ABYSM
A pixel-art dive to the Challenger Deep, now open source
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ABYSM is a calm pixel-art exploration game for iPhone and iPad. Sink from the sunlit surface to the 10,935 m Challenger Deep and meet 75 real sea creatures at their true depths, plus 8 real landmarks like the RMS Titanic. No goals, timers or combat. ABYSM is now open source under the MIT license. Free to 1,000 m, then a one-time unlock for the deep. 16 languages, VoiceOver and game-controller support. No ads, no tracking.
PH · launched Oct 16, 2026 · 4 upvotes (top 7%) · 0 views
Niche: casual mobile games · 461 launches, 77 in the last 7 days ▲ +15% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Media & entertainment
- Workflow automation
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- iOS
- Open Source
- GitHub
- Games
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More like this: all 461 launches in casual mobile games →
Could you build this?
Yes A non-combat, passive 2D pixel-art exploration game can be readily built in Godot, Unity, or Phaser using simple descent physics and sprite triggering.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 20 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #1 of 21 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 187 days after the earliest competitor.
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