Release, studios, sales
Absolum game facts
Absolum is a side-scrolling roguelite beat 'em up released on 9 October 2025. Guard Crush Games and Supamonks built it, Dotemu publishes it, and Playdigious handled the phone port. The name inside the story is also the true final boss.
Studios and score
Steam’s app record lists Dotemu, Guard Crush Games and Supamonks together as the developer line, and Dotemu plus Gamirror Games as publishers. The publisher site and the Wikipedia article describe Guard Crush on gameplay and Supamonks on animation, with Dotemu as the publisher. I keep both wordings because they name the same companies in a different order.
Steam’s Metacritic field showed 87 for the PC version when I read the store record. Wikipedia also lists Switch at 90 and PlayStation 5 at 87, and it cites OpenCritic at 97 percent recommend. The OpenCritic percentage is quoted from Wikipedia, so the table marks it as a second-hand citation.
| Item | Reading | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Release | 9 October 2025 | 3 sources |
| First-week sales | 200,000 | 2 sources |
| Sales by late January 2026 | 500,000 | 2 sources |
| PC Metacritic | 87 | 2 sources |
| Word origin of the title | No published source |
What the title points at
Inside the game, Absolum is the name of the true final encounter, not a dictionary word the studios defined. I do not invent a Latin or Hebrew root. The ordinary route’s last boss is Azra; the page for the true fight explains the extra step.
The soundtrack is led by Gareth Coker, with guest cues from Mick Gordon, Yuka Kitamura, Motoi Sakuraba and Rachel Hardy. That list is on the official site and the soundtrack release.
Questions
Who developed Absolum?
Guard Crush Games and Supamonks, published by Dotemu. Steam also lists Gamirror Games on the publisher line.
How many copies sold?
Public reports say 200,000 in the first week and 500,000 by the end of January 2026.
What does the name mean?
No studio page gives an etymology. In the story, Absolum is the true final boss.
Related
Sources
Checked 2026-11-07. Applicable public version notes are in the tables above.