about the game

CHAPTER 0 — THE PRELIMINARY SESSION

ABULIA is a psychological horror game about inaction and what it costs. In its essence, it's about a clinic that receives you, measures you, and files you away — in good faith, which is the problem.

Follow Axel through a clinic that has already opened a file on him. There are no Game Over screens here—nothing stops you, and nothing pushes you. That is the whole problem.

"Relax. We have plenty of time."

standing still is a verb

Nothing here opens because you pressed something. One spot in the corridor teaches you the rule, once. Stop moving, and it opens. Nothing repeats the lesson afterwards.

CONTENT WARNING

Abulia deals with depression, apathy, and clinical settings. There are no jump scares. If you're in a bad place right now, this game will still be here later.

before you start

Controls
[WASD] / [ARROWS] move  ·  [E] look  ·  [ENTER] / [SPACE] advance  ·  [ESC] pause

Languages
English and Italian, switchable at any time from the options.

Windows
Extract the .zip first, then run Abulia.exe. It will not run from inside the archive.

macOS
This build is not signed. First launch: right‑click the app → Open → Open again. After that it opens normally.

where to find me

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The download is free. A tip, a rating or a comment is what keeps this going.

"No page is missing.
You never wrote anything else."
Updated 15 days ago
Published 28 days ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5, macOS
AuthorCTRL_ELLE
GenreRole Playing, Visual Novel
Made withGodot
TagsAtmospheric, Horror, Pixel Art, Psychological Horror
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish, Italian
InputsKeyboard, Mouse
AccessibilitySubtitles
ContentNo generative AI was used

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Abulia.zip 60 MB
AbuliaMacOs.zip 86 MB