Games like Ascent
If Ascent is your kind of game, the closest matches are LAETUS., There is No Stairs and Shoot For The Stars — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its hypnotic soundtrack enhances immersion, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
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Steam players who put hours into Ascent also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
LAETUS.
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ascent.
LAETUS. is a precise 2D-Platformer that will challenge your mental fortitude and physical abilites. With simple design and gameplay mechanics, exploiting your colour-changing and movement abilites will bring you success. The developer didn't hold back on these levels... Now with a level editor!
There is No Stairs
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Thousands of rocket jump accidents are reported worldwide every year. Unfortunately, a bald inventor here also lost legs trying to get up to the second floor. But he wasn't frustrated. Now he is designing an unprecedented new invention, dreaming of a world without rocket jumps... It's the stairs.
Shoot For The Stars
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
A rage platformer but you are a gun trying to ascend to the stars!
Before Time Runs Out
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ascent.
In this momentum based Platformer, make your way through numerous obstacles such as spikes, saws, laser beams, and explosives to reach the goal at the end of each level. Each level has a limited amount of time to complete. So speed is key, or else it's game over.
BOXNIGMA
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ascent.
Move the boxes from each level correctly and simultaneously to move to the next challenge in this minimalist and retro 2D puzzle game!
Ploc
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
This is Ploc, brave, agile, fast, and with a super special power, controlling gravity! Walk on the floor, ceiling, or wall and help Ploc get through all the dangers in this frantic and challenging platform puzzle.
Bean Climb
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Ascent fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Bean Climb - A hard torture during a dark night. Face all the hard obstacles, and make it to the top. It's not going to be easy, but jump by jump, you're hopefully going to make it. Just don't fall down...
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ascent at current Steam store prices.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Ascent on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ascent.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Ascent on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ascent.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Ascent on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ascent.
Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.
Majesty Gold HD
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ascent on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ascent.
The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!
Bomber Crew
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Ascent on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ascent.
Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!
Turmoil
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Ascent on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ascent.
Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Ascent on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ascent.
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.
Party Hard
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Ascent on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ascent.
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
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Frequently asked about Ascent
- How much does Ascent cost?
- Ascent is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ascent?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ascent are LAETUS., There is No Stairs, Shoot For The Stars.
- Who developed Ascent?
- Ascent was developed by Tim Kashani and published by Fireapples.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Ascent.
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