About Abyss Contract: Dark Fantasy Roguelite with Signed Curses
Abyss Contract is a dark fantasy roguelite survivor built around a contract system that puts difficulty entirely in your hands. Before each run, you sign curses onto your contract — a denser swarm, a dimmer lantern, angrier enemies — and the harsher the terms you accept, the more in-game gold the run returns. The game spans 5 biomes, 25 contracts, 3 heroes, and 52 upgrade cards.
Several scenes show a dark, lantern-lit atmosphere where enemies press in from multiple directions. One scene shows a dense cluster of creatures surrounding the player character in a confined space.
How to Play Abyss Contract: Sign, Descend, and Fulfil
Sign a contract, descend into the abyss, and complete its terms. Each contract sets a distinct task — the objective varies across the 25 available contracts.
Contract Objectives
- Destroy the nests
- Survive the waves
- Bring down the monolith
- Hold the beacon
- Kill the boss
Your weapon fires automatically at the nearest enemy, so positioning is the core skill — there is no aim button. Level up during a run to pick upgrade cards from the 52 in the pool. When the objective is complete, either end the run and bank your gold, or descend one rung deeper — each rung raises the in-game gold multiplier, but dying down there takes half of it. Gold is spent inside the game on permanent hero upgrades and unlocking new characters.
Controls
Desktop
- W A S D or Arrow Keys: Move
- Space: Dash (the Vanguard's dash is a damaging lunge through enemies)
- Q: Hero ultimate
- 1 / 2 / 3: Pick a card when you level up
- Esc: Pause
Mobile
- On-Screen Joystick: Move in all directions by dragging the joystick
- Dash Button: Tap to dash
- Ultimate Button: Tap to unleash your hero's signature ability
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