Inspired by classic adventure games of the 80s and 90s, Battle Axe is a vertical arcade hack & slash game created by veteran artist Henk Nieborg.

Battle Axe offers high-quality graphics, genre-faithful mechanics, and music by the legendary composer Manami Matsumae, allowing retro game enthusiasts to rejoice.

For as long as you and your people can remember, your homeland, Mercia, has been under the tyranny of "Etheldred," a despotic witch residing in an impregnable tower in the distant, frozen wastelands of the north.

Every seven years, the witch sends her army south to select inhabitants for her city, who are subjected to a life of slavery and disappear forever.