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Abathor
Abathor is a challenging 2D action platformer for solo play or up to 4 players. Embark on an epic 16-bit quest inspired by Golden Axe, Rastan, and Castlevania IV. Traverse Atlantis, battle demons, and defeat vicious bosses to save your progress! Enjoy an amazing OST from classic-era musicians!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
“Abathor is a fun indle title that brings you back to the golden days of simple games with good depth. Lets do a quick review. Graphics - Retro style, some will love it, some will hate it. I personally liked it Animations - Stiff, just like older games. This game is a love letter…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Hm. I'm an old fart who spent majority of his allowance in arcades. I remember playing Rastan/GoldenAxe/DoubleDragon very well, so I have a very soft for these kinds of titles. With these pink eyeglasses, tho, something in Abathor is just lacking. I can't quite put my finger on…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Abathor surprised me and delighted me at every turn. The settings are wonderfully varied, the esthetic is superlatively accomplished, and gameplay is both simple and well-tuned. It is also surprisingly lengthy, which makes doing a full run in one sitting overly trying for most.…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-07 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Platformer · Pixel Graphics · 2D · Action · Indie · Retro · Difficult · Side Scroller · Adventure · Souls-like · 2D Platformer · Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, Spanish - Spain, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Catalan |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 29 |
| Official site | https://www.jandusoft.com/abathor/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 Processor: 1 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 256mb Video Memory, capable of Shader Model 2.0+ Storage: 2 GB available space