Abyss Muncher

Mission briefing

Dive into a pixel-art underwater roguelite where every meal helps you evolve. Hunt smaller creatures, avoid giant predators, and build a stronger life-form with mutations, active skills and relics. Explore changing ocean caves, face dangerous enemies, and spend the Essence and Crystals you earn on lasting upgrades and new creatures. Each dive is a fresh chance to climb the food chain.

Field manual

Eat smaller creatures to gain experience and grow. Choose upgrades as you evolve, combine your skills and relics, and survive the predators of the abyss. Collect Essence and Crystals to strengthen future dives. Desktop: Use WASD to swim, Space to activate your innate skill, and J / K / L for acquired skills. Click buttons to choose upgrades, open menus and pause. Mobile: Drag on the gameplay area to swim and tap the on-screen skill buttons. Tap upgrade cards and menu buttons to select them. The Guided Dive teaches the basics and can be replayed from Settings. Optional reward videos offer bonuses only after a completed viewing.

Launch orders: press Launch mission above and the game loads on this page itself — nothing downloads and no form stands between you and the first move. It is designed for a flexible screen and takes its orders from mouse, keyboard or touch, depending on the mission. It adapts to both upright and wide screens, so phones, tablets and desktops all frame it sensibly. If it offers a fullscreen control, use it — a fight this size deserves the whole screen.

Abyss Muncher — questions from the ranks

What does it cost to play Abyss Muncher?

Nothing at all. The mission is free from the first order to the last — no sign-up, no download, no paid tier guarding the good levels. The advertising around this page is what keeps the board free.

What sort of mission is Abyss Muncher?

Abyss Muncher is filed in our Adventure theatre. Like every operation on this board, it is a browser game — read the briefing above for the publisher's own account of what you are deploying into.

Can I run Abyss Muncher on a phone or tablet?

Yes. It plays in the browser on phones and tablets exactly as it does on a computer. It adapts to both upright and wide screens, so phones, tablets and desktops all frame it sensibly.

Do I have to install anything before playing?

No installation of any kind. Abyss Muncher is an HTML5 game: press the launch button and it loads on this page, and closing the tab leaves nothing behind.

After-action

Mission complete, or still pinned down? The full Adventure theatre is one click away — Combat with a journey attached. These 117 operations send you somewhere — a frontier, a dungeon, a floating island — and expect you to fight your way through the itinerary.