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Ascent DX

Johan Peitz · Apskeppet · 2025-03-26

Steam

AdventureIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 26, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 26, 2025 (Mac), Aug 20, 2026 (Nintendo Switch)

Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.

99%
positive of 313 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (83 reviews).
  • · Top 40% of 15,038 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
828220252026Week of 2025-03-26: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-09: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-16: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-14: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-19: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-02: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Census log

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

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