Abyssus Hits Game Pass and Consoles With Its Biggest Update Ever

Abyssus landed on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Game Pass on June 25, 2026. At the same moment, Update 1.3 went live for every platform. That is a lot happening at once, and it is exactly why the game is trending today.

Abyssus is a fast-paced co-op first-person shooter from DoubleMoose Games. You and up to three friends descend into a sunken civilization called the Abyss, fight through hand-crafted levels full of corrupted monsters, pick up blessings from gods, and build your loadout run by run. The genre is roguelite FPS, and the vibe is what the developers call "brinepunk": diesel-era aesthetics mixed with deep-sea mythology. It launched on Steam in August 2025 and spent time in the "Mixed" review zone before the developers delivered patches and the community caught up. Right now it sits at "Very Positive" on Steam with around 84-87% positive ratings from thousands of reviews.

Update 1.3 is the one that changes the conversation. A new playable area with new enemy types, a new God joining the roster with fresh blessings for your weapons and abilities, reworked skills across the board, a new cosmetic Brinerot Pack, and full cross-platform multiplayer. Console players can now squad up with PC players from day one. The developers also promised that all post-launch updates are free if you already own the game on PC.

The Game Pass addition is the biggest accelerant here. Before June 25, Abyssus had a Steam-only audience and a Steam peak of around 7,100 concurrent players back at launch. Game Pass drops the cost of entry to zero for subscribers. Console players who never looked at this game now have every reason to try it, and a four-player co-op game lives or dies on how easy it is to get friends in.

Why it's blowing up right now

Three things collided on the same day. Abyssus hit Xbox and PlayStation for the first time, which gave console players their first crack at it. It joined Game Pass simultaneously, so millions of subscribers can jump in without spending a dime. And Update 1.3 gave returning PC players a reason to come back too.

The game already had the "Very Positive" Steam badge before any of this. That credibility matters when new players are deciding whether to spend a Game Pass slot. Reviews call out the gunplay as genuinely responsive, the co-op as chaotic in the right way, and the brinepunk setting as something that stands apart from the usual gray-corridor shooter. Critics at PureXbox, GameSpew, and TheXboxHub all covered the launch with positive framing.

The Steam peak of 7,100 players happened on a single platform at a $24.99 price point. Console and Game Pass together will expose the game to a far larger audience. If you have been waiting for a co-op FPS that your friends can grab for free and jump into tonight, this is it.