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Absolum

Dotemu · 2025-10-09

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 09, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 09, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 09, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Oct 09, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Mar 25, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S), Q3 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.

92%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
3,127
twitch viewers (latest)
90/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
14h
to beat · rushed 9h · completionist 24h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)
Absolum is a 2025 beat'em up video game with roguelike elements. Developed by Guard Crush Games and Supamonks, it was published by Dotemu for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch 2.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 456 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~57/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,932 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 211k–475k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,558 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$17.96-28%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $16.95 at GameBillet (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $99.00 · on sale 66 of 67 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20252026Week of 2025-10-09: 1,765 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 167 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 902 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 521 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 287 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 222 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 725 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 490 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 286 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 139 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 144 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 228 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 119 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-28: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$99.00$14.692025-10-072026-08-212025-10-07 — best price $99.002025-10-09 — best price $19.952025-10-11 — best price $19.472025-10-15 — best price $22.492025-10-26 — best price $19.482025-11-04 — best price $19.492025-11-14 — best price $24.992025-11-17 — best price $21.242025-12-18 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-01-07 — best price $19.492026-01-22 — best price $24.992026-01-31 — best price $24.992026-02-03 — best price $24.992026-02-09 — best price $19.992026-02-19 — best price $24.992026-02-23 — best price $24.992026-03-20 — best price $18.742026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-04-06 — best price $21.232026-04-20 — best price $18.892026-04-24 — best price $18.742026-05-06 — best price $24.992026-05-22 — best price $18.702026-05-28 — best price $24.992026-06-06 — best price $24.992026-06-11 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-07-16 — best price $24.992026-07-20 — best price $18.742026-07-27 — best price $24.992026-07-31 — best price $14.692026-08-13 — best price $18.742026-08-21 — best price $17.96
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3641242026-05-27 — 194 pageviews2026-05-30 — 209 pageviews2026-06-02 — 177 pageviews2026-06-05 — 171 pageviews2026-06-08 — 204 pageviews2026-06-11 — 170 pageviews2026-06-14 — 184 pageviews2026-06-17 — 150 pageviews2026-06-20 — 184 pageviews2026-06-23 — 158 pageviews2026-06-26 — 209 pageviews2026-06-29 — 290 pageviews2026-07-02 — 206 pageviews2026-07-05 — 244 pageviews2026-07-08 — 210 pageviews2026-07-11 — 163 pageviews2026-07-14 — 157 pageviews2026-07-17 — 166 pageviews2026-07-20 — 183 pageviews2026-07-23 — 173 pageviews2026-07-26 — 198 pageviews2026-07-29 — 165 pageviews2026-08-01 — 157 pageviews2026-08-04 — 145 pageviews2026-08-07 — 155 pageviews2026-08-10 — 161 pageviews2026-08-13 — 141 pageviews2026-08-16 — 149 pageviews2026-08-19 — 160 pageviews2026-08-22 — 132 pageviews2026-08-24 — 154 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
88.9%
earned "Hearthroot"
35.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume Controls1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,4747%37
Xbox Series (Xbox)5,0738%37
PS5 (PlayStation)4,74631%38
Switch (Nintendo)3770%0
PS4 (PlayStation)36350%38
Switch (Nintendo)240%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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