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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

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.

0
playing now
61%
positive of 157 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 62% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1k–7.1k copies

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

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.81-17%
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 62 of 93 observed days · $24.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

002026-08-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$5.692021-04-292026-08-302021-04-29 — best price $25.492021-11-03 — best price $29.992022-01-06 — best price $22.042022-02-27 — best price $29.992022-04-29 — best price $26.882022-07-08 — best price $26.882022-08-07 — best price $26.882022-09-22 — best price $29.992022-11-22 — best price $14.992022-12-17 — best price $29.992023-02-07 — best price $29.992023-03-23 — best price $29.992023-05-29 — best price $29.992023-07-28 — best price $29.992023-09-13 — best price $26.882023-10-30 — best price $26.662023-12-11 — best price $7.492024-01-22 — best price $26.882024-03-08 — best price $22.042024-04-18 — best price $7.492024-05-24 — best price $26.882024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-08-15 — best price $7.492024-09-25 — best price $7.492024-11-05 — best price $29.992024-12-06 — best price $26.882025-02-03 — best price $22.042025-03-19 — best price $7.492025-05-08 — best price $7.492025-06-13 — best price $22.042025-08-14 — best price $29.992025-10-08 — best price $29.992025-12-01 — best price $29.992026-02-02 — best price $22.042026-04-04 — best price $7.492026-05-18 — best price $22.032026-06-11 — best price $7.492026-07-26 — best price $24.172026-08-30 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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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