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Is Abscission worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Horror fans who want a story-led detective investigation
- Point-and-click players who enjoy examining evidence and solving case puzzles
- Players who prefer dialogue choices that affect later conversations
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking action-focused combat rather than investigation and dialogue
- Players who prefer linear puzzles with one fixed solution
- Players looking for a light or non-horror narrative
Our take on Abscission
The defining detail is the four-temperament conversation system: Stanhope's manner of speaking shapes available responses, while characters can remember those exchanges and react differently later.
What is Abscission?
Abscission is a Lovecraftian horror investigation game presented as a story-driven point-and-click experience.
Players guide Detective Will Stanhope through a murder case by searching crime scenes, collecting evidence, connecting clues, and questioning suspects. Some puzzles allow different solutions. Conversations can offer responses associated with four temperaments: melancholic, phlegmatic, sanguine, and choleric. The game records conversational choices, and characters may react differently in later encounters based on how Stanhope addressed them. The story follows Stanhope back to Lascado Prosthetics, a place connected to the case that previously damaged his career and personal life.
How Abscission plays
- 01Multi-solution puzzles
- Some investigations can be completed through more than one solution.
- 02Temperament-based dialogue
- Conversation options reflect melancholic, phlegmatic, sanguine, or choleric approaches.
- 03Choice-reactive characters
- People can remember Stanhope's earlier manner of speaking and respond differently later.
- 04Crime scene searches
- Investigations involve examining locations for evidence and linking clues.
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Abscission: platforms & release
Is Abscission worth it?
It is worth it if: horror fans who want a story-led detective investigation. Skip it if: players seeking action-focused combat rather than investigation and dialogue.
Where can I download Abscission?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Abscission's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Abscission on?
Windows only.
