Astral Ascent

Astral Ascent

95% Overwhelmingly Positive
6,042 Positive
335 Negative
6,377 Total Reviews

Choose one of four heroes and explore the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful mystical bosses: the Zodiacs. Challenge them with dozens of unique spells and faithful friends by your side to unfold the story of this platform roguelite with lightning fast combat.

$24.99
Available on: 🪟 🍎 🐧
Release Date: (1 year ago)

Game Details

Achievements
89
Average Playtime
14.4 hours
Estimated Owners
200000 - 500000
Peak Concurrent Users
137
Recommendations
4,267
Metacritic Score
87/100 View
DLC Count
4 DLCs
Median Playtime
6.9 hours
Avg Playtime (2 weeks)
0.5 hours
Median Playtime (2 weeks)
0.5 hours
🌐 Official Website: astral-ascent.com
🛠️ Support: Support Page

About This Game

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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Co-op Family Sharing Full controller support Multi-player Remote Play Together Shared/Split Screen Shared/Split Screen Co-op Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Steam Trading Cards

User Tags

Action Roguelike (344) Rogue-lite (336) Hack and Slash (332) Indie (330) Atmospheric (324) Replay Value (320) Difficult (319) Story Rich (315) Anime (315) Hand-drawn (304) Rogue-like (303) Magic (299) Perma Death (291) Action (283) Fantasy (277) Co-op (277) Pixel Graphics (277) Singleplayer (270) Platformer (263) Local Co-Op (252)

Supported Languages

English ✓ Audio
French
Japanese ✓ Audio
Korean
Portuguese - Brazil
Russian
Simplified Chinese
Spanish - Spain ✓ Audio
Traditional Chinese