Popular Games by Abylight Studios
Hyper Light Drifter: Special Edition Switch eShop
Abylight Studios / Heart Machine
- 6th Sep 2018 (UK/EU)
- 6th Sep 2018 (NA)
Cursed Castilla EX Switch eShop
- 24th Jan 2019 (UK/EU)
- 24th Jan 2019 (NA)
Gammick Entertainment / Abylight Studios
- 15th Dec 2011 (UK/EU)
- 15th Dec 2011 (NA)
Reviews of Abylight Studios Games
Review Cursed Castilla EX (Switch) - A Worthy Love Letter To The Side-Scrolling Classics Of Old
Knight life
Ports are nothing new on Nintendo Switch - in fact, a good proportion of the games that have arrived on the system over the last two years have been re-releases from other platforms - but sometimes a game getting another chance at success on another console is a cause for celebration. Cursed Castilla EX is one such example. It’s...
Review Super Hydorah (Switch) - New Ideas Meet Old-School Gameplay In This Superb Indie Effort
Much more than a tribute act
Dedicated 2D shoot 'em up fans might represent a small subset of Switch owners, but they've been pretty well catered for. There's a growing roster of brilliant Neo Geo shmups like Aero Fighters 2 for them to call upon, and just recently they were given the rather splendid R-Type Dimensions EX. It's to the latter series,...
Review Hyper Light Drifter: Special Edition (Switch eShop)
A modern classic, updated
Two years on from its original release, Hyper Light Drifter might not feel quite as unique in both its art style and the relentless difficulty of its combat - especially in the company of Dead Cells and so many other pixel art indies - but that doesn’t mean this acclaimed hack ‘n’ slash odyssey has lost any of its...
Review Qbics Paint (Switch eShop)
Sit back, relax, and paint a sculpture or two
Qbics Paint is not your traditional gaming experience. In fact, you could argue that it’s not trying to be a “game” at all. Up until this point, the majority of games released on the Nintendo Switch have been dedicated to showing off the hardware’s unique features and processing power while...
Review Cursed Castilla EX (3DS eShop)
A blessing, not a curse
For a series which takes an almost sadistic delight in frustrating those who play it, Capcom's Ghosts 'n Goblins garners a surprising amount of adoration from gamers - but the company doesn't seem particularly interested in resurrecting Sir Arthur for any new adventures, so thank goodness we have games like Cursed Castilla EX...
Review Musicverse: Electronic Keyboard (3DS eShop)
Doot doot doot doot
We're not scientists, but we're pretty confident in our super-accurate theory on how most people use electronic keyboards in their waking life. Namely, the musician-at-heart walks up to one, switches it on, finds the kitschiest beat in its midi library - studies say it's "salsa" 100% of the time - bangs out some nonsensical...
Latest Abylight Studios News
Tuesday14th Jan 2025
News Acclaimed Horror Hit 'Soma' Is Finally Coming To Switch
Alongside Amnesia: Rebirth and Amnesia: The Bunker
Abylight Studios has announced that it's bringing three of Frictional Games' horror titles to the Switch in 2025. SOMA, Amnesia Rebirth, and Amnesia: The Bunker will all be getting digital and physical releases later this year. This means all Amnesia games will at last be on Switch, alongside the...
Thursday20th May 2021
News Cursed Castilla Collector's Edition For Switch Is Particularly Cool
A cardboard mini arcade cabinet, why not?
An area that sets the audience for Nintendo Switch apart from its gaming hardware rivals, arguably, is the desire for limited editions of download games. It's an industry of its own, and certainly a lucrative one, as quality eShop games that typically cost less than $20 get limited runs of physical copies...
Thursday26th Nov 2020
Update: And it's back!
Update: And just like that, Abylight's Twitter account has been unlocked and is now back up and running. The studio has shared a message of thanks to fans: "Good news, anybody? The @abylight T
Wednesday18th Apr 2018
News Abylight Shows Hyper Light Drifter Running On Nintendo Switch
"Hyper Light Drifter looks perfect on handheld!"
Hyper Light Drifter was originally supposed to come out on the Wii U, but in 2016 it was officially confirmed that it wouldn't be happening. The arrival of the Switch has thankfully fixed this issue, as publisher Abylight has followed up conf
Friday7th Jul 2017
News Maldita Castilla Renamed Cursed Castilla, Hits 3DS eShop Next Week
Scratches that Ghouls 'n Ghosts itch perfectly
Locomalito's critically acclaimed 2D platformer Maldita Castilla has been renamed Cursed Castilla for its western 3DS release - which is taking place next week on July 13th. It will cost €11.99 in Europe, with the UK and North American pricing still to be confirmed. A...
Wednesday5th Jul 2017
Video The Japanese Trailer For Maldita Castilla DX On 3DS Is The Best Thing
"A thousand credits and a slate"
Maldita Castilla DX is coming to the 3DS eShop this year, a fact that fans of Capcom's Ghouls 'n Ghosts should be very happy about - the game is a love letter to the epic adventures of Sir Arthur and boasts gorgeous 2D visuals, excellent music and addictive gameplay. FlyHigh Works is ha
Wednesday31st May 2017
News Channel Your Inner Artist With Qbics Paint For Nintendo Switch
It's like Mario Paint, but with Qbics instead!
Veteran eShop publisher Abylight will soon be bringing a creative application affectionately named Qbics Paint to the Switch eShop. In Qbics Paint it is said you will become a sort of Michelangelo; you will have to sculpt blocks with your own fingers to “free” the Qbics hiding within. But its...
Tuesday16th May 2017
News Abylight Has Just Submitted The 3DS Port Of Maldita Castilla EX To Nintendo
"About 120MB of epic code & retro fun for your Nintendo 3DS!"
Juan Antonio Becerra - better known as Locomalito - has created some amazing indie games in his time, and Maldita Castilla is perhaps the best-known. Inspired by Capcom's Ghouls 'n Ghosts and set in medieval Spain, this action platformer has already thrilled PC players with...
Friday1st Apr 2016
News Abylight Is Aware Of Demand For A 3DS Port Of Locomalito's Maldita Castilla
"Many voices are being raised for a Nintendo 3DS version"
Yesterday publisher Abylight confirmed that it is working with renowned indie coder Juan Antonio Becerra - better known as Locomalito - to bring his amazing collection of titles to consoles. These games - which include Maldita Castilla, Hydorah, L'Abbaye des Morts, Gaurodan and The Curse of...
Monday14th Mar 2016
News Pokémon Composer Tsukasa Tawada Shows Off Musicverse: Electronic Keyboard
Those with the app can download 'Tokyo Polka'
The 3DS eShop has a few options when it comes to music composition, with the latest being Musicverse: Electronic Keyboard. Abylight is keen to highlight how its creative and sharing tool can be used, and has recruited a highly-regarded composer to help with the task. Tsukasa Tawada worked in sound...
Wednesday9th Mar 2016
News Abylight Is Bringing The Award-Winning AfterZoom To The 3DS eShop
Turn your console into a microscope
Abylight Studios has confirmed that it is resurrecting its DSiWare title AfterZoom on the 3DS. The DSiWare version - originally released in 2011 - was awarded with a part-grant by the Ministry of Culture of the Spanish government, and mixed real-world biology with fantasy elements. There's no release date as...
Thursday25th Feb 2016
News Musicverse: Electronic Keyboard Gets a European Release Date
Hitting the right notes
The 3DS eShop has apps to cover various hobbies - for example you can draw, code games in BASIC and, of course, create music. Musicverse: Electronic Keyboard has some competition in the music composition area, but it's keen to make its mark on the portable. Having arrived in North America on 18th February, it's now confirmed...
Tuesday26th Jan 2016
News Musicverse: Electronic Keyboard Aims to Bring Music Composition to Life on 3DS
On its way to a global release
There are already a handful of music composition tools available on the 3DS, and now Abylight Studios is getting closer to releasing its own effort - Musicverse: Electronic Keyboard. Like some of its contemporaries it'll aim to offer substantial variety in features and instruments, as well as various options for...
Monday15th Apr 2013
News Carps & Dragons is the Sort-Of Sequel to Fish-em All
Yes, really
You may have spotted a good few eShop game announcements in the last day or so, which are courtesy of iDÉAME13, the Nintendo-hosted Indie Developer's Conference held in Madrid over the weekend. Earlier on today we also told you about Cut the Rope being brought to the 3DS eShop by Abylight; the developer is also weighing in with an...
News Freshly-Sliced Version Of Cut The Rope Coming To 3DS eShop
The adorable Om Nom is back for more munching
ZeptoLab has confirmed that the 3DS eShop will be getting a new version of the insanely popular Cut The Rope, developed by Abylight. The physics-based puzzler has been downloaded over 100 million times since its 2010 release. Based on the iOS original, the developers are promising that this new version...
Thursday16th Dec 2010
News Take on Abylight's DSiWare Cosmo Fighters on Monday
500 Points for cartoon capers
Abylight's not just about music and samurai tower defence games: its next handheld offering is Cosmo Fighters, a 2D "retro-futurist" fighting game. Fans of classic Dreamcast brawler Power Stone may recognise a little of the game's chaotic spirit in the four-player brawling action, with Download Play allowing...
Friday3rd Dec 2010
News Dairojo! Samurai Defenders Attacks DSiWare on Monday
800 Points for Oriental-themed tower defence
Spanish publisher Abylight is taking a break from its Music On series of melodic outings to bring something altogether different to DSiWare: Dairojo! Samurai Defenders, a tower defence title developed by Japanese firm Kawamoto Industrial. Featuring a Far East slant on the familiar tower defence genre, the...
Tuesday16th Nov 2010
News DSi Shop Getting Stormed by Dairojo! Samurai Defenders
New tower defence game on the way
Following its recent medley of musical releases, Abylight is getting ready to publish its upcoming tower defence game that's developed for the DSiWare service by Japanese studio Kawamoto Industrial, and we have the official trailer that shows the kind of multi-tasking gamers will have to perform when it launches...
Thursday14th Oct 2010
News You Can Soon Tickle the Ivories in Music On: Playing Piano
Friday for Europe, Monday in North America
Having already learnt the instrument in Music On: Learning Piano, now you can enjoy simply playing it in Music On: Playing Piano. Out in Europe tomorrow and reaching North America on Monday, your 200 Points earns you fifteen songs and knowledge of the necessary notes to play them yourself. The press release...
Monday4th Oct 2010
News Multiplayer Brawling Comes to DSiWare with Cosmo Fighters
Download Play battling from Abylight
Taking a break from its array of musical titles, Spanish developer Abylight is bringing some old-fashioned fighting action to DSiWare with its upcoming title Cosmo Fighters. The title's focus is on sharing the game with friends, with Download Play allowing up to four players to face off against each other using...
Wednesday1st Sep 2010
News Strum Along with Music On: Acoustic Guitar Next Week
Abylight hoping it strikes a chord
If you like using your DSi to make beautiful music, you've so far been mostly limited to keyboards and studio software, with few to no alternatives. Abylight's Music On series is about to throw a new six-stringed option into the mix with the launch of Music On: Acoustic Guitar next week. Selling at the same 200...
Saturday28th Aug 2010
News Learn Piano with the Latest Music On Title this Monday
200 Points to tinkle the ivories
If you've been following Abylight's Music On series you'll have already dabbled with an Electronic Keyboard and a Retro Keyboard, and with an Acoustic Guitar, but the next release in the series looks like taking the studio's musical offerings to a higher level. Titled Music On: Learning Piano and released on Monday,...
Monday5th Jul 2010
News Abylight Tuning Up Music On: Acoustic Guitar
Latest in DSiWare music series on the way
We've already had the chance to tinkle the DSiWare ivories with Music On: Electronic Keyboard and Retro Keyboard, but developer Abylight isn't limiting itself to black-and-white keys and is branching out into stringed instruments with Music On: Acoustic Guitar on the way to the service in the near future...
Monday21st Jun 2010
News Music On: Retro Keyboard Takes You Back in Musical Time
Get tuned into retro gaming sounds
European DSi owners have already had the chance to tinker with the first entry in Abylight's 'Music On' series, the straightforwardly-named Music On: Electronic Keyboard, but the Spanish developer-publisher is ready to unleash a second bout of musical noodling with the imminent arrival of Music On: Retro Keyboard...
Monday7th Jun 2010
News Get Your European Tangram on with Neves Plus Next Friday
Puzzle game finds its way across the pond at last
It's been so long since Neves Plus was released in North America – nearly a year, in fact – that we'd almost given up hope of ever seeing it reach Europe. It seems our faith needn't have wavered though, as Abylight has announced it's bringing the game, along with new subtitle Pantheon of Tangrams...
Thursday3rd Jun 2010
Nintendo Download 4th June 2010 (Europe)
Beavers and Brains
Beavers and Brains on Wii, Books, Music, Upside-Down Puzzling and still more Sudoku on DSi this week in Europe. Retro fans will be disappointed at another week without a Virtual Console release, but hopefully we'll be seeing Wild Guns here soon. Otherwise it's mainly a catch-up week for Europe on Wii and DSi. WiiWare:...
Monday31st May 2010
News Music On: Electronic Keyboard Puts a Keyboard in Your DSiWare
Abylight's newest tool hits Europe on Friday
The music software scene just keeps on snowballing: we've already had the announcements of Rhythm Core Alpha and Mix Superstar, not to mention the already-available and rather good Rytmik, and now Abylight is joining the party with Music On: Electr
Monday19th Apr 2010
News Turn Your DSi Into a Virtual Instrument With the 'Music On' Series
Music On: Electronic Keyboard is the first in a new series from Abylight
The catalogue of DSiWare releases ranges from straight-forward games to various media creation applications; Abylight is the latest contributor to the latter. The company that brought us Fish 'em All! and Stop Stress: A Day of Fury has announced its upcoming range of Music On...
Thursday15th Apr 2010
News NEVES Plus: Pantheon of Tangrams Set for EU WiiWare
Known simply as NEVES Plus in the U.S. and Lucky Puzzle in Japan
It's been a while since the game got its American and Japanese release, but European puzzle fans can now stop wondering whether it will appear on the Wii Shop Channel or not as Abylight has informed us NEVES Plus: Pantheon of Tangrams is doing just that. The game will be localised in...
Monday7th Dec 2009
Nintendo Download Rayman, Notebooks, Stress Busting and Ninjas! (US)
Another bumper crop of downloads for North America
Nintendo continues to flood the North American market with new titles; amongst them a few catch-up releases. WiiWareFlowerworks® and MAGNETIS™ comprise the puzzle contingent on WiiWare this week. We'll be reviewing the former in due course; the latter was reviewed some time ago, so be sure to...
Friday4th Dec 2009
Ease yourself into your week with Abylight's latest
We've just received an email from Abylight to let us know that their upcoming stress-a-thon, Stop Stress: A Day of Fury, is confirmed for release on the US WiiWare service on Monday, for a grand total of 800 Nintendo Points. Telling the story of a man who seems to have the most uncontrollable rage,...
Tuesday3rd Nov 2009
News Stop Stress: A Day of Fury Coming Soon to WiiWare
Abylight's newest title is on the way.
The folks at Abylight have just officially announced that their upcoming WiiWare release Stop Stress: A Day of Fury is nearing release. They were also kind enough to send us over a group of new screenshots and gameplay video as well. You can check out the new screenshots below along with the official gameplay...
Friday2nd Oct 2009
News Fight Stress With Abylight's New WiiWare Title
Stop Stress: A Day of Fury promises relaxation aplenty
Abylight first caught our attention not so long ago with their decent WiiWare title Fish 'Em All, and now they're back on the scene with their next title, Stop Stress: A Day of Fury. Very little is known about the game at the moment, but Abylight have shared a video of its premiere at the Tokyo...
Monday8th Jun 2009
News Master the Fish'em All Challenges Video
Here's a few good tricks for beating the game's many challenges!
In preparation for the North American release of their Fish'em All WiiWare title today, Abylight have sent us a rather humorous instructional video to give players a little insight into how to master all of the Fish'em All challenges in the game. Yukari-san takes you through the many...
Wednesday27th May 2009
Interviews Fish'em All! - Abylight
Abylight spills the beans on their Wiiware debut.
Coinciding with the release of Fish’em All! for Wiiware in Europe this coming Friday, comes our chat with Nacho Garcia from the Spanish developers Abylight. So sit back, relax, and open the floodgates of knowledge which shall pour forth from the minds of Abylight! Nintendo Life: Can you tell us a...
Tuesday7th Apr 2009
News Fish'em All! Game Play Trailer Released
Fish'em All!, an arcade game with a real "coin-op" flavor!
We've just received a bit of new information on Abylight's upcoming WiiWare title Fish'em All! that you can check out below. We've also included the brand new game play trailer showing the game in action below as well. Hold on tight to your Wii Remote™ and fish 'em all! Alone, or with...
Saturday4th Apr 2009
News New WiiWare Game: Fish'em All
Get your nets out and prepare to catch yourself some fish for dinner!
Another day, another WiiWare game to announce to the world! Spanish developers Abylight recently got in touch giving us an exclusive look at their upcoming WiiWare puzzler Fish'em All. As you will see from the screenshots in our gallery below, it certainly looks very nice. We...
