Blade Abyss

Blade Abyss is an action game built around close-quarters combat and mastery of its blade mechanics. You fight through undead swarms, face bosses and explore a guided open world, following a linear critical path while environmental clues point toward secrets.

Combat

Light Attack, Heavy Attack and Dash combine into over 40 combat combos. Press Attack just before a dash ends to chain an evasion into a counterattack. Heavy Attacks can lunge into enemies or deflect arrows and spells back at their attackers when timed correctly; Light Attacks can cut through hordes with rapid strikes. Hitting an enemy during its wind-up deals 3x Weakpoint Damage.

You can use environmental shortcuts to ambush bosses or exploit their attack patterns. Throwable axes and explosive barrels let you control the battlefield.

Enemies and modes

You carve through undead swarms in decaying towns and frozen catacombs, and can choose how to approach other enemies: backstab grunts or ambush and cripple elites. The game has five difficulty tiers. Nightmare Mode increases enemy aggression and brings rare loot drops.

Skill and controls

There is no gear grind; victory depends on your mastery of combat. Controls can be rebound for controllers, mice or a retro WASD+JKL keyboard setup.