Action · November 14, 2023

Astral Ascent (2023)

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Astral Ascent is a 2D platformer roguelite game set in a modern fantasy world. As one of 4 Heroes with very different personalities, you must escape from The Garden , an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful and vicious bosses, the Zodiacs. CREATE YOUR OWN PLAYSTYLE Unlock dozens of unique spells for each or your characters. Optimize your own build or try out new ones to face all the challenges you'll find on your journey for freedom. Get progressively stronger with time to match up with your foes. Each run will test your skills and your reactivity. TWELVE ALMIGHTY BOSSES TO FACE The Zodiacs are 12 experienced guardians dispatched over 4 gorgeous worlds. Each with their own unique attacks and combat styles, backstories to uncover and reasons to be fighting you, they'll pose as a big threat to anyone seeking a way out of the Garden . Get yourself warned! 4 PLAYABLE CHARACTERS Unique characters. Unique weapons. Unique ways to play. Ayla: A skilled assassin sent on a mission by her guild to prove her worth, she uses her sharp blades to eliminate targets before they can react. Her speed and proficiency are unmatched. Kiran: An orphan that has learned life the hard way. He uses his raw strength to deliver attacks powerful enough to create shockwaves. Brutal. Calie: This talented sculptor became a warrior to recover the freedom her people have lost. She will use her magical gemstones to pierce enemy defenses and shred them to bits. She is unforgiving. Octave: Trained by a powerful witch, this young fighter summons ethereal weapons to attack his foes. Big or small, short or long range, he has the right one for every occasion. Lethal in all cases. A STORY THAT OPENS UP, ONE PIECE AT A TIME Astral Ascent is a roguelite infused with narration. Replayability is part of a story that will be unraveled piece by piece. As you get stronger, you will discover more about the characters, their motivations and the secrets of the world they’re trapped in. LOCAL CO-OP The weight of destiny is too heavy to carry by yourself? Don’t worry and bring a friend to play with the two-player co-op mode. Fight and crush your enemies together in local co-op or online using the Steam's Remote Play Together feature. A VAST, COLORFUL FANTASY WORLD WAITING TO BE EXPLORED Dash across gigantic landscapes. Explore original and hand-crafted areas. Discover a fantastic universe loaded with gorgeous art and fluid frame-by-frame animation.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Action Roguelike · 345
  • Rogue-lite · 337
  • Hack and Slash · 331
  • Indie · 330
  • Atmospheric · 325
  • Replay Value · 322
  • Difficult · 320
  • Story Rich · 318
  • Anime · 315
  • Hand-drawn · 305
  • Rogue-like · 304
  • Magic · 298
  • Perma Death · 292
  • Action · 284
  • Pixel Graphics · 281

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume6.9k Steam reviewsTop 50% in Action
Positive rating95% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 14%
Metacritic86/100Genre average 77 — top 14% of Action titles
Concurrent peak184 playersTop 26% in Action by live player count
Engagement hours14 h averageTop 35% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (9)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Japanese volume_up
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Spanish - Spain volume_up

Full audio (3)

  • English
  • Japanese
  • Spanish - Spain

Reception Metrics

Steam community

95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 6.9k reviews

6.6k positive · 346 negative

Metacritic

86/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

5.0k

Peak concurrent players

184

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play Together

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“Astral Ascent is comfortably one of the best roguelites available on the Switch today” 9/10 – Nintendo Life “Astral Ascent is one of the best Roguelikes on the market” 9.5/10 – God is a Geek “Astral Ascent is the roguelite I’ve been wishing to play for a hot minute” 9.5/10 – Digital Chumps

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

14h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

8h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

9h

Current engagement

Achievements

89

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateNov 14, 2023
DeveloperHibernian Workshop
PublisherHibernian Workshop, MP2 Games
Base price$12.49 -50%
DLC / Add-ons5 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Editions & Packages

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