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Astral Ascent

Astral Ascent is a 2D platformer rogue-lite 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 your 4 distinct characters. Optimize your own build or try out new ones to take down 12 powerful bosses. Get 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 gor

Release date
November 14, 2023
Platforms
macOS, Linux, Windows
Developer
Hibernian Workshop
Publisher
Hibernian Workshop, MP2 Games
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★ 2 / 5
Astral Ascent is visually and audibly stunning, but despite its strengths, I struggled to enjoy it. As soon as I started, the game bombarded me…
★ 5 / 5
Astral Ascent is one of the best action roguelikes out there. The game is challenging, has a wide of variety of enemies and builds and…
★ 5 / 5
Essentially a Studio Ghibli roguelite - if the devs said they were not inspired by Studio Ghibli, I'd be shocked. The game overall is a…
★ 5 / 5
Hours and hours...and hours... Great game with a good learning cruve.
★ 4 / 5
Dead Cells has been the best Metroidvania since the GBA Castlevanias. Well, though still number one, Dead Cells has a worthy contender in Astral Ascent.…
★ 5 / 5
After a rough couple of minutes, necessary to understand how to navigate the ingame menus (spell selection/discard is exceptionally bad design), i fell in love…
★ 5 / 5
I have to say, despite all the comparisons to Dead Cells I see for this game, it reminds me much more of Sundered than that.…

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★ 2 / 5
Subjectively its a decent roguelike. Plays exactly as you'd expect from a rogue game, very nice colors, the combat is pretty nice, however it is…
★ 5 / 5
After a rough couple of minutes, necessary to understand how to navigate the ingame menus (spell selection/discard is exceptionally bad design), i fell in love…
★ 4 / 5
Dead Cells has been the best Metroidvania since the GBA Castlevanias. Well, though still number one, Dead Cells has a worthy contender in Astral Ascent.…
★ 5 / 5
An amazing roguelike with charming pixel art, beautiful music and tons of replayability.
★ 5 / 5
This review is directly copied from my Steam purchase of the game; Astral Ascent is one of the most amazing games I've ever played. It…
★ 2 / 5
Astral Ascent is visually and audibly stunning, but despite its strengths, I struggled to enjoy it. As soon as I started, the game bombarded me…
★ 5 / 5
I have to say, despite all the comparisons to Dead Cells I see for this game, it reminds me much more of Sundered than that.…

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