Jack Axe is an adventure developed by Keybol Games, released 3 April 2020 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Jack Axe is
Jack Axe is an adventure game developed by Keybol Games and released in 2020. It was published by Another Indie. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Be Jack! Get an axe! Take Jack (and her sisters) on an axe tossing, single or multiplayer, platforming adventure in a vibrant open world inspired by Filipino and Norse mythology.
How it plays
Its themes are action, fantasy, open world and party. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Jack Axe holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 3 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Jack Axe launched on 3 April 2020, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal, Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Persona 5 Royal. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VII Remake, Doom Eternal, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Persona 5 Royal.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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