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Cyclopean: The Great Abyss

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is a small scale, mechanics driven CRPG/Roguelike in a retro, monochromatic style, that takes place in the underworld of H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands.

17 July 2025

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is an adventure developed by Schmidt Workshops, released 17 July 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss is an adventure game developed by Schmidt Workshops and released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on 3D Game Studio.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Trapped in the Great Abyss! You are an old dreamer who, through unforeseen circumstances, has found himself trapped in the Great Abyss, the vast underworld beneath the Dreamlands. Use the resources at your disposal, weapons, armor, supplies, and any alliances you have with the locals, to explore and learn the secrets of the underworld, in order to make your way back to the upper Dreamlands, or back to the Waking World.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Cyclopean: The Great Abyss launched on 17 July 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers.

Released around the same time: Mafia: The Old Country, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers.

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When did Cyclopean: The Great Abyss come out?
Cyclopean: The Great Abyss was released on 17 July 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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