Archive EntryPreservation Record
ABZÛ
Shelf markLIB-0022
Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record
2016Game
Catalog Information
- Original Title
- ABZÛ
- Release
- August 2, 2016
- Developer
- Giant Squid
- Publisher
- 505 Games
- Medium
- Digital edition · Steam
- Subjects
- Adventure · Casual · Indie · Digital Preservation
Archival Status
- Custody
- Permanent archive holding
- Reference Copy
- Steam digital edition · 505 Games build
- Condition Report
- Licensed Steam copy under archive custody. There is no case, disc, or insert to describe; condition is that of the account-bound edition alone.
- Acquisition
- Digital acquisition · July 2026
- Filed
- August 3, 2026
Acquisition Record
How this digital copy entered archival custody — provenance for the holding, not the identity of the work.
- Source
- Steam
- Acquired through
- Digital library holding
- Entered
- August 3, 2026
- Steam App ID
- 384190
Technical record
- Holding reference
steam-384190- Provenance reconciled
- August 3, 2026
- Recorded playtime
- Unplayed
- Store listing
- Steam store listing
Curator Notes
Collection Documentation
Preservation Notes
- Access Hardware
- Archive Steam client on Windows PC
- Original Hardware
- PC · Steam
- Playback Compatibility
- The retained path of access is the Steam license attached to the archive account.
- Preservation Concerns
- Primary risks are account-bound license loss, client obsolescence, and storefront withdrawal. No offline installer is retained.
- Edition History
- Steam release dated August 2, 2016. This accession records the licensed digital edition in custody.
- Access Status
- Held on the archive Steam account; access lasts only as long as that custody and Steam’s service for the title.
Connections
- Editorial Record
- Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.
Artifact Documentation
This filing is retained as a digital edition. Physical collection photography does not apply to the holding itself.
Supplementary archival media may be entered if documentation is later filed. Nothing is forced into the record.
Stewardship History
A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0022.
Collection Documentation entered
Connections established
Official artwork entered
Steam library artwork filed under the Library accession path.
Editorial revision
Catalog identity, authority references, and digital-holding documentation aligned for publication.
Preservation Notes entered
Published to the Bloodsoaked Library
Digital accession curated from Steam custody and set to Catalogued · Permanent Record.