Abzu is an adventure developed by Giant Squid, released 2 August 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 2.1 hrs to finish.
What Abzu is
Abzu is an adventure game developed by Giant Squid and released in 2016. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A lone diver awakens at the surface of a vast ocean and begins descending through its waters, moving between open sea, natural caverns, and submerged ruins. Ancient murals reveal that a long-vanished civilization once lived in balance with this ocean. Guided by a great white shark, the diver reaches wells that restore life to the seas, while robotic devices harvest the ocean's energy and threaten the fragile balance that remains. The story is told wordlessly, drawing on themes from ancient mythology.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, educational and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Abzu holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 79, across 503 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 2.1 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 3.6 hrs, roughly 1.7 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 3.0GHz CPU Dual Core, 4 GB RAM and Geforce GTX 750 / Radeon R7 260X. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 6GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Abzu launched on 2 August 2016, within three weeks of No Man's Sky, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Overcooked! and Starbound. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: No Man's Sky, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Overcooked!, Starbound.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Abzu yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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