Abstruse is an upcoming twin-stick action rogue-lite video game developed by a new small indie game studio, Vixentail.

Abstruse is a modern day nightmare of the barbaric fusion between sinister legends and the impulsive greed of humanity. Invent your own playstyle and use your divine powers and weapons to extinguish the ever-growing spiritual and parasitic horrors within Tokyo before the imminent destruction of Japan. 

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DELVE INTO THE DEPTHS OF INSANITY!

Tokyo has suddenly been engulfed in death, destruction and disease all thanks to the unforeseen invasion of the Diabolical Foxes and the Corrupted creatures they have created.

THE CHOSEN ONE

as a heavenly-selected Disciple, use your connection to the Abstruse to wield the unimaginable powers and weapons you’ll need to extinguish the ever-growing spiritual and parasitic horrors before the imminent destruction of Japan

YOU’RE NOT ALONE

A messenger from the heavens has descended to aid you on your treacherous journey, and are willing to use their godly powers to enhance your abilities.

IMPACTFUL DECISIONS

You must be careful when traversing Japan, the route you take will decide how smooth your future challenges will be.

DIVERSE ACTION

With the vast number of different abilities and customisable weapons to choose from, you will always find new ways to defeat the Corrupted.

BUILT FOR REPLAYABILITY

Thanks to the ever-changing world and an AI Game Director that is influenced by your actions, every journey will be exciting and surprising

Demos

We would love to hear your feedback, suggestions and questions from playing any of our demos. You can use the community section below, @VixentailGames on Twitter, or use our Discord to give feedback.

Zombie Test

20/08/2022

The purpose of this demo is to test and give feedback on the zombies, combat and movement of the character. It can also be used to test the online services of the game, although you must be logged into Epic for this to work.

We would appreciate anything you can come up with so our future demos can be better.

Staying up to date

We recommend you to follow our Twitter @VixentailGames if you want to stay up to date with Abstruse.

We also post a more detailed monthly blog post/dev log on our website.