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Axiom Verge

Axiom Verge

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.

Released May 14, 2015 Developer Thomas Happ Games LLC Platforms Windows · Linux MetroidvaniaIndiePixel GraphicsPlatformerAction
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

90.9%positive6,064 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Overall Rating: 7.5/10 Axiom Verge is a respectable entry to the Metroidvania genre, feeling close to the vibe of some of the older 2D Metroid games. Overall, it does many things right, creates an intriguing atmosphere through it's soundtrack, artstyle and story, but does have…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“It is a good game, although with so much high praises it got, I was expecting more... Maybe I don't really get it. But fun game it is.”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Not recommended · 24 found this helpful

“I really, really, really wanted to like this game. The beginning levels were fun, the music was cool, the art style and visuals are amazing, and the story is interesting. It was nice to just explore and enjoy the scenery. I loved the first few levels of the game. But in later…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:00 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

22playing at last check
1824-hour peak
786all-time peak
0 100 200 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 128 avg · May 2015

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

29achievements
20.8%median completion
1.3%rarest: Speedrunner
81.2% of players 67.2% of players 67.1% of players 50.7% of players 43.8% of players 41.1% of players 40.4% of players 39.7% of players 36.8% of players 35.0% of players 32.4% of players 30.9% of players 29.9% of players 28.9% of players 20.8% of players 20.4% of players 7.5% of players 6.7% of players 6.2% of players 6.0% of players 5.6% of players 5.4% of players 5.0% of players 4.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 81.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
81.2%Xedur — Defeat the Xedur variant.
67.2%Telal — Defeat the Telal variant.
67.1%Hack — Glitch your first enemy.
Rarest badges of honor
1.3%Speedrunner — Complete the game once in Speedrun Mode.
1.3%Overclocked — Complete the entire game in under 4 hours.
1.3%Low % — Complete the game with under 40% of all items.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$4.99−75% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99base price
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US4.99 USD−75%
EU4.49 EUR−75%
UK3.74 GBP−75%
Australia7.23 AUD−75%
Canada5.49 CAD−75%
Japan495 JPY−75%
Brazil9.24 BRL−75%
China17.00 CNY−75%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$1.8 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$5.1

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 11, 2025
1.59.0.0

Attempts to mitigate possibility of save file corruption.

Nov 04, 2022
Version 1.58, 11/4/2022

Changes to mitigate chance of save file corruption

Aug 15, 2022
Version 1.56, 8/15/2022

Updated to latest fnalibs to fix Vulkan memory leaks

Jun 28, 2022
Version 1.55, 6/28/2022

Updated to FNA 22.07 and most recent FNAlibs

Feb 04, 2022
Version 1.54, 2/2/2022

Minor changes to streamline use with Steam Deck

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsMetroidvania · Indie · Pixel Graphics · Platformer · Action · Great Soundtrack · 2D · Sci-fi · Adventure · Retro · Exploration · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Japanese
ControllerFull support
Achievements29
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.axiomverge.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Intel Pentium E2180 2.0 GHz Memory: 500 MB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4400 Storage: 300 MB available space Additional Notes: Dual Shock 4 or XInput controller recommended.