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Verlet Ascend

Sagewind Studio · Stratera Games · 2023-02-28

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 28, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 28, 2023 (Mac), Nov 18, 2023 (Linux)

Verlet Ascend is a physics based, action platformer with roguelike mechanics, a fully destructable procedurally generated environment, and rope swing physics. Fight creatures, loot enemies, upgrade your character, and climb your way up in an endless parkour.

90%
positive of 90 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.39
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 53% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (35 reviews).
  • · Top 42% of 25,767 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 90 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120232026Week of 2023-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

29 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek…

Player tags

2DActionPhysicsControllerPlatformerRogue-likeRogue-liteUndergroundShoot 'Em UpSingleplayer

Census log

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

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