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Abyssal Maw playtest
by Reset Studio
Control a sootball to hunt for the insatiable Abyssal Maw. Slay monsters, haul corpses with sootball, earn Corrupted Bone Shards. Trade for upgrades. Survive chaos challenges like lightning storms. As feeding escalates, mutations worsen—balance risks to sustain your fragile survival loop.
Anyone with a Steam account can join, and it's free.
- Access
- Instant
- On playtest since
- Jul 10, 2025
- Planned release
- To be announced
- Developer
- Reset Studio
- Platforms
- Windows
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English, Simplified Chinese
How to join the Abyssal Maw playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Join playtest button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Use the Abyssal Maw playtest signup there. You're in straight away, with nothing to pay.
- The playtest shows up in your Steam library, ready to install and play.
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About Abyssal Maw
You are a sootball creature born from the festering abyss, forged as a living tool by the Abyssal Maw at the map's center. This realm is its digestive playground—monsters spawn from rotting flesh carpets, and your sole purpose is to hunt, haul, and feed, using meat to quell its endless hunger.
Core Gameplay:
- Hunt & Haul Cycle: Slay mutated horrors spawned near the Abyssal Maw, drag corpses yourself, or command split-off Mini SootBall to assist.
- Bone Currency: The Maw vomits "Corrupted Bone Shards" after devouring flesh. Spend them at the edge-of-map Chest Monster: Rotfang to choose 1 of 3 random upgrades (e.g., teleport dodge, poison mist, temporary shields).
- Chaos Challenges: The Maw may trigger mutations—darkness leaving only its glow, or lava fissures splitting the ground. Survive these trials!
- Risk vs. Reward: Deploy more Mini SootBall to boost hauling speed, or keep them close to slaughter faster. Choose wisely.
Endgame:
Trade Bone Shards for power, build your sootball army, and survive the Maw’s growing madness. But remember—the more you feed it, the hungrier the abyss grows… and more terrifying creatures awaken.
From the game's Steam page.
