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Ascension

Element Game 微元游戏 · 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES · 2025-05-08

Steam

StrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 08, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In this cultivation 4X strategy game, your sect has been in peril, and so they open a portal—sending you, a young disciple and their last hope, inside. Stand tall as the new sect leader and guide disciples to rebuild what was lost. Sharpen your focus, master alchemy, and ascend to immortality.

Ascension is a 2025 Strategy and Early Access game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment (60% of 2699 reviews).

28
playing now
60%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

28 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 28 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,150 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 54k–121k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,699 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
68868820252026Week of 2025-05-09: 688 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 462 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 290 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 229 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-06-06: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4642026-09-14 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 14 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 31 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 16 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 26 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 18 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 27 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 16 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 25 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 27 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 26 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 43 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 37 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 39 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 38 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 35 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 31 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.0k25May 2025Aug 2026May 2025 — avg 2,025 · peak 7,867Jun 2025 — avg 345 · peak 1,249Jul 2025 — avg 138 · peak 414Aug 2025 — avg 110 · peak 270Sep 2025 — avg 97 · peak 223Oct 2025 — avg 110 · peak 280Nov 2025 — avg 66 · peak 170Dec 2025 — avg 56 · peak 142Jan 2026 — avg 42 · peak 103Feb 2026 — avg 42 · peak 90Mar 2026 — avg 34 · peak 88Apr 2026 — avg 53 · peak 139May 2026 — avg 42 · peak 110Jun 2026 — avg 37 · peak 106Jul 2026 — avg 25 · peak 63Aug 2026 — avg 29 · peak 76
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

41
achievements tracked
77.4%
earned "Immortal Trail"
20.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9281%86
Steam (Steam)29783%5
Steam (Steam)1051%41

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

4XDramaFantasySandboxBuildingStrategyTop-DownMythologyManagementExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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