: Oddworld vs Little Nightmares, Oddworld vs Mirror's Edge, Oddworld vs Portal
Common questions
How many Oddworld games are there?
We hold 3 Oddworld games in the catalogue, released between 1997 and 2005. 3 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which Oddworld game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee rates highest at 6.9. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the Oddworld games in?
Release order is listed below, from 1997 to 2005. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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