Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
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.
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- Released
- 1997
- Developer
- Oddworld Inhabitants
- Platforms
- 3 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- playable
- Download
- Not stated
What is Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee?
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.
Description as published by the developer on its own store page, read 30 August 2026. It is marketing copy, not our assessment.
The record
| First released | 31 August 1997 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Oddworld Inhabitants |
| Publisher | Atari, Inc. |
| Platforms | Game Boy, PlayStation, Steam Deck |
| Genres | Platformer, Puzzle |
| Languages | 6 supported |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q1064350, seeded 30 August 2026. Store data from Steam, read 30 August 2026.
How was Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee received?
Method. Player figures are Steam's own totals for the PC version, read 30 August 2026. The Metacritic score is the one Steam publishes on its store page and can lag the site itself. Neither is our opinion. We have not published a review of this game.
What does it support?
| Capability | Support |
|---|---|
| Controller | Not stated |
| Cloud saves | No |
| Cross-platform play | No |
| Mod support | No official workshop |
| Online play | Single-player only |
| In-game purchases | No |
| Steam Deck | playable |
| Download size | Not stated |
| Add-on content | None listed |
| Age gate | None |
Content descriptors
- Frequent violence or gore
- General mature content
Method. Read from the publisher's Steam listing on 30 August 2026. Describes the PC version. Console versions differ.
What does it cost?
Steam price in US dollars, read 30 August 2026. Prices move hourly and vary by region. Check the current price.
Is Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee worth it?
85% of 4,534 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. It costs $2.99 on Steam.
That is the data, not a verdict for sale: whether it is worth it depends on the price you pay and what you want. Players do report problems — see the reported-problems section below before buying. We have not published our own review of this game.
How long is Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee? How long to beat it
Total play time for Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is about 14.5 hours to do everything, and around 12.6 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 12.6h | 80 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 14.4h | 30 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 14.5h | 34 |
At its current price of $2.99, beating the main story works out to about $0.24 per hour. That is the price divided by the hours, a value read and not a verdict: a longer game costs less per hour, which is not the same as being the better game.
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee sits on the grid
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Estimated sales for Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
These are estimates, not reported figures. Oddworld Inhabitants has not published unit sales for Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, and nobody outside the company can measure them. What follows is arithmetic on the review count, with the method printed below so you can check it or reject it.
How this was calculated
Steam sales track review counts closely enough that dividing one by the other across games with published figures gives a usable multiplier. This is the standard method for estimating sales from outside a publisher.
| Reviews on Steam | 4,534 |
|---|---|
| Sales per review | 30 to 60 |
| List price | $2.99 |
| Assumed average selling price | 33% to 66% of list |
What this cannot tell you
Steam only. Console, Epic, GOG and retail sales are not in here. For a game that sold heavily on PlayStation this is a fraction of the real number.
The band is wide because the method is imprecise. Review rates vary with price, genre, launch era and how insistently a game asks. Published analyses put the ratio between 30 and 60 for paid games, and we show the whole range rather than picking a point in it.
The owner estimate above measures something else. SteamSpy counts accounts that have the game, which includes free weekends, bundles, giveaways and gifts. It sits higher than a sales figure for that reason, and the two are not alternative answers to the same question.
Revenue is the shakiest line. It assumes an average selling price well below list because most copies move in sales, and it ignores regional pricing, refunds, key resellers and whatever deal the publisher actually has with Valve. Treat it as an order of magnitude, not a figure.
If Oddworld Inhabitants publishes a real number we will use that instead and say where it came from. Our editorial policy covers how we handle figures we cannot verify.
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee price & deals: is it on sale?
We have one reading so far: $2.99 on 30 August 2026. Prices are checked daily from here, and this becomes a chart once there is more than one point to join. A single observation is a price, not a history.
What readers say about Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Problems players report
We read the 300 most recent negative Steam reviews of Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee on 30 August 2026 and counted what they mention. These are complaints, not confirmed defects: we have not reproduced any of them, and a review describes one person's machine. What the counts tell you is which problems more than one person ran into.
- Crashes and freezes20 of 300 (7%)
As far as the port goes, it was fine when I first played but FMVs don't play smoothly these days, and there are some other graphical bugs and crashes.
Steam review, 19 March 2026 · 24 hours played · 12 readers marked it helpful-This game caused one of my laptops to crash whenever I tried loading it.
Steam review, 17 March 2017 · 18 hours played · 9 readers marked it helpful - Performance and stutter12 of 300 (4%)
Awful screen tearing and crappy frame rate.
Steam review, 26 July 2020 · 2 hours played · 16 readers marked it helpfulThe videos have like 1 fps and the talking keys dont work properly, like you need to push a few times for him to actually say "wait", and by that time the npcs have already walked into the grinder.
Steam review, 9 March 2017 · 2 hours played · 11 readers marked it helpful - Controller and input10 of 300 (3%)
Input lag on a few levels on PC make it not playable but rather frustrating.
Steam review, 15 May 2024 · 2 hours played · 6 readers marked it helpfulIt doesn't seem to support game pads and controllers, and yet the key binding is not in line with keyboards.
Steam review, 17 November 2025 · 2 hours played · 4 readers marked it helpful
A further 13 reviews call the game buggy or broken without saying how, which is why they are counted separately rather than assigned to a theme. Counted by keyword across review text, so a review discussing two problems is counted under both. Read the reviews yourself.
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Games like Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
24 games overlap with Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee on the tags Steam players applied to it, on genre, and on theme. The closest are Another World, Grim Fandango and Limbo.
Part of the Oddworld series
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is one of 3 Oddworld games we track. See the whole series ranked by the GamingPickz Score, plotted on the grid, and listed in release order:
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Common questions about Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
What platforms is Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee on?
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is available on Game Boy, PlayStation, Steam Deck. It first released in 1997.
How much does Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee cost?
$2.99 on Steam in the United States, read on 30 August 2026. Prices move often and vary by region, so check the store before buying.
Do players recommend Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee?
85% of 4,534 Steam reviews are positive, which Steam rates Very Positive. That is players rating it, not our review. We have not published a review of this game.
Does Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee work on Steam Deck?
Valve rates Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee as playable on the Steam Deck, from its own testing.
Who made Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee?
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee was developed by Oddworld Inhabitants and published by Atari, Inc..
Is Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee worth it in 2026?
85% of 4,534 Steam reviews are positive (Very Positive), and it is $2.99 on steam. That is the strongest signal we hold; "worth it" depends on the price you pay and what you want, so weigh the sentiment against the current price above.
Is Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee on sale?
Not at the moment. Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is at its $2.99 list price on Steam, read on 30 August 2026. It has been cheaper before; the price history above shows when.
How long does it take to beat Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee?
about 12.6 hours for the main story, 14.4 hours with the main extras, 14.5 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.
Is Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee worth the money?
At $2.99 for about 12.6 hours to beat the main story, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee works out to roughly $0.24 per hour. That is a value read, not a verdict: a longer game costs less per hour, which is not the same as being better. Weigh it against the review sentiment above.