Drift Abyss is a VR experience where you can fly with your arms, climb with your fists, and discover unique landscapes in this procedurally generated planet.
All Reviews:
1 user reviews - Need more user reviews to generate a score
Release Date:
Mar 19, 2024
Developer:
Publisher:

Sign in to add this item to your wishlist, follow it, or mark it as ignored

Early Access Game

Get instant access and start playing; get involved with this game as it develops.

Note: This Early Access game is not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Mostly because it's intimidating to release this project I've been working on for 3 years, since I was in 6th grade. However, despite being nowhere near completion, I feel that this game can be a worthwhile VR experience for many. I aim to provide the best experience for an even wider range of audience in the future.

Ever since I started coding at 6 years old (2014), I always had a strange attraction towards procedural generation and the idea of an universe molded by computer logic instead of nature and science. Out of sheer curiosity, I started work on it in 2021. Despite having no budget or experience, I was thrilled to see the positive effect that this experience had on my peers, and I was able to push the project into early access. Player feedback has been at the core of Drift Abyss’s development process and now I would like to invite VR users around the world!”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“It’s hard to tell when Drift Abyss will become something I would consider a finished game, especially as a middle school student from Japan studying in the U.S. through scholarship support. However, I am currently aiming to reach version 1.0 by September 2024 while steadily releasing updates. Regardless of completion, I will continue to improve this product through user feedback!”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“My current bucket list for the full version includes:

Crazier terrain generator
Real lore and questline (may experiment with adaptive / branching questline to take full advantage of the terrain generator!)
Photo/terrain based gameplay gimmicks
Performance, graphical and other technical improvements (e.g. origin shifting, voxel-based light calculations, etc.)”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“In the early access version, players can experience the prologue of the overarching story of DriftAbyss, as well as a preview of the gameplay mechanics. Players can explore the crazy, expressive and sometimes beautiful landscapes that expand forever in all 6 directions (x+, y+, z+, x-, y-, z-).”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“The current plan is to increase the price once upon hitting version 1.0.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“Any feedback is welcome through Steam reviews, our official website (8legs.jp), 8legs.jp@gmail.com and @8legsjp / #8legsjp / #driftabyss on Twitter/X or Instagram. I will try my best to keep my eyes on all of the aforementioned platforms to take in consideration. I am also planning to set up a Discord server once I accumulate some traction!”
Read more

VR Only

Buy Drift Abyss

 
See all discussions

Report bugs and leave feedback for this game on the discussion boards

About This Game


Drift Abyss is a VR exploration game equipped with procedural terrain generation and unconventional yet intuitive movement options. Walk, climb and glide to discover unique and versatile landscapes across the planet.

Terrain Generation

Drift Abyss prioritizes creating a completely unique environment for each user and playthrough. To achieve this, all generated biomes receive their own “gene” containing modular pieces of program that can mutate and evolve. Explore to uncover more crazy and possibly beautiful points of interest.

Movement

Drift Abyss experiments with an immersive, full-body locomotion system. Swing your arms to walk, grip onto any surface to climb, and physically flap with your arms to fly. Break a sweat without even noticing them while discovering places.

Future plans

Drift Abyss is still under heavy development! There are many planned upcoming features and anyone can contribute to our bucket list of future content.

Gallery of Drift Abyss development history


July 2021


November 2021


June 2022

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 or later
    • Processor: Intel i3-6100 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200, FX4350 or greater
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 470 or greater
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • VR Support: SteamVR, motion controller required
    • Additional Notes: 64-bit operating system is required
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Customer reviews for Drift Abyss

Review Type


Purchase Type


Language


Date Range
To view reviews within a date range, please click and drag a selection on a graph above or click on a specific bar.

Show graph



Playtime
Filter reviews by the user's playtime when the review was written:


No minimum to No maximum

Display
Show reviews in selected display order





Learn More
Show graph
 
Hide graph
 
Filters
Excluding Off-topic Review Activity
Playtime:
Played Mostly on Steam Deck
There are no more reviews that match the filters set above
Adjust the filters above to see other reviews
Loading reviews...