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Astria Ascending

Artisan Studios · Dear Villagers · 2021-09-30

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RPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 07, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Oct 07, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Sep 30, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 30, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 30, 2021 (Xbox One), Sep 30, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S)

Explore a vast world on the brink of chaos in a mature, emotional JRPG. Experience an epic story with rewarding, turn-based combat and expansive customization rendered in glorious 4K hand-drawn visuals.

Astria Ascending is a 2021 RPG priced at $3.49, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and Mixed reviews (53% of 364 reviews).

2
playing now
53%
positive of 364 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
3.46★
PlayStation Store rating (498 ratings)
40h
to beat · rushed 30h · completionist 54h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.49
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Astria Ascending is a 2021 role-playing game developed by Artisan Studios and published by Dear Villagers. Set in the fantasy world of Orcanon, the story of Astria Ascending follows a group of demigods called the "Fated Eight". They act as the agents of the goddess Yuno, who presides over the integrity of a multicultural society governed by a doctrine known as the Harmony and populated by sentient beings of various species.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (117 reviews).
  • · Top 28% of 13,902 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.3k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 364 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.49-90%
Humble Store$3.49-90%
IndieGala$3.49-90%
Steam$3.49-90%
WinGameStore$3.49-90%
GreenManGaming$3.50-90%
GOG$34.99
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.79 at Fanatical (2025-05-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 165 of 201 observed days · $0.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
646420212026Week of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
441Oct 2021Jun 2026Oct 2021 — avg 44 · peak 222Dec 2021 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 12Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2024 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2025 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Feb 2026 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jun 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$2.352021-09-302026-10-142021-09-30 — best price $27.992021-11-30 — best price $34.992022-01-11 — best price $27.552022-03-15 — best price $34.992022-05-26 — best price $31.382022-07-22 — best price $31.382022-08-30 — best price $27.552022-12-02 — best price $31.382023-02-08 — best price $13.392023-03-23 — best price $34.992023-05-23 — best price $34.992023-07-25 — best price $27.552023-09-28 — best price $34.992023-11-28 — best price $10.492024-01-17 — best price $34.992024-03-11 — best price $24.992024-05-21 — best price $34.992024-07-31 — best price $34.992024-09-18 — best price $34.992024-11-11 — best price $3.572025-01-11 — best price $34.992025-02-20 — best price $3.502025-04-18 — best price $34.992025-06-17 — best price $24.992025-08-08 — best price $34.992025-09-18 — best price $34.992025-11-06 — best price $34.992025-12-19 — best price $3.502026-02-11 — best price $3.492026-03-23 — best price $24.992026-05-01 — best price $3.492026-06-25 — best price $3.492026-08-01 — best price $3.492026-08-24 — best price $3.492026-09-13 — best price $3.492026-10-03 — best price $3.492026-10-14 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

42102026-06-01 — 32 pageviews2026-06-05 — 37 pageviews2026-06-09 — 33 pageviews2026-06-13 — 40 pageviews2026-06-17 — 24 pageviews2026-06-21 — 34 pageviews2026-06-25 — 16 pageviews2026-06-29 — 18 pageviews2026-07-03 — 24 pageviews2026-07-07 — 20 pageviews2026-07-11 — 27 pageviews2026-07-15 — 36 pageviews2026-07-19 — 38 pageviews2026-07-23 — 25 pageviews2026-07-27 — 23 pageviews2026-07-31 — 17 pageviews2026-08-04 — 10 pageviews2026-08-08 — 16 pageviews2026-08-12 — 27 pageviews2026-08-16 — 17 pageviews2026-08-20 — 13 pageviews2026-08-24 — 18 pageviews2026-08-28 — 19 pageviews2026-09-01 — 22 pageviews2026-09-05 — 28 pageviews2026-09-09 — 22 pageviews2026-09-13 — 34 pageviews2026-09-17 — 18 pageviews2026-09-21 — 25 pageviews2026-09-25 — 21 pageviews2026-09-29 — 10 pageviews2026-10-03 — 20 pageviews2026-10-07 — 14 pageviews2026-10-10 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
67.8%
earned "Lucky Guess"
6.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Japanese, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2021-09-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)4,5541%50
PS5 (PlayStation)51211%51
PS5 (PlayStation)49617%51
Steam (Steam)3082%51
PS4 (PlayStation)17815%51
PS4 (PlayStation)15119%51
PS5 (PlayStation)11517%51
PS4 (PlayStation)8918%51
Switch (Nintendo)470%0
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGJRPGAnimeFantasyHand-drawnTurn-BasedSingleplayerTurn-Based CombatFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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