Astral Ascent on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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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.
Astral Ascent is a action roguelike, rogue-lite and hack and slash game
developed by Hibernian Workshop
and published by Hibernian Workshop, MP2 Games and Maple Whispering Limited.
Released on November 14th 2023 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 9 languages: English, French, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil and Spanish - Spain.
It has received 6,914 reviews of which 6,549 were positive and 365 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.56€ on Gamivo.
The Steam community has classified Astral Ascent into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-540 or AMD Phenom II X4 965
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTS 250 or Radeon HD 5770
- Storage: 1 GB available space
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This is a fantastic game - a gift that keeps on giving throughout my 30 hours with it so far. To be honest I was fairly underwhelmed when I first started it. Cartoonish character, trivial platforming, one-button combat mechanics, fairly standard progression for a rogue-lite... But what sets this game apart is that it quickly starts introducing new stuff and never stops - spells, auras, enchantments, rewarding challenges, global run modifiers, meta-progression, upgrades, new characters, new aspects for weapons, then another whole new layer of meta-progression, then turns out characters can equip multiple weapons and switch between them in combat, you get summons, actually difficult (and optional) platforming challenges, skill-based mini-games, well-written story, interesting bosses (who fight you despite secretly sympathising you), new dialogues every time you complete a run, and apparently there is still more stuff to unlock, as I often pass an ominous portal that seem to do nothing for now :) Also I want to call out two things this game does great. First - is how much thought and agency you have when making your build - it is never just a random set of buffs you happened to pick up. There are even special rooms that allow you to synthesise THE EXACT thing you need for your build. The second one is how the game ramps up difficulty so far. Instead of common beefing up enemies and increasing damage, it gives enemies new moves, introduces unique challengers mid-run, opens secret mini-boss chambers for an extra risk/reward - I can't believe how fresh it still feels after all my time with it.
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They have created a world and cast of characters that are so interesting and fun to watch while making a 10/10 gameplay. Please give this game a chance, it's incredible
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This game is the best at simulating the feeling of "Intense Anime Fight," especially boss fights. It's fast-paced rather than "methodical" which is my cup of tea. The kind of game that stimulate your reaction time and strategic thinking at the same time. You would be learning enemies pattern to evade their attacks by good positoning or timing your evasion and looking for a chance to strike your combo. What make them feel like "Intense Anime Fight"? - Enemies patterns are over the top... in a good way. Some of them might seem impossible at first but with the spirit of Shounen's "Retry again until we succeed," I have learnt to tackle them and it feel rewarding, eventhough a very few of them still feel like cheap shots (I am looking at you Gemini... both of you... and the Final Form of the Final Boss ) Also difficulty+ challenge new game+ in this game allow not only tougher enemies but also them having entirely new attack pattern that would make you relearn and adapt to their new pattern. This does make each new game+ run feel fresh and not tedious. - Your characters could be built to do almost over-the-top attack/spell as well especially when you unlock newer spell and newer skill triggers. One of your playable characters even has "teleport behind the back" as their main skill while another has "Parry Everything" main skill. Such power fantasy. What!? downside!? but I thought I am invincible! - This is YMMV but spell slot system might feel clunky for some even after getting used to it. On one hand, it adds even more strategic thinking for players to built their own combo but it also depreciate the utilities of each individual spell and later on when the fight are too intense it would just turn into button mashing fest for your spell to do the maximum damage without any utilities value at all. - I hate hate hate hate hate Zodiac Minigames. It's only one try and you will waste one room without any reward if you failed. If this Zodiac minigame only reward you resources it would be okay but they will give you summon... the whole new game system locked behind the (non action) minigames that I am very bad at in an action game!?... It's funny that I beat the game without using summon at all, not because I am very good I want to challenge myself, but because I was very bad at one aspect of the game (non-action aspect in action game) so I can't get any summons. - The stat boost in this game is too random. I mean randomness is roguelike/roguelite aspect but it's only fun when it's about the character built (spells, weapons, weapon's aspect, skills etc.) but most of roguelite game has flat number stat boost as their meta progression where players can choose. (well, this game have it as well but you can on lt unlock it later in game.) And stat boost really differ because some stats are better than other. Go for STR and ARMOR stat everytime, Mana stat could be less of a problem later in game and you don't need that much, critical chance is useless if you only get 2-3 of them entire run compared to flat damage. IMO stat boost should not be random because I could create artificial difficulty where some run are better than other because STR and ARMOR state boost keep coming up I could make a lot of mistake and hit back enemies harder without even have to spell spamming that much, while others were somewhat more difficult just because my stats were all over the place. Still worth a try Still all these downsides, while worth considering for better balance game, this game is still a blast. Give it a try If you love fun fast pace action games and don't mind simple but fluid and dazzling animation.
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Humble Bundle players Welcome! I hope you will love this game as much as I love this game. Super fun roguelite with a ton of replay value. Alot of love has gone into this title and the devs are absolute chads and continuously add more and more content that nobody even asked for but its always a welcome and great addition to the experience. Game is still being supported even after full release with a roadmap available. Honestly up there with great titles like Hades and Dead cells and I consider it one of my favourite roguelites of all time.
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Pretty good game, do recommend, but be aware there is 0 crash protection, if your game crashes you lose your run, it doesn't save at the start of each room like you would expect from a modern room based roguelite. Otherwise it's a lot of fun, the progression is neat, the skills are fun, there's a LOT to unlock and the movesets for characters, bosses, and enemies are all pretty interesting.
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Astral Ascent is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.
Astral Ascent is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.50€ on Steam.
Astral Ascent received 6,549 positive votes out of a total of 6,914 achieving an impressive rating of 9.16.
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Astral Ascent was developed by Hibernian Workshop and published by Hibernian Workshop, MP2 Games and Maple Whispering Limited.
Astral Ascent is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Astral Ascent is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Astral Ascent is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Astral Ascent offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Astral Ascent includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
There are 4 DLCs available for Astral Ascent. Explore additional content available for Astral Ascent on Steam.
Astral Ascent does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Astral Ascent supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Astral Ascent 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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Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
81
Developer
Hibernian Workshop
Publisher
Hibernian Workshop,
MP2 Games,
Maple Whispering Limited
Release
14 Nov 2023
Platforms
Remote Play
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