Astral Ascent
Released 11/14/2023
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Summary
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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.
Latest Reviews
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PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game has a fun, pixel art style similar to Children of Morta and really nice music. However, I feel like a lot of these indie action roguelikes don't quite nail the combat loop, which is the most important part. The combat is floaty - literally - your basic attack has you hover while you do it, which doesn't doesn't feel very fluid or dynamic. Additionally, you have to cycle through spells. You have four spells you can mix and match throughout a run, however these spells are mapped to a "wheel" that rotates through the spell list after each use. I think the idea of the mechanic is to develop a rotation of spells you can cast, but in practice, I never quite know where I was in my spell rotation, so I would often use them improperly missing enemies entirely. It's interesting I suppose, but it didn't feel fun to think I was on a "knives" spell that throws knives forward to only instead get a "bomb" spell that drops a bomb below... which is not where the enemies are because I thought I was on "knives".
Fine game if you REALLY vibe with the ascetics, but there are certainly more satisfying roguelikes out there.
Updated: 1/27/2025