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ASCIILL cover art

ASCIILL

Andrei Fomin · 2022-02-25

Steam

ActionAdventureStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 25, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Retro dungeon crawler with the crazy minimalist style. Take part in fast-paced encounters with inhabitants of the huge alien temple and pay special attention to numbers to solve puzzles and avoid traps.

ASCIILL is an Action, Adventure, and Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $8.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 64 reviews).

0
playing now
94%
positive of 64 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$8.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.3k–2.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 64 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.74 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820222026Week of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$8.99$1.742022-02-252026-07-092022-02-25 — best price $4.992022-05-09 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-11-07 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-02-20 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-05-01 — best price $4.992023-11-02 — best price $4.992023-11-28 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-02-20 — best price $4.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-05-20 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-08-07 — best price $4.992024-10-10 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-05-05 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-11-04 — best price $4.992026-01-08 — best price $3.142026-03-19 — best price $3.142026-04-20 — best price $3.142026-06-25 — best price $3.142026-07-09 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
59.8%
earned "Raider"
7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputTouch Only OptionStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TV1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-05-27 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2D1980sRetroSci-fiParody AdventureDifficultOld SchoolRogue-liteTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.