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Neon Ascending

TheCarmineDepth · 2025-03-01

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 02, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Grid management roguelike tower defense that emphasizes mechanics and features dazzling visual effects. Don't overthink it, just stack and play! Enhancement modules boost your attributes, affix modules change the mechanics, and more... all within the grid. Time to create a new and improved build!

82%
positive of 89 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 13,791 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 89 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2026-03-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 6 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720252026Week of 2025-03-02: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-19: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$3.99$1.992025-03-022026-07-092025-03-02 — best price $3.992025-05-11 — best price $2.992025-05-25 — best price $3.992025-06-27 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $3.992025-08-18 — best price $2.992025-08-25 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $3.992026-03-09 — best price $1.992026-03-16 — best price $3.992026-03-19 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $3.992026-06-08 — best price $1.992026-06-15 — best price $3.992026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Player tags

2DRTSCasualClickerCartoonyColorfulStrategyMinimalistRogue-likeRogue-lite

Census log

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

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