Astral Ascent is a 2D platformer rogue-lite game set in a modern fantasy world. As one of 4 Heroes with very different personalities, you must escape from the Garden, an astral prison guarded by 12 powerful and vicious bosses, the Zodiacs.

CREATE YOUR OWN PLAYSTYLE
Unlock dozens of unique spells for your 4 distinct characters. Optimize your own build or try out new ones to take down 12 powerful bosses. Get stronger with time to match up with your foes. Each run will test your skills and your reactivity.

TWELVE ALMIGHTY BOSSES TO FACE
The Zodiacs are 12 experienced guardians dispatched over 4 gorgeous worlds. They’ll bring to the battlefield unique attacks, abilities, and patterns, backstories to uncover, and reasons to be fighting you. Get yourself warned!

4 PLAYABLE CHARACTERS
Unique characters. Unique weapons. Unique ways to play.

• Ayla: The sole survivor of her guild of assassins, she uses her twin daggers to eliminate her enemies before they can react. Her speed and proficiency are unmatched.
• Kiran: This orphan learned life the hard way. He uses his strength to deliver attacks powerful enough to create shockwaves. Brutal.
• Calie: This talented sculptor wants her freedom back. She will use her magical gemstones to pierce enemy defenses and shred them to bits. She is unforgiving.
• Octave: Trained by a powerful witch, this young fighter summons ethereal guns to attack his foes. When needed, he can conjure bigger weapons as well. Lethal in all cases.

A STORY THAT OPENS UP, ONE PIECE AT A TIME
Astral Ascent is a rogue-lite infused with narration. Replayability is part of our story which will be unraveled piece by piece. As you get stronger, you will discover more about the characters, their motivations, and the secrets of the world they’re trapped in.

LOCAL CO-OP
The weight of destiny is too heavy to carry by yourself? Don’t worry and bring a friend to play in our two-player co-op mode. Fight and crush your enemies together in local co-op or online using the Steam’s Remote Play Together feature.

A VAST, COLORFUL FANTASY WORLD WAITING TO BE EXPLORED
Dash across gigantic landscapes. Explore original and hand-crafted areas. Discover the world created by our artists, with a gorgeous art and frame-by-frame animation.

Included DLCs:

• Yamat the Breach Traveler
• The Outer Reaches
• Soundtrack
• Artbook Digital

Assume the role of Derek Ericona, a lord destined for death by treachery, who avoided it in favor of a more grim fate. You’re in for a great adventure inspired by games like Castlevania and Dark Souls. Bloodthirsty monsters, divine creatures and epic boss battles. The game’s story is shaped by choices that will define your journey.

Game Features

• Metroidvania – Unlock unique upgrades for movement and combat to expand the world. Maintaining the game’s progression requires you to use different relics, items and abilities.
• Challenging bosses – Test your skills against multiple bosses and other creatures from the Dark Ages. The game will constantly test your patience as you face challenging battles that require their own unique approach.
• Combat galore – You must use an ever-expanding arsenal of weapons and equipment to repel a wide variety of enemies. Put your courage, skills, and resolve on display for them.
• Exploration – The game features a huge world represented by a variety of hand-crafted levels. From fog-shrouded ruins, where undead corpses cling to any living being passing by, and shambling figures emerge. To the Sun-city that hides in the labyrinthine of an ancient tomb where an unspeakable evil lingers, long forgotten by mankind.
• Non-linear exploration – Play through levels and bosses, discover side areas with more secrets and enemies to defeat.
• Weapons and Equipment – Your character can be armed with bows, scythes, longswords, whips, pistols, rifles, and many more traditional weapons. More exotic weapons will also be available to you, so use any means to achieve success.
• Multiple Endings – Make key decisions along the way to determine Ericona’s fate as you progress through the story.

Game Features

• Search the vast Demon Realm to revive your allies – Search for hidden passages, trap doors, and solve puzzles throughout the Demon Realm to collect the scattered bones of the Demon Lord Maxim. Each sub-weapon and ability you unlock will open up new routes and strategies, requiring every tool at your disposal to fully explore. As you find and revive Maxim’s vassals, they will help strengthen your home base, the Demon Lord’s castle. Rebuilding it will provide bonus support features to assist your journey. Fill out the colorful cast of vassals and see their personalities shine in story cutscenes that play throughout the game.
• Swap between sisters in Demonic action gameplay – Older sister Kirika attacks from a distance with demonic guns while her younger sister Masha covers close ranges with her whip. They can spend demonic energy to attack with different sub-weapons as well, but it is crucial to switch between the two as the situation changes. Should one of the sisters be defeated, you can bring her back to life by returning to her location and using “Sister Rescue” to revive her.
• Collect mountains of items – Enemies and treasure chests will earn you consumable items, sub-weapons, and passive enhancements called “Demon Relics” as random drops. You’ll use these items to unlock new special abilities for the sisters and access new areas of the map. Sub-weapons can be combined and crafted to customize their power, making use of items you wouldn’t otherwise need. Gather, craft, and enhance to power up on your journey.
• Choose the play “Style” that’s right for you – Servants of the Dark inherits the “Style” system of its predecessor, allowing you choose between “Casual,” “Veteran,” and “Legend.” You can switch Styles at any time, and all of the game’s content is available no matter what you choose. Feel free to choose the one that best fits the experience you want on any given day, for a chill time or a challenging endeavor.