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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 · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation is a 2016 Simulation and Strategy game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive reviews (74% of 4987 reviews).

15
playing now
74%
positive of 5.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

15 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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)

Trailer

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Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation Gameplay Trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 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 5% of 16,893 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 125k–300k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,995 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$2.99-90%
Steam$5.99-80%
GamersGate$6.00-80%
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 143 of 170 observed days · $0.59 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

60122026-09-16 06:00 — 44 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 52 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 53 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 40 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 31 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 43 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 25 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 29 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 60 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 23 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 29 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 30 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 22 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 46 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 22 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 23 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 25 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 27 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 19 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 40 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
55424Nov 2016Aug 2026Nov 2016 — avg 78 · peak 177Feb 2017 — avg 84 · peak 413May 2017 — avg 60 · peak 138Aug 2017 — avg 115 · peak 560Nov 2017 — avg 90 · peak 215Feb 2018 — avg 105 · peak 251May 2018 — avg 96 · peak 274Aug 2018 — avg 56 · peak 134Nov 2018 — avg 77 · peak 187Feb 2019 — avg 58 · peak 142May 2019 — avg 61 · peak 150Aug 2019 — avg 67 · peak 169Nov 2019 — avg 74 · peak 206Feb 2020 — avg 52 · peak 149May 2020 — avg 554 · peak 3,758Aug 2020 — avg 67 · peak 139Nov 2020 — avg 62 · peak 182Feb 2021 — avg 95 · peak 237May 2021 — avg 51 · peak 116Aug 2021 — avg 47 · peak 114Nov 2021 — avg 48 · peak 100Feb 2022 — avg 48 · peak 101May 2022 — avg 44 · peak 100Aug 2022 — avg 39 · peak 149Nov 2022 — avg 36 · peak 79Feb 2023 — avg 36 · peak 89May 2023 — avg 34 · peak 76Aug 2023 — avg 36 · peak 99Nov 2023 — avg 32 · peak 76Feb 2024 — avg 32 · peak 74May 2024 — avg 27 · peak 61Aug 2024 — avg 25 · peak 55Nov 2024 — avg 26 · peak 221Feb 2025 — avg 32 · peak 73May 2025 — avg 33 · peak 72Aug 2025 — avg 50 · peak 129Nov 2025 — avg 31 · peak 75Feb 2026 — avg 35 · peak 78May 2026 — avg 25 · peak 56Aug 2026 — avg 25 · peak 52
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$2.702016-09-302026-10-152016-09-30 — 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 $2.992026-09-10 — best price $2.992026-10-10 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $6.00
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

Post-launch support: 13 DLC released, first 2017-01-13, latest 2021-09-08 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPRTSDarkSci-fiBuildingMilitaryModdableStrategyIsometricFuturistic

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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