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Ascender cover art

Ascender

GameChanger Studio · 2017-03-17

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 17, 2017 (Mac), Mar 17, 2017 (Linux), Mar 17, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ascender is a 2D explorative puzzle metroidvania. The game is set in the open world of GOA's districts, and the player will face many unique puzzles to solve. Warning!! This game will truly challenge your puzzle and platforming skill :D

Ascender is an $8.99 Adventure and Indie game released in 2017, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 24 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 24 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
$8.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 73% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2020-12-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120172026Week of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$0.892017-03-172026-07-092017-03-17 — best price $7.642017-08-22 — best price $4.492017-12-21 — best price $2.242018-06-21 — best price $2.242018-11-21 — best price $2.242019-02-04 — best price $1.792019-06-25 — best price $1.792019-11-28 — best price $1.792020-06-25 — best price $1.342020-12-22 — best price $0.892021-06-24 — best price $0.892021-11-24 — best price $0.892022-01-27 — best price $0.892022-03-28 — best price $0.892022-06-06 — best price $0.892022-08-15 — best price $0.892022-11-22 — best price $0.892022-12-22 — best price $0.892023-02-27 — best price $1.342023-04-10 — best price $0.892023-06-29 — best price $0.892023-08-28 — best price $0.892023-11-21 — best price $0.892024-02-19 — best price $0.892024-04-01 — best price $2.242024-06-27 — best price $0.892024-09-16 — best price $2.242024-11-27 — best price $0.892024-12-19 — best price $0.892025-03-03 — best price $2.242025-04-14 — best price $2.242025-06-27 — best price $0.892025-08-25 — best price $0.892025-11-17 — best price $0.892026-03-19 — best price $0.892026-05-18 — best price $0.892026-07-09 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
4.3%
earned "Get scrutinized"
2.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieActionPuzzleRobotsSci-fiCartoonColorfulAdventureHand-drawn

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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