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Watch trailer on Steam ↗Ascent DX
Johan Peitz, Vav · Published by Apskeppet · Official site ↗
Very Positive — 99% positive (316 reviews)
Last updated 3 Oct 2026
Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.
Adventure, Indie, Free To Play · 2025 · More free games
Ascent DX challenges you to uncover secrets of a mysterious world, finding powerful upgrades as you fulfill your destiny. Venture alone or with friends in this free-to-play adventure from Vav and Johan Peitz.
About this game
Ascent DX is a tiny metroidvania brought to life in glorious 64 x 64 pixel art and soothing chiptune music. Crashed on an unknown planet you have to explore lush jungles, lifeless deserts, and luminescent caves in search of anything that can help you understand what has happened to the planet and how to get off it.
While the game is a bigger version of the original Ascent, with almost twice as many locations to explore, it is still quite a short game. With the same celebrated gameplay and atmosphere, the DX versions also brings more items to find, more platforming puzzles, and more lore to uncover.
FEATURES
A world brought to life by tiny but expressive pixel art
Explore the planet's many biomes in your own pace and direction
Find new powers and abilities that help you on your way
Uncover the fate of the planet as well as your own
Different endings based on how much was discovered
CREDITS
Design, code, & pixel art: Johan Peitz
Music & sfx: Brent Houston
Capsule art: Jon Nielsen
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i3
- Memory: 1 GB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated Graphics
- Storage: 100 MB available space
- Sound Card: Integrated Sound card
Supported Languages
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Out on Nintendo Switch
Big news - Ascent DX is now out on Nintendo Switch!Lovely crispy pixels in both handheld and tv mode! 📺Controls adapted to gamepad! 🎮Help me make more games like this! ❤️Check it out here: https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/ascent-dx-switch/Read full article on Community Announcements (Apskeppet)
