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Ascension: Deckbuilding Game

Playdek, Inc. · 2014-12-16

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 16, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 30, 2011 (iOS), Dec 16, 2014 (Mac), Aug 14, 2014 (Android)

Ascension: Deckbuilding Game is now available for your PC and Mac, complete with 9 full expansion decks! Play alone or with friends to battle against the Fallen One for honor and victory. Conceived and designed by Justin Gary, Ascension will provide hours of engaging and strategic game play for enthusiasts and experienced gamers alike.

Ascension: Deckbuilding Game is a 2014 Casual and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 1721 reviews).

49
playing now
89%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (314 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 49 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 61 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 43k–103k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,721 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2024-03-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
393920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

76292026-09-14 22:00 — 47 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 39 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 59 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 63 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 44 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 50 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 50 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 54 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 42 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 51 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 76 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 30 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 49 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 68 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 62 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 68 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 59 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 43 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 61 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 54 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 65 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 56 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 56 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 49 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9814Dec 2014Aug 2026Dec 2014 — avg 35 · peak 79Apr 2015 — avg 18 · peak 35Aug 2015 — avg 20 · peak 38Dec 2015 — avg 24 · peak 54Apr 2016 — avg 24 · peak 42Aug 2016 — avg 18 · peak 36Dec 2016 — avg 24 · peak 47Apr 2017 — avg 25 · peak 45Aug 2017 — avg 28 · peak 47Dec 2017 — avg 33 · peak 72Apr 2018 — avg 31 · peak 51Aug 2018 — avg 65 · peak 162Dec 2018 — avg 49 · peak 96Apr 2019 — avg 55 · peak 144Aug 2019 — avg 63 · peak 110Dec 2019 — avg 57 · peak 101Apr 2020 — avg 98 · peak 186Aug 2020 — avg 77 · peak 121Dec 2020 — avg 84 · peak 150Apr 2021 — avg 77 · peak 116Aug 2021 — avg 71 · peak 109Dec 2021 — avg 71 · peak 129Apr 2022 — avg 66 · peak 104Aug 2022 — avg 70 · peak 108Dec 2022 — avg 64 · peak 96Apr 2023 — avg 67 · peak 100Aug 2023 — avg 60 · peak 105Dec 2023 — avg 60 · peak 101Apr 2024 — avg 71 · peak 141Aug 2024 — avg 66 · peak 101Dec 2024 — avg 65 · peak 100Apr 2025 — avg 59 · peak 102Aug 2025 — avg 62 · peak 97Dec 2025 — avg 66 · peak 118Apr 2026 — avg 48 · peak 73Aug 2026 — avg 55 · peak 87
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$2.492015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $9.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992018-06-21 — best price $3.992018-08-21 — best price $9.992018-11-28 — best price $9.992019-02-01 — best price $4.002019-08-05 — best price $9.992020-03-04 — best price $8.892020-05-26 — best price $8.892020-06-13 — best price $8.892020-07-13 — best price $9.992020-07-31 — best price $9.992020-08-18 — best price $9.992020-09-11 — best price $9.992020-09-29 — best price $8.892020-10-18 — best price $8.892020-11-13 — best price $8.892020-12-01 — best price $9.992020-12-20 — best price $8.892021-01-18 — best price $8.892021-02-05 — best price $8.892021-02-24 — best price $9.992021-03-14 — best price $9.992021-04-01 — best price $9.992021-04-19 — best price $9.992021-05-07 — best price $9.992021-05-25 — best price $9.992021-10-07 — best price $9.992022-02-21 — best price $12.992022-12-22 — best price $5.192024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-07-01 — best price $7.862024-08-07 — best price $8.992025-06-30 — best price $7.862026-05-04 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
77.2%
earned "On Your Way"
11.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesSteam Turn NotificationsFamily Sharing3 DLC

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2019-07-29, latest 2025-11-14 (Steam store data)

Player tags

Sci-fiFantasyStrategyTabletopTacticalCard GameBoard GameHand-drawnTurn-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

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

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