Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty
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Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition
Developer Oddworld Inhabitants
Oddworld: Soulstorm is a 2021 platform game developed and published by Oddworld Inhabitants. The game is the sequel to 2014's Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty! and a re-imagining of 1998's Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus as it was originally envisioned. It was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Windows in April 2021, with an enhanced edition released in November 2021, alongside versions for Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
304 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 6, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
53
Mixed
100 positive · 89 negative
95% range 46–60%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 100 | 89 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 33 | 1 | 49 |
| Mastodon * | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| Lemmy * | 4 | 0 | 10 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
242 of 414 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Mixed reception: fans are split over this reimagining of Abe's Exoddus.
Many players praise the graphics, cutscenes, and modern storytelling, calling it fun and challenging. Some say the Enhanced Edition fixes many launch bugs and is a lot of fun. [6][7][11][18]
However, many longtime fans criticize the game for straying too far from the original Exoddus, with floaty controls, bugs, and a crafting system that feels out of place. Some call it the worst Oddworld game. [20][22][25][35][36]
Critics (per Wikipedia) gave the game mixed or average reviews, with some praising the level design and mechanics but noting bugs and checkpoint issues. The audience is similarly split, with a 53% positive score on Steam. [1][3][12][21]
Praised graphics and cutscenes · modern storytelling · fun gameplay after patches
Criticised bugs and technical issues · departure from original Exoddus · crafting system · controls and checkpoint problems
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Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition sits at 53% positive across 189 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Oddworld: Soulstorm received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, while the Xbox Series X/S version received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. Travis Northup of IGN considered it "an excellent remake of a delightfully weird '90s platformer with tons of charm, challenge... and annoying bugs". Chris Carter, writing for Destructoid, praised the levels for their openness and amount of content, as well as the variety in gameplay; he particularly commended the improvements to the series' mechanics, calling the movement system "one of the best parts of Soulstorm". However, he criticized aspects of menu navigation, writing it was "testy at times…
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Reactions
60 of 304 · 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 →I adore Lorne Lanning's Oddworld. Been there from the start on the Playstation 1. I rescued the Mudokans of Oddessey, Exoddus, and Munch. I 100%'d New n' Tasty. I became the Shrykull and saved the Mud's all over the Oddworld. But then came this game, Soulstorm. I hate to say it, but this game is in a very, VERY rough state. It is supposed to be a "reimagining" of Abe's Exodus, but it follows an ENTIRELY new plot that just doesn't have the humor or the punch of the original. There's no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty good for £1 (Fanatical), crap for £30. You'd be a fool to pay full price for it, even though the game is a modern remake of an amazing classic the gameplay feels extremely dated and less refined than the original. I love Abe and Exoddus is my favourite Oddworld title so I'll continue to play, but they should've stuck to the New 'n' Tasty route IMO, that was GREAT. Don't buy for less than 90% off. Edit: I forgot to mention that the cutscenes are extremely good, movie quality. Make a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →[Real playtime is on PS5] As someone who is generally forgiving towards remakes, I must say that this is probably the worst remake I've ever seen, it's even worse than Resident Evil 3 by a long mile - and that remake was a travesty in itself to begin with, yet this is still even worse. To the uninitiated, Soulstorm is a re-imagining of Abe's Exoddus for the PS1, which was the second Oddworld game made. While Exoddus was a great success, it was nonetheless not the original vision of the team…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Exodus was the best oddworld game, and they remade it to make it a crappy crafting game? All they had to do was do what they did with new n Tasty.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →I've been a fan of Oddworld since 1999 or so when I happened across Abe's Oddysee on a demo disc. I was around six at the time, and the game both intrigued and terrified me. I remember drawing sligs and scrabs at school, and doing the chanting to annoy my sister as well. I didn't get my hands on the full game until many years later, and it ended up being (and it still is) one of my favourite games ever, along with Exoddus. I thought New and Tasty was an honest remaster attempt that did more…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →I played Oddworld when I was around, 6-8 years old, if I remember correctly. My first Oddworld game was the demake of Abe's Oddysee - Oddworld Adventures on the Game Boy. I then got Abe's Oddysee for the PS1 and I loved it. I hold Abe's Oddysee close to my heart as one of the best platforming games I have ever played and due to the fact it was a special gift from my dad, because of the "farting" mechanic in the game it would always make me and my dad laugh. He then got me Abe's Exoddus and my…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →I love the Oddworld series, but this game might as well be called "Soulless Storm". Okay, perhaps that's a bit harsh since I know they tried, but let me explain my thoughts in this review: Oddworld Inhabitants was a studio I once held in very high regard and respected a lot, but this is probably one of their most misguided games yet. I first started with New N’ Tasty, going back through the previous games, then playing this game on PS4 and giving “Enhanced Edition” a shot on PC now. It’s not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game when it was on sale. If you are expecting the game be similar to "New N' Tasty"then I must disappoint you. Oddworld: Abe's Exodus was a masterpiece, but this game, you can't even call it a farcry from the original games. The game simply shifted old style survival is the fittest with one hit kill 2d platformer to a 2d platformer with RPG elements. Possession lasts few seconds? Water bottles to douse flames, brew bottles are flammable? Combine stuff to get another things to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Soulstorm is a reimagining of the 1998 classic platformer Abe's Exoddus, which happens to be one of my favorite games ever. Unfortunately, this game is far from it. Playing through it was an overly long, tedious, repetitive, and frustrating ordeal. The rewritten story is plain bad, and the cutscenes are long and dull. Gone are the humor, atmosphere, music—everything that made Exoddus great. Instead, we now have poorly placed checkpoints, no manual saves, tiresome scavenging for materials,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView 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)
positive · AI labelView post →I would recommend playing the original Abe's Exoddus before this reimagining, it really lets this reimagining contrast nicely with the original's ups and downs. At the time of writing this, I made it to Slig Barracks, I like the rewritten story so far. I don't understand why people don't like this one, I played Exoddus right after New n' Tasty just to get a frame of reference, and so far I'm enjoying *some* aspects of this more than Exoddus. The presentation is unsurprisingly on point.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →It's good. Don't let all the screaming loonies fool you. Yes it's very very unlike the original. This is NOT a remake. This is NOT an HD port. This is a REIMAGINING. A TOTAL REVAMP. IT IS NOT THE SAME GAME. QUIT WHINING THAT IT'S NOT THE SAME. I will be the first to say this game is not flawless, it's got some funky bugs every now and then and difficulty spikes that seem impossible. They're not. Use your head and you'll be fine. It's nowhere near enough to qualify this game as "bad".
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView 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.
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You had one job. Give us a competent remake of Exoddus alas New and Tasty. Instead you cooked up this unsightly abomination that bastardised the story, feel and setting of the original game. I couldn't even suffer 30 minutes of the tutorial before shutting the game off. If you are looking for a good successor to New and Tasty, this isn't it chief.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i got through the tutorial and i saw the writing on the wall almost instantly. The developers have changed a working formula for the worse. This is NOT the exodus game we all love and remember from the playstation one days. They turned abe into an action 2D scroller. And whats worse?! With the previous "New n Tasty" game they NAILED IT! They nailed the formula of bringing the playstation one game to the present. They have chosen NOT to do that with Exodus! Instead they chose to go with...what…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →Awful. It's easy to see why Lorne Lanning took the EGS buyout to start this game's life. He obviously knew they made a pile of ♥♥♥♥ and wanted the big payday to soften the sting of the impending reviews. Nothing about this game says "Oddworld" except the title.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They should have just remade Exoddus like they did Oddysee (New n Tasty)!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thumb up but... This game has a lot of problems, some bugs are still not fixed, last 2 stages were really repetetive, frustrating and boring at the same time. Game feels rushed - no scrabs and paramites really?! This whole crafting system shouldn't be a thing in Oddworld game also. However I still enjoyed playing this game, its the worst oddworld game but still decent game overall. Graphics is nice, cutscenes are really good like always in this series. Game is long enough and im satisfied…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played all the Oddworld games... This is the worst in the series. There are bugs in the game from when it originally dropped on just the EGS. This game could have been great if they just did some updates, but it's just not good. If you would like to play a definitive Oddworld Experience play "Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty", it is everything great about Oddworld 2-D with the modernized graphics. This game is a waste of money even on sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →This game was garbage. Good they mentioned who gave them the awards. Now we know that: Destructoid WCCFTech God is geek Xbox tavern Shack news TheXboxHub Hobby consalos Noisy pixel NYX Game Awards ...are full of sh*t. No way they rated it this high unless Oddworld paid them money to say that. I will never trust their rating again. Oddworld used to make great games like Abe's Oddyssee and Exodus. But after that, the quality went trash.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worse oddworld game of the whole series, they remade the best game in the series and made it the worse.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best Western setting video game of all time is Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath not RDR
positive · AI labelView post →If you think Abe Exoddus is amongst the best game you've ever played, and believe this to be a good remake, then you'd be wrong. The determinism of a puzzle plateformer is over. Instead, you get floaty movements, unresponsive grabs onto ledges, mudokons that should be helping you by throwing stuff not working half the time, dumb checkpoints that can softlock you and also forces you to loot again, areas where possession is prevented is sometimes not obvious as the flying orb is outside the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've finished it twice with different endings and it's definitely the worst Oddworld title to date for several reasons. PS: Steam is having some weird bug where it won't count my gameplay hours correctly when I play on the Deck. I have much more hours in the game than shown. 1. The controls: They are unreliable and buggy. Abe won't always grapple onto ledges and slips down instead, often resulting in death, making the no-death achievement depend on RNG induced by poor programming. More absurd…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's an okay game but it's not as good as the previous ones in my opinion, it's also really buggy
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView 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 →Despite what steam says on my hours on this game, I tried multiple times to play it when it originally came out on Epic Games. Glitches and all. But the sheer tedium and frustration just had me abandon the 1-2 hour long levels every time. Jeebus are the levels long enough? I wanted to like this game. I really did. I adore the original 2 games. But there is so many issues. To start with the game play is frustrating. The crafting system is absolutely pointless and completely clashes with the…
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 →In a game where you need to have good karma (quarma) to beat it, there's no option to have individual save files. So you beat a level, realize you're missing people to save, and have no way of going back to a save to rescue more. And they are often really well hidden. Nope, gotta replay the entire level from the start. And I saved a ton of them. Game has many other problems. Some parts are just insanely hard. You can't go back through some levels once you reach the end to rescue more people…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A sad example of rushed (and abandoned) work. The "Enhanced" PC port is so enhanced that: It does not support resolutions greater than 1080p(!?). It does not support ultra-wide aspect ratios. I'm really struggling to understand what "enhanced" could mean with such glaring limitations. Moreover, there doesn't appear to be any support, updates, etc. from the developers. Stay away, if you like your money... and games... because at this price there are SO MANY better options.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played this on Epic when it first came out and was pretty disappointed... but they've seemingly patched all the control-issues and bugs I experienced at the time, and I've come around to consider this one of the best Oddworld games. Still miss some of the Exoddus ideas, but this adds a lot of unique value, and gets a lot of the re-envisioning of old material right as well. Oddworld artistry shines throughout. Environments and characters are gorgeous. New gameplay additions feel great. New…
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