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Abscission
Abscission is a Lovecraftian, story-driven horror point-and-click investigation game. It involves searching crime scenes for evidence, combining clues and questioning suspects. Puzzles can have multiple solutions as you guide the protagonist - Detective Will Stanhope - through the story.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“Very good old school horror point and click game. Liked it from start to finish! It's up there as one of my favorites.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“The first ever game of yours I ever played was The Anchorite, and It was a fun little game so I decided to check out your other works and holy, I have really been into the works of H.P. Lovecraft recently, close to reading every work by him. This game captured that style…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Dunno why ppl nagging ab the art.. I myself dig the retro pixel aesthetics but find the music lacking. Part of the game is just silent. Anyways, so far so good”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2023-11 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Carnival demo update!
To celebrate SPOOKY SEASON and Carnival being featured in the Steam Next Fest, the demo has been updated with some new puzzles, VGA close ups, and the first part of the fantastic original score by Ber
Carnival demo update!
To celebrate SPOOKY SEASON, and Beyond Booleans' upcoming new game Carnival being featured in the Steam Next Fest, the demo has been updated with some new puzzles, VGA close ups, and the first part of
Abscission wins 3 AGS Awards!
On a night to remember, Abscission swept the AGS awards 2023, picking up Best Audio, Best Gameplay, and the coveted Best Game of the Year 2023. The Pale Queen would be proud. To celebrate, Abscission
Abscission has been nominated in four categories in the AGS 2023 Awards!
Abscission has been nominated in four categories for the AGS awards - Best Audio, Best Gamplay, Best Programming and Best Game of the Year! Previous award winners include Resonance, Technobabylon, Whi
Bug fixes
Bug fixes - thank you Arglschuffni and Nanako - Now includes messages for unhandled events - An item location now more obvious - Fixed issue where if the menu was displayed by pressing escape in a loc
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Point & Click · Horror · Detective · Choices Matter · Adventure · Multiple Endings · Story Rich · Pixel Graphics · Crime · Investigation · Mystery · Dark (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://www.beyondbooleans.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows ME or higher Processor: Pentium or higher Memory: 64 MB RAM Graphics: 320x200, 32-bit colour: 700 Mhz system minimum DirectX: Version 5.2 Storage: 600 MB available space Sound Card: All DirectX-compatible sound cards