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Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation cover art

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

Stardock Entertainment · 2016-11-10

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 10, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.

30
playing now
74%
positive of 5.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

The human race has expanded into the galaxy thanks to the wonders of the technological singularity. You have become so powerful that you can manage vast armies across an entire world that provide you with an ever greater galactic empire. Now, humanity is under assault by a new enemy. Calling themselves the Substrate, they seek to annihilate the human race from existence. You, as an up and coming member of the Post-Human Coalition, must deal with both this new menace as well as renegade humans trying to lay claim to their own worlds.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 73 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 124k–299k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,979 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$2.70-91%
Humble Store$2.99-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$22.46-25%
GOG$29.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.40 at GreenManGaming (2025-09-26) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 121 of 146 observed days · $0.30 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
545420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4502026-08-06 23:00 — 20 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 40 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 27 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 22 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 16 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 17 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 31 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 31 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 20 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 38 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 26 players2026-08-25 12:00 — 28 players2026-08-26 19:00 — 28 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 25 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 22 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.002016-09-302026-08-302016-09-30 — best price $29.992017-07-17 — best price $20.002018-05-14 — best price $39.992018-10-13 — best price $17.062019-05-27 — best price $29.992019-10-08 — best price $20.992020-01-27 — best price $29.992020-05-21 — best price $29.992020-08-03 — best price $12.892020-10-08 — best price $26.882020-12-12 — best price $29.992021-02-15 — best price $22.042021-04-12 — best price $29.992021-06-12 — best price $22.042021-09-13 — best price $9.892021-12-03 — best price $25.382022-02-27 — best price $25.382022-07-08 — best price $23.892022-11-22 — best price $9.892023-02-26 — best price $22.042023-06-13 — best price $22.042023-11-06 — best price $7.422024-02-19 — best price $22.042024-06-04 — best price $10.192024-09-23 — best price $29.992024-12-06 — best price $23.892025-03-03 — best price $7.492025-06-10 — best price $23.892025-09-14 — best price $23.892025-12-03 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-06-07 — best price $23.892026-08-10 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.70
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
46.1%
earned "A Little Help Down Here?"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudIncludes level editor13 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,2781%54
Windows (Xbox)6700%54

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

Player tags

PvPRTSDarkSci-fiBuildingMilitaryModdableStrategyIsometricFuturistic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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