Astral Ascent

Item: Astral Ascent
Rating: 88
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-03

Summary

Exceptional roguelite experience with vast replayability
Fluid, impactful combat and memorable boss encounters
Exquisite art and audio enhance game atmosphere
Deep difficulty progression with unique spell rotation
Tedious grind and unfair difficulty can occur
Overwhelming aura/skill RNG impacts gameplay

Emotions

Satisfaction37%Excitement11%Frustration10%Disappointment8%Joy7%

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 79%
Unhelpful reviews: 21%
Protest reviews: 0%

88%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
12%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 5801
Negative points: 1993
Gameplay points: 1437
Perf. points: 22
Rec. points: 858
Misc points: 355

Point	Description	Importance
Exceptional Roguelite Experience Description The game is widely praised as a top-tier action roguelite, offering immense fun, satisfaction, and high quality. Many reviewers consider it a masterpiece and a strong contender in the genre. Importance 94%	The game is widely praised as a top-tier action roguelite, offering immense fun, satisfaction, and high quality. Many reviewers consider it a masterpiece and a strong contender in the genre.	94%
Vast Replayability & Content Description The game offers hundreds of hours of content, driven by extensive meta-progression, numerous unlockables, and dynamic in-run customization. Players consistently find new things to experience, making each run feel fresh and addictive. Importance 53%	The game offers hundreds of hours of content, driven by extensive meta-progression, numerous unlockables, and dynamic in-run customization. Players consistently find new things to experience, making each run feel fresh and addictive.	53%
Fluid & Impactful Combat Description The combat system is highly praised for its fluidity, responsiveness, and satisfying impact. Players enjoy the fast-paced action, diverse skill combinations, and clear visual feedback, making fights exhilarating. Importance 42%	The combat system is highly praised for its fluidity, responsiveness, and satisfying impact. Players enjoy the fast-paced action, diverse skill combinations, and clear visual feedback, making fights exhilarating.	42%
Exquisite Art & Audio Description The game features magnificent pixel art, fluid animations, and detailed environments. Coupled with high-quality voice acting (English and Japanese) and an immersive soundtrack, the overall presentation is consistently lauded. Importance 40%	The game features magnificent pixel art, fluid animations, and detailed environments. Coupled with high-quality voice acting (English and Japanese) and an immersive soundtrack, the overall presentation is consistently lauded.	40%
Great Value & Accessibility Description The game is considered excellent value for its price, offering a low entry barrier for new players and a well-balanced difficulty curve. It's also highly recommended for co-op play, enhancing its overall appeal. Importance 23%	The game is considered excellent value for its price, offering a low entry barrier for new players and a well-balanced difficulty curve. It's also highly recommended for co-op play, enhancing its overall appeal.	23%
Memorable Boss Encounters Description The game features a diverse roster of unique and challenging Zodiac bosses, each with distinct attack patterns and cinematic introductions. Enemies also offer variety, contributing to engaging and strategic combat encounters. Importance 19%	The game features a diverse roster of unique and challenging Zodiac bosses, each with distinct attack patterns and cinematic introductions. Enemies also offer variety, contributing to engaging and strategic combat encounters.	19%
Dedicated Developer Support Description Reviewers consistently praise the development team for their passion, transparency, and continuous efforts in updating and optimizing the game. Frequent free content additions and responsiveness to community feedback are highly valued. Importance 19%	Reviewers consistently praise the development team for their passion, transparency, and continuous efforts in updating and optimizing the game. Frequent free content additions and responsiveness to community feedback are highly valued.	19%
Engaging Narrative & Characters Description The game features interesting characters with compelling personalities and entertaining dialogues. The fragmented narrative and unique interactions between characters and bosses add depth and lore to the world. Importance 9%	The game features interesting characters with compelling personalities and entertaining dialogues. The fragmented narrative and unique interactions between characters and bosses add depth and lore to the world.	9%