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Ascent - The Space Game cover art

Ascent - The Space Game

Fluffy Kitten Studios · 2016-04-11

Steam

IndieMassively MultiplayerSimulationStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Apr 11, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ascent is a PVE sandbox space MMO with 270 BILLION star systems and an emphasis on strong Sci Fi. It encourages Exploration, Colonization, Research, Asteroid mining, Farming, Trading, and Combat. Outside the tutorial sector, everything in-game has been built by players.

Ascent - The Space Game is an Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and Mixed reviews (68% of 339 reviews).

0
playing now
68%
positive of 339 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (60 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 49,704 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.5k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 339 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
555520152024Week of 2015-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
921Feb 2015Apr 2026Feb 2015 — avg 8 · peak 107May 2015 — avg 44 · peak 111Aug 2015 — avg 29 · peak 51Nov 2015 — avg 22 · peak 42Feb 2016 — avg 13 · peak 33May 2016 — avg 31 · peak 70Aug 2016 — avg 17 · peak 37Nov 2016 — avg 13 · peak 29Feb 2017 — avg 7 · peak 16May 2017 — avg 13 · peak 26Aug 2017 — avg 7 · peak 16Nov 2017 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11May 2018 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 5Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2020 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2020 — avg 3 · peak 7Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 7Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2025 — avg 1 · peak 2Aug 2025 — avg 1 · peak 2Nov 2025 — avg 1 · peak 2Feb 2026 — avg 1 · peak 2Apr 2026 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Apr 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992015-02-272019-10-162015-02-27 — best price $17.992015-03-06 — best price $19.992015-06-11 — best price $15.992015-06-22 — best price $19.992015-09-28 — best price $13.992015-10-05 — best price $19.992015-11-30 — best price $15.992015-12-07 — best price $19.992016-02-05 — best price $15.992016-02-12 — best price $19.992016-04-12 — best price $17.992016-04-18 — best price $19.992016-06-13 — best price $14.992016-06-20 — best price $19.992016-08-15 — best price $14.992016-08-22 — best price $19.992016-10-17 — best price $14.992016-10-24 — best price $19.992017-05-01 — best price $9.992017-05-08 — best price $19.992018-02-15 — best price $13.392018-02-19 — best price $19.992019-08-29 — best price $14.992019-09-01 — best price $19.992019-10-13 — best price $14.992019-10-16 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

1
achievements tracked
3.6%
earned "Test Achievement"
3.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing4 DLC

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2015-02-27, latest 2021-04-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15100%1

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

Player tags

IndieSpaceSci-fiScienceStrategySimulationEarly AccessMassively Multiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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