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Astral Ascent cover art

Astral Ascent

Hibernian Workshop · 2023-11-14

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Nov 14, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Nov 14, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 12, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 12, 2022 (Mac), Nov 14, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.

156
playing now
95%
positive of 8.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
92/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
23h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 52h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

156 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The Zodiacs are 12 experienced guardians dispatched over 4 gorgeous worlds. They’ll bring to the battlefield unique attacks, abilities, and patterns, backstories to uncover, and reasons to be fighting you. Get yourself warned!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 156 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 404 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~51/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 171k–384k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,525 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.87-61%
GOG$9.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.11 at GamesPlanet US (2026-05-14) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 66 of 110 observed days · $1.88 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
85985920222026Week of 2022-04-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 859 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

187402026-08-07 00:00 — 64 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 86 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 112 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 54 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 109 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 111 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 50 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 132 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 94 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 50 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 84 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 80 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 54 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 86 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 75 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 42 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 61 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 132 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 67 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 60 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 149 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 40 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 80 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 157 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 59 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 99 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 139 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 120 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 156 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$8.432022-04-122026-08-302022-04-12 — best price $22.492022-11-22 — best price $19.992023-05-01 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-02-19 — best price $24.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-04-08 — best price $22.482024-04-24 — best price $20.812024-05-13 — best price $18.742024-06-07 — best price $20.812024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-08-05 — best price $24.992024-08-26 — best price $17.492024-09-25 — best price $16.242024-11-13 — best price $24.992024-12-03 — best price $23.742025-01-01 — best price $24.992025-01-24 — best price $14.992025-03-24 — best price $13.742025-05-15 — best price $9.032025-07-02 — best price $11.192025-08-20 — best price $11.192025-09-25 — best price $12.492025-10-16 — best price $12.492025-11-24 — best price $12.492025-12-18 — best price $11.192026-01-13 — best price $12.492026-02-05 — best price $24.992026-03-12 — best price $24.992026-04-10 — best price $8.512026-05-08 — best price $22.482026-06-04 — best price $12.492026-06-30 — best price $10.532026-07-22 — best price $24.992026-08-07 — best price $21.052026-08-28 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

802026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
84.7%
earned "Where it all started…"
38.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller Support6 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,2713%89
PS5 (PlayStation)52724%61
Switch (Nintendo)560%0
PS4 (PlayStation)4721%61
PS4 (PlayStation)4226%61

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

Player tags

AnimeIndieMagicActionDifficultHand-drawnRogue-likeRogue-liteStory RichAtmospheric

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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