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Axiom Verge 2 cover art

Axiom Verge 2

Thomas Happ Games LLC · 2022-08-11

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 11, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 11, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Aug 11, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 11, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Aug 11, 2022 (Linux), Jul 11, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Explore a sprawling, alien world in the sequel to the award winning Axiom Verge.

2
playing now
78%
positive of 973 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Axiom Verge 2 is a Metroidvania video game by American indie developer Thomas Happ Games. It is the sequel to Axiom Verge and was released on August 11, 2021, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Windows. The game was later released on Steam and PlayStation 5 in August 2022. It was also ported to Xbox One in July 2023.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 35% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 973 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2024-12-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 10 of 21 observed days · $14.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

502026-08-11 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$5.992021-08-112026-08-292021-08-11 — best price $17.992021-11-30 — best price $19.992022-01-27 — best price $17.992022-04-07 — best price $19.992022-07-14 — best price $17.992022-08-18 — best price $19.992022-10-18 — best price $15.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992022-12-15 — best price $15.992023-02-02 — best price $15.992023-02-27 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-04-20 — best price $19.992023-06-15 — best price $19.992023-07-24 — best price $15.992023-11-21 — best price $13.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $12.992024-04-08 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-08-05 — best price $19.992024-10-28 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $9.992025-04-07 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $9.992025-07-28 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $9.992025-12-01 — best price $19.992026-02-16 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-11 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-29 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
66.9%
earned "Hack"
21.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)3,62222%28
PS5 (PlayStation)2,91720%28
Steam (Steam)1,0986%28
Xbox One (Xbox)19812%27
Switch (Nintendo)1350%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionSci-fiAdventureNonlinearPlatformerMetroidvaniaSingleplayer2D Platformer

Census log

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

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