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Axel & Pixel cover art

Axel & Pixel

Silver Wish Games · 2K · 2010-10-06

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 06, 2010 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 14, 2009 (Xbox 360)

Axel and Pixel are trapped in a beautiful but dangerous dream world. If they plan to get out they must solve its mysteries. Drawn by hand and rendered in full high-definition, Axel & Pixel is a unique journey through an artist's dream.

Axel & Pixel is an Indie game priced at $4.99 and released in 2010 with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners, and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 102 reviews).

0
playing now
74%
positive of 102 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Axel & Pixel is a point-and-click adventure video game developed by Silver Wish Games. The game was released on October 14, 2009 for the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade service and on October 7, 2010 for Steam.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 49,569 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.1k–8.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 102 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.24 at Steam (2016-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420102026Week of 2010-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2012-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.242015-01-012026-08-102015-01-01 — best price $4.992016-02-05 — best price $2.492016-07-04 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $1.242017-03-20 — best price $4.992017-10-18 — best price $1.242017-11-28 — best price $4.992018-02-15 — best price $1.242018-03-12 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $1.242018-11-13 — best price $4.992018-12-20 — best price $1.242019-02-18 — best price $4.992019-06-26 — best price $1.242019-08-13 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $1.242020-01-21 — best price $4.992020-03-12 — best price $1.242020-05-12 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $1.242021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-06-24 — best price $1.242021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $1.242022-02-24 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $1.242023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $1.242023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $1.242024-03-07 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $1.242024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-02-06 — best price $1.242025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $1.242026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $1.242026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-10 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1412026-06-02 — 8 pageviews2026-06-06 — 14 pageviews2026-06-10 — 4 pageviews2026-06-14 — 4 pageviews2026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-22 — 6 pageviews2026-06-26 — 3 pageviews2026-06-30 — 9 pageviews2026-07-04 — 10 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 8 pageviews2026-07-16 — 5 pageviews2026-07-20 — 3 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 14 pageviews2026-08-09 — 9 pageviews2026-08-13 — 14 pageviews2026-08-17 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 11 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-29 — 12 pageviews2026-09-02 — 9 pageviews2026-09-06 — 7 pageviews2026-09-10 — 11 pageviews2026-09-14 — 6 pageviews2026-09-18 — 11 pageviews2026-09-22 — 4 pageviews2026-09-26 — 14 pageviews2026-09-30 — 6 pageviews2026-10-04 — 7 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5 pageviews2026-10-12 — 7 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
82.4%
earned "Good Start!"
5.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

IndiePuzzlePoint & Click

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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