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Battle Axe cover art

Battle Axe

Bitmap Bureau · Numskull Games · 2021-04-29

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 29, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 23, 2021 (Xbox One), Apr 29, 2021 (Mac), Apr 29, 2021 (Linux), Apr 29, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 18, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

A classic arcade hack and slash brought to life with stunning pixel art and a heroic soundtrack. Choose your champion and battle through waves of enemies to stop a dark sorceress from plunging Mercia into eternal darkness.

Battle Axe is an Action and Adventure game released in 2021, priced at $29.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 157 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
61%
positive of 157 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
4.26★
PlayStation Store rating (57 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.1k–7.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 157 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.69 at Fanatical (2024-06-17) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 55 of 126 observed days · $24.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920212026Week of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

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

Price history

$29.99$5.692021-04-292026-10-142021-04-29 — best price $25.492021-11-29 — best price $29.992022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-04-14 — best price $14.992022-07-08 — best price $26.882022-08-19 — best price $14.992022-10-28 — best price $22.042022-12-07 — best price $26.882023-02-07 — best price $29.992023-04-18 — best price $26.882023-07-05 — best price $26.882023-09-05 — best price $29.992023-10-30 — best price $26.662023-12-21 — best price $6.872024-02-13 — best price $26.882024-04-03 — best price $29.992024-05-24 — best price $26.882024-07-19 — best price $29.992024-09-10 — best price $29.992024-10-28 — best price $7.492024-12-06 — best price $26.882025-02-17 — best price $29.992025-04-12 — best price $26.882025-06-10 — best price $7.492025-08-14 — best price $29.992025-10-22 — best price $29.992026-01-11 — best price $29.992026-03-27 — best price $7.492026-05-18 — best price $22.032026-06-24 — best price $24.912026-08-18 — best price $24.622026-09-09 — best price $29.992026-09-24 — best price $29.992026-10-09 — best price $29.992026-10-14 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
92.7%
earned "10 CHAIN"
3.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Player tags

DwarfRetroActionArcadeFantasyTop-DownAdventureExplorationLocal Co-OpSingleplayer

Census log

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

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