Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee begins with Abe, a floor-waxer at RuptureFarms, overhearing his boss’s plan to turn Abe and his fellow Mudokons into food. His escape becomes a wider mission after a vision from the mysterious Big Face urges him to rescue his people and protect Oddworld’s creatures from the Magog Cartel. The game’s premise therefore links a workplace breakout to a struggle against a predatory empire.
Abe’s journey moves from RuptureFarms through Temple trials and a wasteland, where he travels with his friend Elum. The rescue objective gives the adventure its distinctive stakes: Abe is not only fleeing danger, but trying to bring his fellow Mudokons with him. After gaining the power of the Shrykull, he returns to the slaughterhouse, destroys it and confronts Molluck. The account emphasizes this unfolding escape-and-rescue story rather than detailing the moment-to-moment controls.
Its arc runs from overheard threat to escape, trials and a return to RuptureFarms, with the fate of the Mudokons and other creatures tied to the outcome.