Axes and Acres

Buy80%

Mostly Positive · 149 player reviews · Low confidence

Worth it for the right player.

BrainGoodGames · Indie · Apr 7, 2016

Player review score
80%
Mostly Positive
Price
$9.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
15
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy Axes and Acres?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 36 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Interface: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 149 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 118 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise17% are divided33% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
36 of 118 sampled reviews raised it
The difficulty scaling works toward replayability, if you like games that kick you back down a level for failing twice at your current level.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
23 of 118 sampled reviews raised it
tldr: Step-by-step thinking dice and resource management game with clean graphics and somewhat steep learning curve.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
12 of 118 sampled reviews raised it
It therefore feels more meditative (helped in no small part by the relaxing music and minimalistic graphics) than punishing, even when you realize you have made a less than optimal play.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay36 reviews
Difficulty23 reviews
Graphics12 reviews
Divided opinion
Audio
100% still recommend
Players complain
Interface
78% still recommend
Bugs
71% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$9.99

The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

6 points recordedtoday · $9.99

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