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Savant - Ascent cover art

Savant - Ascent

D-Pad Studio · 2013-12-04

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 04, 2013 (Linux), Dec 04, 2013 (Android), Dec 04, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 04, 2013 (Mac), Dec 04, 2013 (iOS)

A malicious orb has cast Savant out of his tower and transformed his surroundings into dangerous enemies!Dodge and shoot your way back up the tower, and blast down waves of enemies as you make your way towards the top! As you progress, you unlock CDs that not only give you new tracks to play to, but also grant you powerful new abilities!

Savant - Ascent is an Action and Indie game released in 2013, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 2787 reviews).

0
playing now
92%
positive of 2.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
0.5h
to beat · completionist 4.3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (33 reviews).
  • · Top 9% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 111k–223k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,785 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Humble Store (2016-05-16) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 11 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220172026Week of 2017-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.492015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-05-20 — best price $1.332015-12-22 — best price $0.992016-03-18 — best price $1.992016-08-15 — best price $0.992016-09-27 — best price $1.992017-06-22 — best price $0.992017-11-28 — best price $1.992018-05-24 — best price $1.992018-11-01 — best price $1.992018-12-21 — best price $0.992019-06-26 — best price $0.992019-10-28 — best price $0.992019-12-13 — best price $0.992020-01-23 — best price $0.992020-08-28 — best price $0.992021-01-14 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $1.992022-05-24 — best price $1.992022-08-29 — best price $1.992022-11-29 — best price $1.992023-03-27 — best price $0.992023-07-31 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.992024-03-04 — best price $0.992024-06-03 — best price $1.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992025-02-24 — best price $1.992025-05-19 — best price $1.992025-09-08 — best price $1.992026-01-05 — best price $1.992026-05-18 — best price $1.992026-08-24 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
14.1%
earned "Soundtracks"
8.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing6 DLC

5 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 6 DLC released, first 2017-06-22, latest 2020-11-01 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,43318%14

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

2DIndieMusicShortActionArcadeDifficultFast-PacedPlatformerBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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