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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 · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Axiom Verge 2 is a 2022 Action, Adventure, Indie game priced at $19.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 976 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

0
playing now
78%
positive of 976 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
3.87★
PlayStation Store rating (2,254 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 86 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–44k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 976 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 9 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
999920222026Week of 2022-08-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
413Aug 2022Aug 2026Aug 2022 — avg 41 · peak 124Oct 2022 — avg 7 · peak 27Dec 2022 — avg 12 · peak 41Feb 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 28Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2023 — avg 7 · peak 20Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Jun 2024 — avg 15 · peak 55Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 38Oct 2024 — avg 5 · peak 21Dec 2024 — avg 10 · peak 36Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 21Apr 2025 — avg 8 · peak 23Jun 2025 — avg 8 · peak 25Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 18Dec 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$5.992021-08-112026-10-102021-08-11 — 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 $19.992026-09-19 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

54142026-06-01 — 42 pageviews2026-06-05 — 14 pageviews2026-06-09 — 36 pageviews2026-06-13 — 31 pageviews2026-06-17 — 24 pageviews2026-06-21 — 40 pageviews2026-06-25 — 36 pageviews2026-06-29 — 45 pageviews2026-07-03 — 27 pageviews2026-07-07 — 42 pageviews2026-07-11 — 43 pageviews2026-07-15 — 39 pageviews2026-07-19 — 40 pageviews2026-07-23 — 35 pageviews2026-07-27 — 54 pageviews2026-07-31 — 32 pageviews2026-08-04 — 41 pageviews2026-08-08 — 28 pageviews2026-08-12 — 14 pageviews2026-08-16 — 30 pageviews2026-08-20 — 35 pageviews2026-08-24 — 39 pageviews2026-08-28 — 23 pageviews2026-09-01 — 28 pageviews2026-09-05 — 36 pageviews2026-09-09 — 35 pageviews2026-09-13 — 40 pageviews2026-09-17 — 49 pageviews2026-09-21 — 26 pageviews2026-09-25 — 50 pageviews2026-09-29 — 31 pageviews2026-10-03 — 41 pageviews2026-10-07 — 25 pageviews2026-10-11 — 39 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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