Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus®
Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus®
Game
Game2008
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee®
Developer Oddworld Inhabitants
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is a platform video game developed by Oddworld Inhabitants and published by GT Interactive. It was released in 1997 for the PlayStation game console, and computers running MS-DOS and Windows. A Game Boy version was released as Oddworld Adventures in 1998. The game centers on the eponymous Abe, a meek Mudokon slave at the RuptureFarms meat processing factory. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
291 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
LovedLoved
147 positive · 30 negative
95% range 77–88%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 147 | 30 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 31 | 2 | 50 |
| Mastodon * | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| Lemmy * | 4 | 0 | 10 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,982 of 2,331 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
82% recommend · 142 yes, 31 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 173 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,881 of 4,545 positive).
Players praise the game's atmosphere, story, and charm, calling it a classic that still holds up. [1][2][3] Many note the punishing difficulty and dated mechanics, especially the checkpoint system. [4][5][6] Some criticize the PC port for input lag and poor controller support. [7][8][9]
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- [5]
Nostalgia carries this a long way, but the brutally trial-and-error gameplay and clunky 'gamespeak' mechanics haven't aged all that gracefully. The atmospheric world-building and creepy tone are still top-tier, but actually playing it nowadays feels more like a chore than an adventure. Worth a deep-sale look if you love retro classics, but expect to lean heavily on quicksaves.
- [1]
A Gritty Classic That Earns Its Quirks Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee is one of those rare titles that, despite the march of time and tectonic shifts in game design philosophies, manages to hold onto its charm like a scrappy underdog clinging to a cause. First released in 1997 and now available on Steam, this cinematic platformer continues to earn praise from long-time fans and nostalgic newcomers alike — though not …
- [4]
TLDR A landmark puzzle platformer, the atmosphere and mechanics still hold, but punishing save system make it harder to appreciate today. [18/20⭐, 18h🏅, 3/5💡(4 best ending)] Context Abe’s Oddysee is a classic puzzle platformer in which you play as an escaped slave taking on an evil corporation. While both the presentation and the mechanics feel somewhat dated, it’s easy to see why the game was such a phenomenon in …
- [14]
i HATE this game i HATE this game i HATE THIS GAME!!!!!!!! AAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K F**KF F**K F**K F**K F**K F**K ... Anyways 10/10 just make sure to save and steel your heart to free all the guys. Great visuals and I'm a big fan of the style. A lot of care went into the project. Sound design is a big plus too.
- [2]
Abe's Oddysee is a true classic that stands the test of time. From my first time playing it as a little kid, myself and my brothers huddled around the TV in the back room on our playstation continuously hurling ourselves into the path of falling meat chunks and falling to our deaths, all the way up to my most recent playthrough (which admittedly, was me sat next to my youngest brother watching him complete it as he …
Summarised from 34 of the 273 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee® sits at 83% positive across 177 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
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". Animation World Magazine applauded multiple aspects of the game, saying it "features some of the best graphics and animation we've ever seen" and commenting on the "sophisticated gameplay". GamePro gave it a perfect 5.0 out of 5 for graphics and sound and a 4.5 out of 5 for control and funfactor, asserting that it "bursts onto the…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 291 · most liked firstJust finished another sculpture! This one was a biggie! Oddworld is one of my all time favorite game series, and I will always have a special place in my heart for Abe. @oddworldinc.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →[Jon Cartwright voice] Did you know...Stranger than Heaven is the third game in the highly acclaimed Stranger trilogy, beginning with 2005's Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath and continuing with Final Fantasy: Stranger of Paradise.
neutral · AI labelView post →Behold! Fanart made in Spore!🌌 Metal: Sodom, The Berzerker; Pitch Black (Riddick); Pokemon: Arceus, Lugia; Playstation: Sir Daniel Fortesque, Spyro, Oddworld. Did you play the game? Do you have fond memories of it? :)
neutral · AI labelView post →Proton 9.0-4 released. * Now playable: * APB Reloaded * Conqueror's Blade * Cube Hero Odyssey * Disgaea 4 Complete+ * Hard Chip Demo * ScarQuest * Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army 2 (AMD GPUs only) * Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown * Total War: SHOGUN 2 * Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2 (requires disabled Steam Overlay) * Welcome to Dustown * Fixed Hell Let Loose crashing when joining a server after a recent game update. *…
neutral · AI labelView post →I caved and bought a Portal 🥰 First game played on it just has to be Oddworld with Abe!
positive · AI labelView post →Release GE-Proton10-34 Released. >Proton: > >- update latest wine bleeding-edge >- update latest dxvk >- update latest dxvk-nvapi >- update latest vkd3d-proton >- update latest vkd3d >- update latest FEX >- import proton script game fixes from upstream >- import aarch64 build changes from upstream > >Protonfixes: > >- added protonfix for god of war ragnarok playstation sdk error >- added protonfix to disable hidraw and enable sdl for gta v >- added protonfix for GOG version of Oddworld:…
neutral · AI labelView post →Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee / Game Boy Advance / THQ / 2003
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a character in High On Life 2 named Bronkin Bucko (and his brother Peter) whose character design is a mix of Earthworm Jim, Ratchet and Clank and Oddworld, and I love him so much I want a spinoff game, cartoon or comic about him.
neutral · AI labelView post →We worked in the very first Oddworld game, Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee, a million years ago. It wasn’t our very first professional job, but it was close. We sculpted seven characters to be scanned and animated 😊🖤 #oddworld #abesoddysee #shiflettbros #claysculpting
neutral · AI labelView post →🔴✨COME OVER!✨🔴 Ready for a classic? This is none other than, Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey a game deep in my childhood is LIVE AND STREAMIN RN!!! 💖👇I miss you👇 💖 www.twitch.tv/alpineshowtime
positive · AI labelView post →The #RandomGameSaturday for me today is Oddworld Abe's Odyssey for the PC! I was obsessed with this series ever since playing a PSX demo of this one, up to Munch's Oddysee; which felt like some crazy subversive art future to me while anticipating its release. A unique game not sure if it holds up!
neutral · AI labelView post →Valkyrie Profile was this $20 game I bought at Best Buy instead of Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey, and I never regretted that decision. Beautiful pixel art, amazing soundtrack, VOICE ACTORS. Plus an AMAZING story where each character gets a beautiful dramatic backstory. A masterpiece.
neutral · AI labelView post →Haven't done a Random Game Saturday for a bit! Here's Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, perhaps one of the finest "more of the same" sequels I've played. Quiksave, expanded possession and GameSpeak; a true expansion of Abe's Oddyssey. Another one for the "Oh, THAT'S where my politics came from." pile.
positive · AI labelView post →Hello everyone im new and I will follow you Like: Ratchet and clank Oddworld Astro bot Crossover Movie and show Video game Gacha Pizza tower Death battle Sonic the hedgehog Drawing
neutral · AI labelView post →Weirdly, Oddworld: Abes Oddysee. I was freaking terrified of that game (I was 10). Couldn't get past the first screens. Scary creatures shooting each other. But I still wanted to explore the captivating world, & after researching the dev side to dispel the fear, I discovered a love for the media 😆
positive · AI labelView post →🌙 Evening Gamers! Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is a #PlayStation Platform game in a visual 2D style, blending action with puzzle elements in an intelligent way with memorable characters, it's truly unique, definitely worth playing if you own a #Ps1 Anyone agree? #GamersUnite #RetroGaming
positive · AI labelView post →Oddworld is my fav game series of all time and the ENTIRE COLLECTION is on sale for ONE DOLLAR???? No excuses. PLAY MY FAVORITE GAMES RIGHT NOW
positive · AI labelView post →Ⓥⓘⓓⓔⓞ ⓖⓐⓜⓔⓢ ⓐⓛⓟⓗⓐⓑⓔⓣ Post a game that starts with a O! Mine: Oddworld Abe’s Exodus. #gaming #AtoZ #RETROGAMING #gamers #videogames
neutral · AI labelView post →Looking back at Oddworld Soulstorm and wishing it was a better game.
negative · AI labelView post →It's Sunday - and that means this week's Video Game Library Newsletter is live! 🎉 Here's what you'll find: 📕 Over a dozen new #VideoGame #Book reveals! 📘 A journey through #Oddworld 📗 A dive into an emerging sub-genre ( #GamingThePast ) 📙 An inspiring interview with @drkowert.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Name a game you have completed more than six times: Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (Honorable mention: MediEvil)
neutral · AI labelView post →Oddworld New ‘N’ Tasty✅ Forgot to mention that I finished this the other day! Incredible remake of an incredible game! Oddworld is such a special series for how nuanced it is in discussing things like corporate overreach, slavery, substance abuse, depression etc Game looks and plays beautifully!
positive · AI labelView post →The game grid is hard because I wanted to avoid slapping Oddworld into multiple categories lol. Also a lot of "tied for X" like retro is a toss up between rampage and blast corps.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oddworld… The first game I bought with my own money (I still have the receipt as faded as it is). I loved the narrative and how beautifully these well crafted creatures designs and the world were unapologetically themselves. I could talk endlessly about what I love of the first game and series.
positive · AI labelView post →If you have never played an Oddworld game I can’t recommend them enough! They’re brilliant and dark and goofy and heartbreaking and beautiful and hilarious and fun as hell ❤️
positive · AI labelView post →Another Oddworld piece from my and Jarrod’s time working on the first game, Abe’s Oddysee, many many moons ago 😊🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →The best Western setting video game of all time is Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath not RDR
positive · AI labelView post →Handcrafted retro video game cross-stitch art depicting “Abe” from “Oddworld Adventures” (Game Boy – GT Interactive Software Corp., 1998). #crossstitch #nintendo #gameboy #oddworld #videogames #retrogaming
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s #NationalVideoGameDay! Which Oddworld game is your favorite? #Oddworld #Abe #VideoGameDay
neutral · AI labelView post →"Part 3 coming" - A new video posted by Oddworld Inhabitants appears to potentially be teasing a new game. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/part-3-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Chocolate Glukkon on a silver platter anyone? Still one of my favorite advertisements for a video game. Keep up the good work Oddworld Inhabitants!!! Can’t wait to see what new dish you’ll cook up in the future! #oddworld #abesoddysee #abe
positive · AI labelView post →I was too annoyed by my first playthrough of this supposed classic cinematic platformer to engage with it on its own terms, but now, years later, I've cooled off, replayed the game, and left no Mudokon behind. Unfortunately I was right the first time; Abe's Oddysee is strangely player hostile, and it's not just its age. The intended experience is clearly to not be able to solve most of the puzzles on your first playthrough because they involve mechanics that are tutorialised much later or are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello! Hello. Follow me! OK. Remember Abe? He's back in Cyber Monday form! Grab the 'Oddworld' complete collection with every game in the series for only $1 on PC. Yes, that's ONE dollar. DEAL: bit.ly/oddworldcomp... #CyberMonday #PCGaming #Oddworld
neutral · AI labelView post →It's late and I'm feeling chatty. Tell me your favorite game and why 🦝👀. I'll start! Mine is Oddworld Abes Exodus (Ps1)! The game has a wonderful balance of story, challenging gameplay amazing set pieces!
positive · AI labelView post →Platinum 167 - Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee Was such a joy to return to this game after so long. A favourite as a kid, yet only the second time I've finished it. Saved all 99 too. Now onto Abe's Exoddus! #MegaPlatinumList #Platinum #PlatinumTrophy #PlaystationTrophy #Oddworld
positive · AI labelView post →Nostalgia carries this a long way, but the brutally trial-and-error gameplay and clunky 'gamespeak' mechanics haven't aged all that gracefully. The atmospheric world-building and creepy tone are still top-tier, but actually playing it nowadays feels more like a chore than an adventure. Worth a deep-sale look if you love retro classics, but expect to lean heavily on quicksaves.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abe and Mudokons from Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee. More art from the game: www.creativeuncut.com/art_oddworld...
neutral · AI labelView post →You can fart in this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bear stream! I've decided to play through all the dark, gross, rebellious, environmentalist, pro-indigenous, anti-capitalist and unabashedly weird Oddworld games! Starting with the first of course. www.twitch.tv/aogumabear
neutral · AI labelView post →Coming soon... #Smashbros #videogame #gamedev #3dmodel #game #oddworld
neutral · AI labelView post →#AwesomeCharacters I don't play videogames, and I don't have enough friends for tabletop games 😂. I think the last videogame I played was Oddworld, which might be a bit much for my lot. My husband was playing a cricket game at the weekend though. They'd love that, and I have enough for 4 teams 😂
neutral · AI labelView post →Releasing a classic like this which was originally on Playstation 1 with such poor controller support is criminal.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This feels like something from an Oddworld game
neutral · AI labelView post →With that said, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus is the next game in my Oddworld(Oddworth) Marathon. Hope to see you there! #rahituber #vtuber #livestream #gamestream YT: youtube.com/live/KK0mak0... Twitch: www.twitch.tv/anthonypanics
neutral · AI labelView post →this is seriously so important. imagine if a game like Oddworld didn't feel like it was constantly trying to kill you, gradually ramping up as you go through more and more secure facilities. it isn't unfair, but it IS a hostile environment.
positive · AI labelView post →S tier - Lufia - Dragon Warrior 3 - Final Fantasy 3 & 7 - Sonic Adventure - The Guardian Legend - Ecco the Dolphin - Silent Hill - Mario Kart - Dark Cloud 2 - Chronotrigger - Zelda: A link to the past - Submachine (flash) A tier - Oddworld, Abe’s Odyssey - Resident Evil: codename Veronica - Banjo Kazooie - Mario RPG - Donkey Kong Country - Earthworm Jim - Battletoads - Wizards and Warriors 2 - Megaman 2 - Populous - One Chance (flash) - Daymare…
positive · AI labelView post →A Gritty Classic That Earns Its Quirks Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee is one of those rare titles that, despite the march of time and tectonic shifts in game design philosophies, manages to hold onto its charm like a scrappy underdog clinging to a cause. First released in 1997 and now available on Steam, this cinematic platformer continues to earn praise from long-time fans and nostalgic newcomers alike — though not without some caveats. A Story That Sticks With You The game drops you into the worn…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Hello" "Hello"👋 "Follow me" "Okay" 👍
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I remember playing this as a kid on the PS1, I never made it very far and it also freaked me out. It was really nostalgic to play it again. __________________ [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45534557/]Follow my Curator for more!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the worst checkpint system in all of gameing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fix + controller support: [url=https://aliveteam.github.io/]https://aliveteam.github.io/ review: this is not a puzzle platformer, it's an endurance test. good luck
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The input delay on this port made this game even harder than usual. I can't bring myself to not reccomend it though. I love the oddworld series and it was a huge part of my childhood. The anti corporate messages, the impressive visuals for being such an oldie. It's a shame New and Tasty lost that dirty, grimy, mechanical hell that I loved so much.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is fantastic to enjoy while consuming a beer or perhaps, a soft drink. Abe Odyssey
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Had a gamedev from a respected studio tell me that same rumour about Steam pushing exclusivities. All it takes is a little digging to find out that's false. Some people were upset when Steam was installed with Valve's own games as a launcher, and later more and more devs launched their games on Steam as a store because they wanted to. The alternative, Games For Windows Live, was lame and unstable. It was just the a smart choice for those that didn't want to make their own launcher. Also, don't…
neutral · AI labelView post →“Follow me.” “Okay.”
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (PS1) So many games that I even upvoted that are still absolutely amazing haven't really aged perfectly control- or gameplay-wise, but Oddworld could be released today and it would still be perfect.
positive · AI labelView post →I’m not too proud to admit that the PlayStation game “Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee” fucked up my ability to spell ”The Odyssey” for years
neutral · AI labelView post →some of you are really bad at this you be listing games that have literally never been forgotten smh… i’m going with the Oddworld series of games. last new game was 2001 but the original was incredibly well received and sold over a million copies at the time (1998)
neutral · AI labelView post →GBA port of Munch's Oddysee it's an objectively very meh game, so compared to the rest of the rockstars that make up Oddworld it's crap lol. but it was one of the first video games I ever played and completed, so I love it unconditionally
neutral · AI labelView post →Abe's Oddysee from the PlayStation 1 era was really difficult. I only have vague memories of it. The idea of integrating loading screens with game graphics was really good even back then. Like the elevator sequences. Somehow, I remembered it being scarier. Thanks to the poor graphics at the time, your imagination did the rest. If you want to relive the game and indulge in some nostalgia, but with a controller, I recommend the community project R.E.L.I.V.E. I have no problems with controller…
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