Absolum review roundup
Public score pages put Absolum in the high 80s on Metacritic, with Switch at 90. The readable review I opened, Shacknews, likes the fiction, the routes and the combat, and says the screen gets busy and late choices shrink.
Scores I can attach to a page
Steam’s Metacritic field showed 87 for PC. Wikipedia lists the same 87 for PC, 87 for PlayStation 5 and 90 for Switch, and it cites Destructoid at 9/10 plus a Famitsu spread of 9, 9, 8 and 10. OpenCritic’s 97 percent recommend is also via that Wikipedia citation. I label those rows so a direct quote is not confused with a quote of a quote.
Sales reports carried with the reviews say 200,000 copies in week one and 500,000 by the end of January 2026. Wikipedia also notes a Game Awards 2025 independent-game nomination and a Pégases award. I do not turn those honors into a fresh score.
| Source | Reading | How it was read |
|---|---|---|
| Metacritic via Steam | PC 87 | 2 sources |
| Metacritic via Wikipedia | Switch 90, PS5 87 | 1 source (Wikipedia) |
| Destructoid via Wikipedia | 9/10 | 1 source (Wikipedia) |
| Famitsu via Wikipedia | 9 / 9 / 8 / 10 | 1 source (Wikipedia) |
| OpenCritic via Wikipedia | 97 percent recommend | 1 source (Wikipedia) |
| Shacknews | Positive, with two reservations | 1 source, read directly |
What Shacknews actually argued
The Shacknews review, which I could open, credits the fantasy writing, the branching regions, the combat, the growth systems and the drawn art. The reservations are practical: it is easy to lose your fighter in a crowd, and a late run offers fewer meaningful picks. That is one reviewer’s pair of complaints, not a studio admission.
Questions
Is Absolum worth buying?
The published scores sit in the high 80s and the sales reports passed half a million. Shacknews still flags crowded fights and thinner late choices.
Why is one score marked Wikipedia?
Metacritic and OpenCritic blocked a direct read. The number stays, with that limit written in the status cell.
Related
Sources
Checked 2026-11-07. Applicable public version notes are in the tables above.