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Ascension: Deckbuilding Game cover art

Ascension: Deckbuilding Game

Playdek, Inc. · 2014-12-16

Steam

CasualStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

59
playing now
89%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
40/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

59 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 15% of 9,647 Casual games in the census by review count.
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 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

74312026-08-06 23:00 — 47 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 42 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 50 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 63 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 45 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 57 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 49 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 31 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 63 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 59 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 35 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 51 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 58 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 56 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 60 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 64 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 47 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 67 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 58 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 42 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 47 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 56 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 61 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 56 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 65 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 65 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 58 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 63 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 59 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

Player tags

Sci-fiFantasyStrategyTabletopTacticalCard GameBoard GameHand-drawnTurn-BasedMultiplayer

Census log

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

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