The Ascent

Platforms

• PC

  Jul 29, 2021

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  7.0

  playscore

  7.5

  28 Critics

  6.1

  19.6K Players
• PlayStation 5

  Mar 24, 2022

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  NA

  playscore

  7.9

  8 Critics

  NA

  0 Players
• Xbox Series X|S

  Jul 29, 2021

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  6.9

  playscore

  6.9

  19 Critics

  6.6

  4.42K Players
• PlayStation 4

  Mar 24, 2022

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  NA

  playscore

  NA

  0 Critics

  NA

  0 Players
• Xbox One

  Jul 29, 2021

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  NA

  playscore

  NA

  0 Critics

  6.6

  4.41K Players

74 critic reviews · 5 community reviews across all platforms

Critic Reviews

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  GameStar.de

  7.1

  The Ascent sieht fantastisch aus und bietet grandiose Kämpfe. Häufige technische Probleme trüben besonders im Koop den Spielspaß.

  Reviewed on PC

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  Root Nation

  8.5

  It’s never easy, but the game is always fair, and there are always new guns to try. If you like the looter shooter genre, there’s something for you, too. The guns in The Ascent are the star of the show: they feel great and are never dull.

  Reviewed on PS5

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  NoobFeed

  7.5

  The Ascent can be great fun with three other like-minded players. There are lots to explore in Veles and many challenges. On the flip side, much of the game falls apart or is otherwise tedious solo. This leads to the catch-22 that one should mostly consider The Ascent if other people they know are also interested or are already playing.

  Reviewed on PS4

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  COGconnected

  8.5

  Overall, The Ascent is a fun twin-stick shooter that comes to the Playstation with an absolutely beautiful world design. The wholesale violence is very engaging but may feel a bit redundant as you can be pretty well maxed out about halfway through. I had a lot of fun with The Ascent, especially with multiplayer. It’s a beautiful-looking game that’s a blast to play that’s worth checking out.

  Reviewed on PS5

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  Sirus Gaming

  8.0

  Overall, The Ascent is a good game, especially for the PS5. For those who are fans of Diablo and want to try something outside their realm of expertise, this is the type of game that I highly recommend.

  Reviewed on PS5

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  Softpedia

  8.0

  The Ascent is far from perfect. It has so many issues that normally I would not give it a second look. Despite all the issues and the fact that the gameplay is pretty basic, the story completely forgettable and it lacks any depth, I had fun with it and once I started playing it I was lost to the rest of the world.

  Reviewed on PS5

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  Push Square

  7.0

  The Ascent's a solid, if somewhat repetitive shooter, propped up by eye-popping environments and a reasonable amount of RPG depth. If you can stomach some grindy mission design and the occasional buggy interaction, then there's explosive fun to be had here.

  Reviewed on PS5

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  RPGFan

  5.8

  If I’m brutally honest, I’ve played top-down shooter Flash games that have deeper design and play better than The Ascent. Playing it has been an awful experience that I dragged my brother through, and I feel guilty for it. While the vignettes are cool, the central plot completely falls apart.

  Reviewed on PC

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  Shacknews

  9.0

  Despite some wonkiness with the in-game map layout, it’s a quite enjoyable experience, especially if you decide to go online and team up with friends. The Ascent is a vastly impressive first outing for Neon Giant, and one that sets the bar high for the studio’s future endeavors.

  Reviewed on PC

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  GameSpot

  6.0

  Your bosses insult you when you go on your task, ignore you when you've done well, and provide no rewards for success. For so much of the play time, The Ascent feels like, well, an uphill battle.

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