As We Descend

Box Dragon · Coffee Stain Publishing · 2025-05-28

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 28, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?

As We Descend is an Indie, RPG, Strategy, Early Access game released in 2025, priced at $19.99, with a Very Positive (87% of 1399 reviews) sentiment.

87%

positive of 1.4k reviews

Very Positive

steam's rating (official)

platinum

deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)

Verified

Steam Deck (Valve)

SteamOS: Playable

$19.99

steam price (US)

Decide the Fate of the City – Hailing from one of the three great factions of the City-Vault, you hold the key to its fate amidst the post-apocalypse. Outmaneuver the medieval politics of the city and unearth its deepest secrets. As the first and last line of defense for the city walls, you must hold the line…(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active

· 98 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
· Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
· Top 9% of 50,054 Indie games in the census by review count.

Estimated sales: 28k–63k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,399 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $13.39 at Steam (2026-03-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative

Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

achievements tracked

48.3%

earned "Warden of the Wall"

18.7%

median achievement earned by

· 48.3% of players earned Warden of the Wall
· 18.7% of players earned Innocence
· 0.3% of players earned Descend 20

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSteam CloudFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

Platform	Players tracked	Completion	Trophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)	422	1%	16

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Census log

2025-05-28First review activity on record (week of 2025-05-28).
2025-05-28Biggest review week on record: 175 reviews (week of 2025-05-28).

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

2026-09-29Hotfix 0.17.0.3
2026-09-28Hotfix 0.17.0.2
2026-09-25Hotfix 0.17.0.1

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Similarity via IGDB.

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