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Johan Peitz, Vav · 2025 · Windows, macOS

Steam: 98 % positive of 318 reviews, as of Oct 28

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.

24 games that play like Ascent DX and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Quarion, Hollow Knight and FEZ.

Player tags

  • Adventure
  • Metroidvania
  • Exploration
  • Atmospheric
  • Platformer
  • Indie
  • Multiple Endings
  • Pixel Graphics
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Best matches

Plays and looks like Ascent DX

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Ascent DX

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. ANIMAL WELL94 % positive of 23,014Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
  2. Derelict Star93 % positive of 166Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
  3. Waking Mars88 % positive of 651Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
  4. VVVVVV96 % positive of 6,703Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
  5. Infinitevania91 % positive of 297Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
  6. Axiom Verge90 % positive of 5,874Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
  7. Cosmobreeder Yiffai83 % positive of 167Shared: Metroidvania · Platformer · Multiple Endings
  8. Pseudoregalia96 % positive of 17,208Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
  9. Space Expedition93 % positive of 192Shared: Exploration · Platformer · Pixel Graphics
  10. Cave Story+92 % positive of 5,268Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
  11. Reventure95 % positive of 8,469Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer
  12. EMUUROM88 % positive of 323Shared: Metroidvania · Exploration · Platformer

By look

Looks like Ascent DX

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. DERE EVIL EXE87 % positive of 333
  2. ANIMAL WELL94 % positive of 23,014
  3. Brave Escape98 % positive of 151
  4. Caveblazers85 % positive of 3,436
  5. Baba Is You96 % positive of 21,133
  6. Duck Souls97 % positive of 312
  7. Quarion94 % positive of 172
  8. Deepest Sword86 % positive of 10,951
  9. Öoo98 % positive of 6,776
  10. 1 Screen Platformer88 % positive of 237
  11. Deep the Game76 % positive of 946
  12. The Warrior97 % positive of 338

At a glance

What games like Ascent DX have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Ascent DX: Platformer (24 of 24), Metroidvania (23) and Exploration (21).
  • They came out between 2010 and 2026, 3 of them after Ascent DX (2025).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Pseudoregalia (96 % positive of 17,208).

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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