# The Ascent

Summer DB entity ID: a996726a\-bd16\-4dbb\-8506\-4cd45f370b0b

Steam App ID: 979690

The Ascent is a solo and co\-op Action\-shooter RPG, set on Veles, a packed cyberpunk world\.    Welcome to The Ascent Group arcology, a corporate\-run metropolis stretching high into the sky and filled with creatures from all over the galaxy\. You play as a worker, enslaved by the company that owns you and everyone else in your district\. One day, you are suddenly caught in a vortex of catastrophic events: The Ascent Group shuts down for unknown reasons and the survival of your district is threatened\. You must take up arms and embark on a new mission to find out what started it all\.      You belong to the corporation\. Can you survive without it?      SOLO OR CO\-OP               Play the entire game alone or work together with up to three friends in local or online co\-op\.       EXPLOSIVE SHOOTER               Aim low or high, switch weapons and equip lethal gadgets, take cover and use the destructible environments at your advantage and keep adjusting your tactic as you face new enemies\.     RPG ELEMENTS               Customize your character with cyberware that suits your playstyle\. Allocate new skill points as you level\-up and try various augmentations to take down your enemies in new creative ways\.     A VIBRANT CYBERPUNK WORLD               Meet new allies and enemies and find loot as you explore the brimming world of The Ascent and its wide range of districts, from the deep slums to the higher luxury spheres\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Neon Giant

- Publisher: KRAFTON, Inc\.

- Release date: Jul 29, 2021

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG

- Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, Co\-op, Online Co\-op, Shared/Split Screen Co\-op, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Camera Comfort, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, Playable without Timed Input, DualShock Controller Support, Save Anytime, Subtitle Options, Steam Cloud, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

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- Price: 2999 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 57

- Steam review count: 24970

- Steam positive reviews: 18386

- Steam negative reviews: 6584

- Steam positive percentage: 73.63235883059671%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/a996726a-bd16-4dbb-8506-4cd45f370b0b/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/a996726a-bd16-4dbb-8506-4cd45f370b0b/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T22:37:04\.322633\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T22:37:05\.562259\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T22:37:05\.379448\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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