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Space Hulk: Ascension (Classic)

Full Control Studios · SNEG · 2015-08-12

Steam

RPGStrategy

Franchise: Warhammer 40,000 · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 03, 2014 (Linux), Nov 12, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 04, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Oct 03, 2014 (Mac)

Space Hulk: Ascension is a 3D, digital, turn based, strategy game, which re-interprets the classic board game experience, and adds new RPG style mechanics, new weapons and missions, new enemy types, 3 playable chapters and loads of other new features to the single player experience.

Space Hulk: Ascension (Classic) is an RPG, Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $13.39, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Mostly Positive (74% of 944 reviews).

6
playing now
74%
positive of 944 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
51/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.39
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Space Hulk: Ascension is a turn-based tactics video game developed and published by Full Control. It is set in the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, and is specifically an adaptation of the board game Space Hulk by Games Workshop. It is a follow-up to Full Control's 2013 Space Hulk.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 175% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 13,969 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 24k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 944 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2016-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 19 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520172026Week of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek 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

1002026-09-15 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 10 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$44.99$5.992015-01-012026-08-262015-01-01 — best price $23.992015-03-09 — best price $29.992015-06-20 — best price $14.992015-08-20 — best price $44.992015-11-25 — best price $14.992016-01-04 — best price $29.992016-02-05 — best price $11.992016-06-24 — best price $17.992016-07-04 — best price $29.992017-06-22 — best price $17.992017-07-20 — best price $7.492017-11-01 — best price $29.992017-11-28 — best price $29.992018-05-31 — best price $5.992018-08-14 — best price $44.992018-11-27 — best price $29.992019-01-03 — best price $29.992019-05-20 — best price $29.992019-06-26 — best price $8.992019-08-01 — best price $5.992026-04-13 — best price $14.992026-05-28 — best price $14.842026-06-06 — best price $17.882026-06-24 — best price $12.292026-07-11 — best price $17.882026-07-27 — best price $19.992026-08-01 — best price $14.992026-08-12 — best price $14.992026-08-23 — best price $19.992026-08-26 — best price $13.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4792026-06-01 — 25 pageviews2026-06-05 — 22 pageviews2026-06-09 — 29 pageviews2026-06-13 — 14 pageviews2026-06-17 — 37 pageviews2026-06-21 — 26 pageviews2026-06-25 — 19 pageviews2026-06-29 — 20 pageviews2026-07-03 — 25 pageviews2026-07-07 — 22 pageviews2026-07-11 — 16 pageviews2026-07-15 — 12 pageviews2026-07-19 — 14 pageviews2026-07-23 — 17 pageviews2026-07-27 — 17 pageviews2026-07-31 — 25 pageviews2026-08-04 — 22 pageviews2026-08-08 — 15 pageviews2026-08-12 — 21 pageviews2026-08-16 — 18 pageviews2026-08-20 — 33 pageviews2026-08-24 — 17 pageviews2026-08-28 — 9 pageviews2026-09-01 — 17 pageviews2026-09-05 — 18 pageviews2026-09-09 — 12 pageviews2026-09-13 — 14 pageviews2026-09-17 — 10 pageviews2026-09-21 — 14 pageviews2026-09-25 — 22 pageviews2026-09-29 — 11 pageviews2026-10-03 — 33 pageviews2026-10-07 — 18 pageviews2026-10-11 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
52.2%
earned "Honourable self"
7.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,0521%163

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

Player tags

RPGActionSci-fiStrategyTacticalBoard GameTurn-BasedSingleplayerWarhammer 40KGames Workshop

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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