Oddworld: Soulstorm

Oddworld: Soulstorm - Day 1 Oddition

Abe is not the typical hero you would expect. He does not carry weapons, nor is he trained in any martial art. Yet he will have to face an impossible threat from increasingly violent and manipulative powers…

6 July 2021

What Oddworld: Soulstorm - Day 1 Oddition is

Oddworld: Soulstorm - Day 1 Oddition is an adventure game developed by Oddworld Inhabitants and released in 2021. It was published by Maximum Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Abe's epic story explodes in this all new adventure. Oddworld: Soulstorm is an explosive action adventure game complete with crafting, scavenging, platforming, and sneaking. It’s the story of an impossible flight against an opposing force that will use every means at their well-funded disposal, from propaganda to brutal force to deadly violence, to stop Abe and the uprising. You play as Abe, a reluctant hero who inadvertently sparked an uprising and now must lead his fellow Mudokons in their fight for freedom against the Magog Cartel and the planet’s ruling power. Whether he is ready for it or not, the entire fate of the Mudokon species rests on Abe's actions. Accept his destiny and…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Oddworld: Soulstorm - Day 1 Oddition launched on 6 July 2021, within three weeks of Death's Door, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, Scarlet Nexus and F1 2021. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Death's Door, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, Scarlet Nexus, F1 2021.

Official trailer