Fit check
Is The Ables: Freepoint High worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who enjoy fast-paced superhero platformers
- Metroidvania fans seeking a game built around collectible powers
- Players interested in stories set in the world of The Ables
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking slow-paced gameplay rather than a fast platformer
- Players looking for a game without superhero powers or platforming
- Players uninterested in school and small-town settings
Our take on The Ables: Freepoint High
The defining mechanic is the Absorber’s ability to take on powers associated with surrounding characters, including flight, invisibility, telepathy, and pyrokinesis.
What is The Ables: Freepoint High?
The player controls an Absorber, an uncommon hero who can borrow abilities from nearby people.
After arriving in another town and discovering this gift, the protagonist faces an assault by the Believers against the community and Freepoint High. The adventure centers on saving friends, confronting the Cardinal’s forces, and uncovering the extent of the hero’s powers. Inspired by classic Metroidvania platform games, it features fire manipulation, mind reading, rapid movement, enhanced strength, giant form, energy blasts from the eyes, invisibility, and flight. The setting comes from Jeremy Scott’s young-adult novel The Ables, accompanied by a musical score from Ronald Jenkees.
How The Ables: Freepoint High plays
- 01Absorber Powers
- The protagonist can use the super abilities of people around them.
- 02Superpower Variety
- Available abilities include fire control, telepathy, enhanced speed and strength, giant form, optic blasts, invisibility, and flight.
- 03Metroidvania Platforming
- The game follows the style of older Metroidvania titles.
- 04Superhero Story
- The player works to save friends and oppose the forces behind the attack on the town.
The Ables: Freepoint High compared to similar games
Sundered: Eldritch Edition is also a Metroidvania, while The Ables: Freepoint High centers on a superhero who collects and uses different abilities. Sundered is described as a roguelite adventure with chaotic action, whereas Freepoint High focuses on a fast-paced platformer set around a school and town under attack.
The Ables: Freepoint High: platforms & release
Is The Ables: Freepoint High worth it?
It is worth it if: players who enjoy fast-paced superhero platformers. Skip it if: players seeking slow-paced gameplay rather than a fast platformer.
Where can I download The Ables: Freepoint High?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Ables: Freepoint High's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Ables: Freepoint High on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
