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Watch trailer on Steam ↗Flux Ascendant
Yumi, Icaro AH · Published by Icaro AH · Official site ↗
1 user reviews — 100% positive (1 reviews) · 31 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A fast-paced bullet-heaven roguelite where you tame the four elements. Draft cards, fuse them into game-changing builds, and survive endless waves across Fire, Lightning, Water and Earth, then face the chaotic Finale. Made by one developer, balanced by thousands of test runs.
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Action, Indie, Strategy, Early Access, Casual · 2026 · More under £5 games
About this game
Flux Ascendant is a fast-paced pixel-art roguelite inspired by Vampire Survivors, Hades and Brotato. Survive, gather XP, draft cards, and build a new elemental loadout every single run.
Four Elemental Domains
Carve your way through Fire, Lightning, Water and Earth , each with its own enemies, bosses and atmospheric hazards: meteors, lightning storms, downpours, rockfalls. Conquer them all to unlock the Finale, where every element collides in one chaotic showdown.
Tiered Card System
Over 20 active and passive cards across three power tiers : Bronze → Silver → Gold. Combine multishot fireballs, chain lightning, ice shards, stone shields, orbital weapons, static fields and more. Every card reshapes how you play.
Persistent Meta-Progression
Between runs you return to your Base Camp. Spend coins at the Librarian for extra slots, healing, revives and mastery; invest crystals in the Element Tree to permanently empower each of the four elements.
Features
4 elemental domains + 1 chaotic Finale
20+ cards with Bronze / Silver / Gold tiers
Persistent meta-progression via Librarian and Element Tree
Themed boss fights with unique attack patterns
Dynamic atmospheric events: meteors, rain, lightning, rockfalls
Full Xbox controller support
Tight 30–40 minute runs to complete a full ascension
Made by One Developer
Flux Ascendant is the first game by a solo indie developer. Every line of code, every sprite, every design decision was made by one person. Early Access is your chance to shape the game with direct feedback to the developer.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3-4130 / AMD FX-6300
- Graphics: Intel HD 4000 o equivalente
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 3 2200G
- Graphics: integrata UHD 620 o dedicata GTX 1050
- Storage: 500 MB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Update 2 : Local Co-op
📣 AnnouncementGrab a friend! Flux Ascendant is now better with twoOur second major update brings local co-op to the entire game. Share the same arena and double the chaos, side by side on the couch or remotely through Steam Remote Play Together.Jumping in is instant: a second player joins with the press of a button, picks their own character and starting ability, and you're off. Full controller support included.You'll fight as a team : loot and XP are collected per player, and if one of you goes down, the other can revive them. You only lose when both of you fall, so watch each other's back.Co-op works everywhere: in Story mode and in Endless, all the way to the end.Good hunting : two last longer than one.🔧 Patch Notes★ New: Local Co-op (2 players) Play together on one screen, or remotely via Steam Remote Play TogetherDrop-in join with independent character and starting ability per playerFull controller support★ Co-op gameplayShared arena, loot and XP collected per player Revive your fallen teammate, game over only when both players fall Card combos can now be built across both players★ Supported in every modeFull co-op support in both Story and Endless★ Other improvementsSmoother, more consistent controller navigation in menus and card selectionRead full article on Community Announcements (Keffepi)Patch NotesOfficial
UPDATE 1 : Combos. Endless mode & More
Update 1 : Card Combos & The Corrupted RiftThe first major update for Flux Ascendant is here. Fuse your cards into evolvedabilities, master new powers, re-roll your draft, and then take it all into abrand-new endless mode where the only way out is how many you can cut down.⚡ Card CombosCertain cards were meant to be together. Carry the right active and passive at thesame time and the game will offer you their fusion: a single, evolved abilitythat replaces the pair and inherits the best of both.Planetary Bastion (Rock Throw + Gravity Well) : three asynchronous rings of orbiting rock grind down anything that drifts too close, and you keep Gravity Well's pickup magnet.Glacier Carousel (Ice Shard + Ice Sprint) : Ice Shard now fires in a full 360° spiral (amplified by Multishot and Water mastery) while you keep Ice Sprint's speed.Ember Sunburst (Fireball + Ember Shield) : every pulse of your ember aura releases a pinwheel of fireballs.Chaos Apocalypse (Chaos Bolt + Multishot) : keeps the chaos-bolt barrage, and every other weapon you fire spits out extra homing bolts.Chain Lightning (Thunder Strike + Conductivity) : every projectile arcs a chain of lightning between enemies (more hops at higher tiers, scales with Multishot), with a fiery burst on the first strike.Karmic Calm (Burning Inside + Healing Rain) : our first passive + passive fusion: a steady heal of 1% max HP every 2s, and every 30s a wave of calm vaporizes the lesser corrupted around you.✨ New AbilitiesThree new cards join the pool , two of them double as combo ingredients above.Earthquake (Earth, active) : a ground-pounding AoE pulse that shakes the corrupted around you. Radius and damage grow with tier.Burning Inside (Fire, passive) : high risk, high reward: it burns you from within (1% max HP per tick, yes, it can kill you), but every few stacks it erupts in a fire explosion that scorches everything nearby.Ice Sprint (Water, passive) : a permanent speed boost that scales with level, trailing ice shards beh...Read full article on Community Announcements (Keffepi)
