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Astral Ascent

Hibernian Workshop · 2023-11-14

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Astral Ascent is a 2023 Action, Adventure, Indie game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (95% of 8562 reviews).

443
playing now
95%
positive of 8.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
92/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
4.81★
PlayStation Store rating (718 ratings)
23h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 52h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

443 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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)

Trailer

Astral Ascent trailer thumbnail

Astral Ascent - Launch Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

≈214,573 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 443 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 5% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 173k–389k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,654 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Gamesplanet$8.11-68%
GOG$9.99-60%
Humble Store$9.99-60%
GOG$9.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.11 at GamesPlanet US (2026-05-14) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 98 of 144 observed days · at its 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

572442026-09-15 13:00 — 164 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 50 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 88 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 159 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 85 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 64 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 90 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 55 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 80 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 99 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 77 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 44 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 96 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 110 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 70 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 117 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 116 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 48 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 144 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 554 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 381 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 344 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 443 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
55914Apr 2022Aug 2026Apr 2022 — avg 154 · peak 386Jun 2022 — avg 28 · peak 57Aug 2022 — avg 14 · peak 38Oct 2022 — avg 26 · peak 78Dec 2022 — avg 49 · peak 122Feb 2023 — avg 87 · peak 230Apr 2023 — avg 55 · peak 131Jun 2023 — avg 25 · peak 118Aug 2023 — avg 29 · peak 103Oct 2023 — avg 29 · peak 56Dec 2023 — avg 466 · peak 1,179Feb 2024 — avg 254 · peak 683Apr 2024 — avg 356 · peak 1,091Jun 2024 — avg 115 · peak 266Aug 2024 — avg 497 · peak 1,258Oct 2024 — avg 259 · peak 685Dec 2024 — avg 320 · peak 770Feb 2025 — avg 218 · peak 554Apr 2025 — avg 164 · peak 605Jun 2025 — avg 197 · peak 440Aug 2025 — avg 165 · peak 507Oct 2025 — avg 158 · peak 449Dec 2025 — avg 148 · peak 346Feb 2026 — avg 94 · peak 234Apr 2026 — avg 84 · peak 177Jun 2026 — avg 171 · peak 542Aug 2026 — avg 97 · peak 284
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$0.002022-04-122026-10-142022-04-12 — best price $22.492022-12-22 — best price $19.992023-08-28 — best price $19.992024-02-13 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-04-11 — best price $19.992024-05-05 — best price $17.482024-06-04 — best price $22.482024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-08-08 — best price $24.992024-09-08 — best price $20.812024-10-28 — best price $22.482024-12-03 — best price $23.742025-01-03 — best price $24.992025-02-20 — best price $14.742025-04-30 — best price $12.492025-07-02 — best price $11.192025-08-26 — best price $12.492025-10-06 — best price $24.242025-11-20 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $11.192026-01-19 — best price $12.492026-03-02 — best price $12.492026-04-03 — best price $24.992026-05-08 — best price $22.482026-06-16 — best price $22.482026-07-14 — best price $9.992026-08-01 — best price $21.052026-08-28 — best price $9.992026-09-07 — best price $9.992026-09-17 — best price $0.002026-09-27 — best price $9.992026-10-07 — best price $24.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

4402026-10-10 14:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 20:35 — 34 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-11 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 02:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 1 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

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2023-11-02, latest 2026-05-14 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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