Axiom Verge
After a lab accident, a scientist awakens in a mysterious, alien world. Is this a distant planet? The far future? Or a complex virtual-reality computer simulation? Plumb the recesses of a large, labyrinthine…
Axiom Verge is an adventure developed by Thomas Happ Games, released 31 March 2015 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Wii U. The main story takes about 8.8 hrs to finish.
What Axiom Verge is
Axiom Verge is an adventure game developed by Thomas Happ Games and released in 2015. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Microsoft XNA.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Axiom Verge follows Trace, a scientist who is caught in a catastrophic lab explosion and wakes to find himself in a strange, ancient, high-tech world called Sudra. Guided by the voice of towering mechanical beings, he learns that this alien realm was devastated long ago by a pathogen unleashed by a mysterious figure. As Trace explores Sudra's labyrinth of ruined structures and hostile creatures, he gathers exotic weapons and abilities while piecing together what happened to its lost civilization. Drawn deeper into the world's secrets, he begins to question how he came to be there and what his true connection to its downfall might be.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 29 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Axiom Verge holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 80, across 170 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 8.8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 12.5 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium E2180 2.0 GHz, 500 MB RAM and Intel HD Graphics 4400. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it launched against
Axiom Verge launched on 31 March 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Mortal Kombat X and Yakuza 0. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Mortal Kombat X, Yakuza 0.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Axiom Verge yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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