Ascent of Ashes on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

Ascent of Ashes is a early access, strategy and colony sim game developed and published by Vivid Storm Interactive.
Released on July 25th 2025 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 301 reviews of which 213 were positive and 88 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.7 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Ascent of Ashes into these genres:

Early Access Strategy Colony Sim Base Building Survival Real Time Tactics Immersive Sim Management Simulation Building City Builder Crafting Exploration Sandbox PvE Strategy RPG Party-Based RPG Character Customization Isometric Dark Humor

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: i5
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 2048MB
  • Storage: 4 GB available space

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7 hours played
Sept. 2025
As of writing this review, there is little to do in the game, and its very boring. I build a 2 story house, hunt some animals and die horribly during expedition. The combat is simple and similar to that found in Rimworld. I had an issue with loading a save. On the flip-side I like the graphical style. I hope the game will be develop further.
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1 hours played
Aug. 2025
+ Big potential, this game could be next gen rimworld + Like line of sight mechanic + Like 3d world and multi level structures + Like limited ammo + Skills/abilities system is better than in rimworld - Weird camera controls. I wish you could move map with mouse, not just with wasd keys. Wish you could disable camera movement inertia. - I wish you could control job priorities back and forth with both left and right mouse buttons instead of just 1 - Only growing zone? why? This is a big missing feature. You cant organize right after you start the game before you build containers. - Lot of things lacking tooltips. I wish there was a recursive tooltip system like in endless legend 2 or old world. - Can't schedule direct commands with shift like in rimworld - Due to grass it's hard to see placement of zone and floors. Grass could be transparent where placement is present. - Growing zone highlight is too much, especially at night - Can't rotate items. > It is very obvious that the game is in early development stage needs further development
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1 hours played
Aug. 2025
I'm happy to support as long as it's not going to be abandoned or it's a scam from the get go, but truthfully this is more of a proof of concept rather than anything else. Waaaaaaay too early for early access, y'all need to push and update the game regularly and as quickly as possible
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37 hours played
July 2025
I don´t usually write review if i not have at last 100hours in game or at last one complete play through, but this is reaction on bad review here. For 14,79 euro is absolutly no brainer for every one who love Rimworld especially Combat Extended mod, and for others this is VERY! Early access and i recomended wait for few months or if you like the idea of this game buy it and leave it for some time. Technical side, working pretty good on nine years old pc only sometimes micro lags especially on duble time speed, bugs ?! yep there some and some anomalies :), tutorials ?! What?? ...this is some very nasty word?? If you never ever play any colony sim i get it, but if you not brain dead monkey im absolutly sure you can manage basic in 30 minutes or less just clik on everythnig this work every time :)) This game need lots of work and polish for sure, but so far i like it and knowing fact people making one of the best Rimworld mod they are behind this give me loots of hope for bright future of this game!!!
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3 hours played
July 2025
From someone with 2000+ hours of RImworld, this is something I hoped for. The wait was long, but it seems to be even more than I hoped for. Yes, it's bare bones and the bones have glitches, but the core, the execution (so far) and especially the potential is there. It's clearly a long way to go, but once this game starts having the features other base building games have (yes it's clearly a Rimworld 3D with a more survivalist less spacer vibe - which I like), the game will start competing and hopefully surpass other titans in the genre. I suggest QOL features first (apart from bug-fixing). Having little marketing money (I follow the game for some time but did not see a lot of hype created before launch), the lack of tutorial info (wiki, something) is hard for players that did not come from Rimworld, Going Medieval, etc. If you played those games, most things are in the right place, just look for the things you need where those other games have them. Given the state at the moment I hope the game is not received too poorly (again it's not great for a full experience). I hope the development will continue because looking at the graphics, the way they taught of the mechanics, it appears they took what was best about other grands of the genre and implemented those ideas here and, given all the issues with publishing, the execution is not bad. It fits, it looks good, it has a lot of potential, hope to start seeing stable versions, more tutorials and then one by one the systems that other games have: map, events, story, purpose, etc.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Ascent of Ashes is currently priced at 14.79€ on Steam.

No, Ascent of Ashes is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.79€ on Steam.

Yes, Ascent of Ashes received 213 positive votes out of a total of 301 achieving a rating of 6.70.
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Ascent of Ashes was developed and published by Vivid Storm Interactive.

Yes, Ascent of Ashes is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, Ascent of Ashes is not playable on MacOS.

No, Ascent of Ashes is not playable on Linux.

Ascent of Ashes is a single-player game.

No, Ascent of Ashes does not currently offer any DLC.

No, Ascent of Ashes does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

No, Ascent of Ashes does not support Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Ascent of Ashes is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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