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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

0
playing now
75%
positive of 24 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
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 2026-08-30 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 88% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.

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

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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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).

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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