Hands-on with End of Abyss’ creeping monstrosities
June 10, 2025Darkly brooding, deeply atmospheric, it might be surprising to learn that the isometric action adventure game End of Abyss started life as something much brighter and certainly less unnerving.
“In the beginning, it was more of an action game, and then it turned into more horror,” said Mattias Ottvall, Co-Creator of End of Abyss, Tech at Section 9 Interactive. “Marcus (Ottvall) and Gustaf (Heinerwall), the co-founders, are from the art team of Little Nightmares. As they became more involved, it became quite obvious that, OK, this is going to be a more atmospheric game. The character was more anime before it turned into a bit more of a real human being.”
The game originated from one of the prototypes created by brothers Mattias and Marcus.
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