Ascension
Skip · Strategy · 2025 · Early Access
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 4, under the fair line, at $16.99.
- Reviews
- 60% of 2,701 positive
Watch this gameOne alert when a sale makes it a BANGER.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. We scored it as a typical Strategy game (about 8 hours) and docked the score for the missing length.
About the game
In this cultivation 4X strategy game, your sect has been in peril, and so they open a portal—sending you, a young disciple and their last hope, inside. Stand tall as the new sect leader and guide disciples to rebuild what was lost. Sharpen your focus, master alchemy, and ascend to immortality.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 16 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, 10 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
The lowest price on record is $16.99, set in September 2026. It has gone on sale once in the 3 months tracked here, most recently in September 2026.
It is pricier than 88 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Manor Lords ($25.99, scores 50) beats it on value, while it beats 道衍诀 ($11.99, scores 0).
More about Ascension
Of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 4 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2025 to October 2026. In its first 30 days on sale, 2 of 242 sampled reviews came from refunders. Inside the two-hour refund window, 58 percent of the 183 reviews written there were positive, against 60 percent overall, and those are 8 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
77% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat), critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Ascension scores 4/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. Length is estimated at 8 hours, not measured, so the score is docked. The developer disclosed AI-generated content on Steam, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2328480/ascensionReviews set the ceiling, and price against its genre's typical length moves the BANG Score inside it, docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 6. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.