What is Mind the Abyss?

The pulse of an alien planet shifts the land itself, and the only ones who can put it back together are the scientists at the center and an underprepared Employee 465 who must use the planet’s hidden powers to survive. Uncover the mystery and plunge into the Abyss to harness the power that lies within.

Mind the Abyss is a fast-paced first-person movement shooter combining otherworldly abilities and ever-evolving weaponry within an alien planet. Taking inspiration from games like Titanfall and Ultrakill, players will unravel a deep-rooted mystery while blasting their way through the abyss.

Gameplay

As Employee 465, your life is at stake in an eldritch crystal cave system. There are only two options: run and shoot. The enemies are relentless, from the planet's native species to invasive scientists who failed to unlock its secrets. Evolution is crucial. Your alien weapon can transform into four forms: shotgun, rocket launcher, sniper rifle, and sub-machine gun, giving you the edge in this fight against planetary horrors.

Your fourth-dimensional grappling hook power allows you to perfect your physics-based movement in a complex environment. Use platforms to run across walls, propel yourself into the air, and slide around the map. Time is your greatest adversary as you race to solve the planet's mysteries and save your corrupted comrades before it's too late.


Story Summary

After years of traveling through space, a millennium ship sent by the Sol Fleet finally arrives at its alien destination, the planet Prometheus. After discovering that the planet has resources that behave in strange ways compared to typical Earth elements, the government sent an initial team to research the alien atmosphere before permanent human relocation.

Exploration was unstoppable. Once on the planet’s surface, scientists found incredible organisms—plants and fungi, as well as beautiful rock and crystalline structures deeper within the crust. The problem only began when they drilled too deep.

Steel against rock, the ground reverberated a pulse through the caverns, changing the very environments around the explorers—and their biology. Scientists morphed into odd creatures as their minds seemed to attune to the planet’s ecosystem. Other creatures came out of hiding to do the same. Meanwhile, Employee 465 lies just far enough away to feel the pulse, somehow resisting its effects.

Roaming the laboratory where they were awakened, they find an experimental weapon that would change everything. This weapon, made from rare elements within the lower layers of the Abyss, binds with Employee 465 to grant them the ability to reach into the fourth dimension.

This merging causes them to attune to their weapon and its new properties as they descend into newer, more uncanny facilities within the layers. Succumb to the corruption or rise to the challenge. Can you survive the Abyss?