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Axiom Verge

Thomas Happ Games LLC · 2015-05-14

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 14, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 14, 2015 (Linux), Mar 31, 2015 (PlayStation 4), May 14, 2015 (Mac), Apr 19, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Sep 30, 2016 (Xbox One)

Explore and uncover the mystery of a surreal alien world by blasting aliens and glitching your environment in this intense retro side-scrolling action/adventure.

Axiom Verge is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2015 for $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Very Positive reviews (90% of 6628 reviews).

9
playing now
90%
positive of 6.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (154 ratings)
4.72★
PlayStation Store rating (9,383 ratings)
8.8h
to beat · rushed 2h · completionist 13h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Axiom Verge is a metroidvania video game by American indie developer Thomas Happ. The game was released in March 2015 in North America and April 2015 in Europe and Australia for PlayStation 4. It was released in May 2015 for Linux, OS X, and Windows. A PlayStation Vita version was released in April 2016. The Wii U and Xbox One versions were released in North America and Europe in September 2016. A Nintendo Switch version was released in October 2017.

Trailer

Axiom Verge trailer thumbnail

AXIOM VERGE - Official Trailer [HD]

≈341,484 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 271 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~34/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 27,606 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 166k–398k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,628 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-12-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 15 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
838320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3832026-09-14 21:00 — 26 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 16 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 21 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 22 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 29 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 13 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 19 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 28 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 24 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 21 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 18 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 20 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1280Apr 2015Aug 2026Apr 2015 — avg 0 · peak 4Aug 2015 — avg 29 · peak 61Dec 2015 — avg 101 · peak 344Apr 2016 — avg 38 · peak 172Aug 2016 — avg 35 · peak 79Dec 2016 — avg 76 · peak 300Apr 2017 — avg 22 · peak 59Aug 2017 — avg 27 · peak 63Dec 2017 — avg 47 · peak 140Apr 2018 — avg 21 · peak 51Aug 2018 — avg 20 · peak 50Dec 2018 — avg 26 · peak 72Apr 2019 — avg 18 · peak 46Aug 2019 — avg 13 · peak 29Dec 2019 — avg 23 · peak 55Apr 2020 — avg 36 · peak 87Aug 2020 — avg 17 · peak 49Dec 2020 — avg 21 · peak 55Apr 2021 — avg 15 · peak 34Aug 2021 — avg 43 · peak 113Dec 2021 — avg 18 · peak 59Apr 2022 — avg 14 · peak 32Aug 2022 — avg 20 · peak 49Dec 2022 — avg 23 · peak 69Apr 2023 — avg 18 · peak 43Aug 2023 — avg 11 · peak 28Dec 2023 — avg 21 · peak 57Apr 2024 — avg 14 · peak 42Aug 2024 — avg 22 · peak 60Dec 2024 — avg 28 · peak 77Apr 2025 — avg 22 · peak 70Aug 2025 — avg 18 · peak 46Dec 2025 — avg 18 · peak 37Apr 2026 — avg 22 · peak 61Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 42
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.002015-05-082026-10-102015-05-08 — best price $0.002015-12-22 — best price $13.992016-07-04 — best price $19.992017-01-02 — best price $19.992017-06-23 — best price $9.992017-11-01 — best price $19.992018-01-11 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $9.992018-10-29 — best price $11.992019-01-10 — best price $11.992019-05-16 — best price $9.992019-08-26 — best price $19.982019-12-09 — best price $9.992020-01-12 — best price $9.992020-02-11 — best price $19.912020-06-04 — best price $11.992020-09-10 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-02-11 — best price $5.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-31 — best price $19.992022-03-12 — best price $19.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-09-19 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-02-16 — best price $19.992023-04-20 — best price $19.992023-07-17 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-05-20 — best price $4.992024-10-14 — best price $4.992025-03-31 — best price $4.992025-07-21 — best price $4.992025-11-24 — best price $4.992026-03-30 — best price $4.992026-08-29 — 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

139512026-05-31 — 118 pageviews2026-06-04 — 65 pageviews2026-06-08 — 73 pageviews2026-06-12 — 78 pageviews2026-06-16 — 59 pageviews2026-06-20 — 70 pageviews2026-06-24 — 82 pageviews2026-06-28 — 76 pageviews2026-07-02 — 86 pageviews2026-07-06 — 90 pageviews2026-07-10 — 69 pageviews2026-07-14 — 76 pageviews2026-07-18 — 67 pageviews2026-07-22 — 76 pageviews2026-07-26 — 139 pageviews2026-07-30 — 112 pageviews2026-08-03 — 82 pageviews2026-08-07 — 56 pageviews2026-08-11 — 86 pageviews2026-08-15 — 63 pageviews2026-08-19 — 82 pageviews2026-08-23 — 51 pageviews2026-08-27 — 56 pageviews2026-08-31 — 79 pageviews2026-09-04 — 60 pageviews2026-09-08 — 71 pageviews2026-09-12 — 97 pageviews2026-09-16 — 87 pageviews2026-09-20 — 81 pageviews2026-09-24 — 67 pageviews2026-09-28 — 104 pageviews2026-10-02 — 93 pageviews2026-10-06 — 104 pageviews2026-10-10 — 58 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
81.1%
earned "Xedur"
20.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-05-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,0083%29
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)8,59013%30
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)4,59116%30
Xbox One (Xbox)2,2495%29
Switch (Nintendo)4050%0
Switch (Nintendo)410%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.

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionSci-fiAdventureCyberpunkPlatformerAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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