Abuse
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Abuse

71
Critic Rating
#Shooter

About

Abuse resembles a side-scrolling platform game. The game is marked for its unusual control scheme: The keyboard is used to move Nick, while the mouse is used for aiming the weapons. The basic gameplay consists of fighting various enemies (mostly the various forms of mutants, who prefer to attack in huge swarms) and solving some simple puzzles, most involving switches.

Storyline

The protagonist of the game, Nick Vrenna, has been unjustly incarcerated in a prison where the staff are performing unethical medical experiments upon the inmates. A prison riot occurs and an experiment goes horribly wrong. The people inside the prison - except for Nick, who seems to be immune - get infected with a substance called Abuse that transforms them into monsters. Nick takes a laser gun and goes on to single-handily destroy all mutants, stop the substance from spreading further, and escape from the prison complex.

Playtime Estimates

Main Story5.5h
Main + Extra-
Completionist-
All Styles5.5h
Confidence: 100%Updated: 10/9/2026

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Game Info

Release Date2/29/1996
DeveloperExakt Entertainment
PublisherAlive Mediasoft
PlatformsLinux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, DOS, Amiga
GenresShooter, Platform
IGDB Rating71/100 (18)

Game Modes

Single player
Multiplayer

Themes

Action
Science fiction
Horror
Survival

Perspectives

Side view

Release Dates

MacSep 9, 2012
AmigaDec 31, 1998
DOSDec 31, 1996
PC (Microsoft Windows)Nov 5, 2011
DOSFeb 29, 1996
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