Astral Ascent

Overview
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.
SteamVery Positive (95%)
8,634 Steam user reviewsMetacritic86/100
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About the game
- Developer
- Hibernian Workshop
- Publisher
- Hibernian Workshop
- MP2 Games
- Released
- Nov 14, 2023
Description & review sources
- 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.
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About the GameAstral 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.
- Developer
- Hibernian Workshop
- Publisher
- Hibernian Workshop
- MP2 Games
- Released
- Nov 14, 2023
Ratings & review sources
SteamVery Positive (95%)
8,634 Steam user reviewsMetacritic86/100
System requirements
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Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- 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
Recommended
Recommended:- OS *: Windows 7+ 64-bit
- Processor: i3-6100
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GT 730
- Storage: 1 GB available space
macOS
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Recommended
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Linux
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Features & game information
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Play modes
- Single-player
- Multi-player
- Shared/Split Screen Co-op
Controller details
- DualShock Controller Support
- DualSense Controller Support
Steam features
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play Together
- Family Sharing
Other features
- Co-op
- Shared/Split Screen
- Gamepad Recommended
Controller & mod support
- Controller support
- full
- Mod support
- Not specified
Game details
- Genres
- Action
- Adventure
- Indie
- Developer
- Hibernian Workshop
- Publisher
- Hibernian Workshop
- MP2 Games
- Released
- Nov 14, 2023
- Content type
- game
- Operating systems
- windows
- mac
- linux
- Achievements
- 89
All community tags
Community tag votes
- Action Roguelike345
- Rogue-lite337
- Hack and Slash331
- Indie330
- Atmospheric325
- Replay Value322
- Difficult320
- Story Rich318
- Anime315
- Hand-drawn305
- Rogue-like304
- Magic298
- Perma Death292
- Action284
- Pixel Graphics281
- Fantasy278
- Co-op277
- Singleplayer272
- Platformer266
- Local Co-Op254
Languages & audio
- English*
- French
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
- Korean
- Russian
- Japanese*
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Spanish - Spain
*languages with full audio support
Related editions & add-ons
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Sources, updates & publisher notice
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- Steam reviews Oct 11, 2026 08:53 UTC
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