Duet Night Abyss hits Steam with cross-progression and a mixed early response

Duet Night Abyss, a co-op action RPG from Pan Studio published by Hero Games, has now officially launched on Steam after previously being available on mobile and PC through other storefronts (Epic) and its own launcher. The game hit 2,021 concurrent players within 24 hours after launch, which is respectable considering most players who followed the game were already playing it on other platforms.

The game mixes instanced, mission-based combat with gacha style progression, though its monetization has been positioned around cosmetics rather than directly pulling for characters and weapons.

The Steam release arrives alongside a patch and brings the game in front of a new audience, which is reflected in its early “Mixed” user rating on Valve’s platform. Feedback so far has been split between players praising the pace of fixes and the story, and others criticizing optimization and the time investment required for progression.

Duet Night Abyss lands on Steam at a time when free-to-play gacha games are competing heavily on update cadence and technical performance, especially for games that lean on repeatable missions and long-term progression. Ever since HoYoverse upped the bar in quality with games like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, players have raised their expectations for new gacha games.

Whether the Steam audience sticks with it may come down to how quickly optimization improves and how the game balances grind expectations for new players coming in fresh on Valve’s platform.