Axiom Verge

Released: 3/30/2015

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.

Critics

Steam

Metacritic

Score Breakdown

85.6

Critic Average

82 reviews

Steam User Score

6,493 reviews

Metacritic User Score

252 reviews

Disparity Breakdown

Steam Disparity

-4.7

Metacritic Disparity

+9.6

Combined Disparity

+2.5

Average of both sources

Review Timing

9 early (11%)43 launch window (52%)30 late (37%)

Review summary

Updated May 8, 2026

Based on 82 scored critic reviews, critics give this game an average score of 85.6/100. Critics score this game 4.7 points lower than Steam users and 9.6 points higher than Metacritic users.

How these comparisons are calculated

Sources behind this summary(5 recent of 82)

Mike O'NeillviaDayOne
Aug 29, 2021Late review
85/100View review
Steam 90.3/100 · -5.3 ptsMetacritic 76/100 · +9.0 pts
Maurice PogueviaGeeks Under Grace
Jan 4, 2019Late review
95/100View review
Steam 90.3/100 · +4.7 ptsMetacritic 76/100 · +19.0 pts
Renan FontesviaCubed3
Feb 9, 2018Late review
90/100View review
Steam 90.3/100 · -0.3 ptsMetacritic 76/100 · +14.0 pts
Mikhail MadnaniviaGod is a Geek
Feb 9, 2018Late review
75/100View review
Steam 90.3/100 · -15.3 ptsMetacritic 76/100 · -1.0 pts
Andreas SalmenviaWorth Playing
Dec 26, 2017Late review
90/100View review
Steam 90.3/100 · -0.3 ptsMetacritic 76/100 · +14.0 pts