Oddworld Soulstorm

Oddworld: Soulstorm PC is a cinematic 2.9D action-adventure platformer built around stealth, environmental puzzles, scavenging, crafting, and the rescue of Abe’s fellow Mudokons. On current PC storefronts, the game is listed as Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition, which includes the expanded version and the Toby’s Escape mode.

Developed and published by Oddworld Inhabitants, Soulstorm continues Abe’s uprising after the escape from RuptureFarms. It is not a traditional combat platformer. Its strongest moments come from reading dangerous spaces, managing followers, and deciding how much risk to accept while moving a vulnerable group toward freedom.

Abe’s escape is built around movement, puzzles, and rescue

The main campaign uses a side-on perspective with layered depth. These 2.9D environments let Abe move through broad industrial spaces, mines, train facilities, canyons, and other large set pieces instead of staying inside a narrow single-plane corridor.

Abe can run, jump, climb, sneak, chant, interact with machinery, and possess certain enemies. Possession remains one of the series’ defining tools, allowing Abe to turn a hostile Slig into a temporary problem-solving resource. A possessed enemy can operate weapons, manipulate switches, or remove threats that Abe could not handle directly.

Every area combines platform puzzling with stealth and situational action. Some rooms reward patience and route planning. Others become rescue operations in which a mistake can send followers into traps, gunfire, flames, or moving machinery.

The campaign is structured around saving Mudokons rather than simply reaching an exit. Abe must locate followers, make them follow or wait, guide them through hazards, and deliver them to escape points. The more followers you save, the more meaningful the game’s central strength in numbers system becomes.

Quarma changes what the campaign means

Quarma tracks the consequences of Abe’s conduct across the campaign. Rescuing Mudokons improves the moral outcome of individual levels, while failing to protect them pushes the story toward darker results.

The game has four possible endings. Access to the better outcomes depends on how many levels receive a good Quarma result, and that result is tied to rescuing at least 80 percent of the Mudokons in a level.

This creates two distinct ways to approach Soulstorm. You can make a forward push, accept casualties, and focus on reaching the next checkpoint, or replay difficult levels to improve your rescue percentage, badges, and overall Quarma.

The consequence system is more substantial than a simple end-of-level score. It changes which later content becomes available and gives repeated playthroughs a clear purpose. Players who want to see the strongest conclusion will need to treat follower safety as a primary objective.

Scavenging turns the platformer into a resource puzzle

Soulstorm adds a scavenger economy to the familiar Oddworld formula. Abe searches lockers, trash cans, vending machines, and defeated enemies for useful materials and products.

Resources can be exchanged or combined through crafting. The resulting items include tools and weapons that change how Abe approaches obstacles, guards, locked routes, and groups of followers.

Crafting is not only an offensive system. Some items support stealth, disable hazards, distract enemies, or create safer routes through a level. The best solution is often determined by what you found before entering a dangerous section.

Abe can also distribute crafted equipment to Mudokon followers. Followers may be given more aggressive or passive roles, which lets players shape how a group responds when a level shifts from quiet infiltration to open danger.

That flexibility gives Soulstorm a broader action vocabulary than the earlier Abe adventures. It still expects careful movement and puzzle solving, but it also allows improvised solutions when a clean stealth route breaks down.

Campaign structure, level select, and included content

The story campaign contains 15 core levels, with two additional endgame levels tied to strong rescue performance. The game therefore rewards players who explore thoroughly rather than treating every stage as a straight sprint to the finish.

Continue Game is the story-focused option. It preserves the campaign’s plot progression, checkpoint flow, and intended difficulty curve.

Level Select serves a different purpose. It lets players revisit individual stages to improve completion results, Quarma, badges, and leaderboard performance, but it does not preserve the same checkpoint and location progress as Continue Game after leaving the mode.

The current PC edition is Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition. On PC, the enhanced release includes Toby’s Escape, a separate mode that expands the game beyond the main campaign. It is part of the current edition rather than a separate PC purchase that needs to be tracked down independently.

There is no co-op campaign or competitive multiplayer mode. Soulstorm is designed as a single-player experience in which the challenge comes from controlling Abe, managing followers, and improving level results.

Who should play Soulstorm?

Soulstorm suits players who enjoy stealth platformers, rescue objectives, environmental hazards, dark satire, and games that make completion quality matter. It is especially appealing if you prefer solving a room through observation and timing instead of relying on constant combat.

The follower sections are the defining feature, but they are also the main source of pressure. Players who dislike escort-style objectives or repeated attempts may find the rescue requirements demanding, particularly when several Mudokons must pass through a hazardous sequence safely.

The game also expects experimentation. You may need to search for resources, test a crafted item, reposition followers, or replay a section after learning how a patrol or machine behaves.

Players looking for a relaxed platformer, traditional run-and-gun combat, or a cooperative adventure should look elsewhere. Soulstorm is a single-player puzzle platformer with a strong emphasis on failure, adjustment, and mastery.

PC features and input support

The Steam edition provides full controller support, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing. The Epic Games Store edition requires an Epic account through the Epic Games Launcher.

Mouse and keyboard input is supported for gameplay, but the PC interface remains heavily designed around controller prompts. That makes a gamepad the more natural choice for players who want consistent on-screen guidance and a console-style control layout.

PC players should also note the display limitation: the official FAQ states that Soulstorm supports 16:9 resolutions rather than native ultrawide presentation. Players using a wide monitor may therefore see unused space or need to use a standard aspect ratio.

English is the full-audio language on Steam. The Steam listing also supports interface and subtitle localization in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese, alongside English and Latin American Spanish subtitle support.

Mods are not officially supported as a guaranteed configuration. Oddworld Inhabitants states that players use them at their own risk and that the developer cannot support problems caused by modifications.

Similar PC experiences

For a more focused precision-platforming experience, challenging 2D platformers such as Shio share Soulstorm’s emphasis on timing, hazards, and learning how each environment behaves, although Shio does not include the follower-management or narrative systems.

Players who prefer atmospheric exploration over direct combat may also enjoy story-driven platforming adventures like Stray. The mechanical overlap is lighter, but both games use environmental traversal and vulnerable characters to create tension without turning every encounter into a conventional fight.

For a cooperative alternative built around managing two characters, cooperative puzzle adventures such as Never Alone offer a different take on teamwork, movement, and environmental problem solving. Soulstorm remains the more combat-oriented and consequence-driven choice.

Oddworld: Soulstorm FAQ

What is the current PC name for Oddworld: Soulstorm?

The current PC storefront name is Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition. The original Soulstorm branding is still widely used in searches, guides, and older coverage, but Enhanced Edition is the name shown on the current Steam and Epic Games Store listings.

Does the PC version include Toby’s Escape?

Yes. The Epic Games Store description identifies Toby’s Escape as part of Oddworld: Soulstorm Enhanced Edition on PC.

Is Oddworld: Soulstorm multiplayer?

No. The PC edition is listed as single-player. It does not include online co-op, local co-op, or split-screen play.

Can I play Soulstorm with mouse and keyboard?

Yes, mouse and keyboard work during gameplay. However, the interface is controller-oriented, so a compatible gamepad provides the clearest prompts and the most consistent control experience.

How do the endings work?

Soulstorm has four endings determined by campaign Quarma. To mark a level as good, you need to rescue at least 80 percent of its Mudokons. The number of good levels determines the ending and whether the additional endgame levels become available.

Does Soulstorm support ultrawide monitors?

No. The official PC information lists 16:9 support rather than native ultrawide resolutions.