Darkblade Ascent
Skip · Roguelike · 2025
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 42, under the fair line, at $10.99.
- Length
- 3.5h
- Value
- $3.14/hr
- Reviews
- 81% of 562 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 4 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Fast paced First-Person Melee Roguelike RPG with randomly generated weapons and upgrades, unlockable new classes and persistent leveling. Hack and slash your way through atmospheric dark fantasy locations, unique monsters and bosses.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, GTX 960 / R9 280, 15 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
16 discounts in the 2 years on record, a median of 25 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
Among the games that feel like it, Mortal Sin ($14.99, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Blightbound ($19.99, scores 12).
More about Darkblade Ascent
This site sampled 400 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 10 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written February 2025 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 1,174 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 53 have a larger share. The typical game sits near 5 in 1,000, so the score docks it. Inside the two-hour refund window, 69 percent of the 195 reviews written there were positive, against 81 percent overall, and those are 36 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 3.5 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
94% start to 37% finishA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
It is a 2 second unity project meant to grab money. However, I still enjoyed it. Needs more quality. It is very basic and simple yet entertaining.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
This game is very fun to play and I will be playing much more of it, a fun and engaging arena slasher that with a little refinement could be the start of something amazing! Remember 2 guys passionate about what they love are responsible for Apple.
This game has not received an update in almost a year now at this point, and in its current condition, it feels very unfinished. I won't deny that I enjoy the game, but there really is not much here. If you've got a spare $10 laying around and don't have literally anything else to spend it on, I guess buy the game. Even then, however, there are other games I would recommend over this one.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Darkblade Ascent scores 42/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. 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/2406370/darkblade-ascentReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.