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The closest matches to Ascent of Ashes: AColony, RimWorld, Going Medieval, Norland, and Stranded: Alien Dawn. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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- Released: 2025
- Developer: Vivid Storm Interactive
- Price: $14.99checked Nov 7
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 71% of 185 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- 3d world with multi level structures
- Limited ammo adds tension
- Line of sight mechanic matters
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Contemplative
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About Ascent of Ashes
The closest matches to Ascent of Ashes: AColony, RimWorld, Going Medieval, Norland, and Stranded: Alien Dawn. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Ascent of Ashes is your kind of game, the closest matches are AColony, RimWorld and Going Medieval — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and contemplative, and single out its base building and colony management. 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.
About Ascent of Ashes: A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Is Ascent of Ashes worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 71% of 185 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- Price: $14.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 2 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 1.9 h played before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- 3d world with multi level structures
- Limited ammo adds tension
- Line of sight mechanic matters
- Potatoes are overpowered
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“AT this time try to avoid. There is a game breaking bug that happens without warning. At some point when you save your game and some unknown bug occurs it breaks ALL SAVES. so you could spend 8 hours playing and lose it all without notice…”
“I would love this game so much better if you could save. And better controls. Overall i want a game like this... And this game is SOO close yet flopped with the bugs issues with playing the camera view could do with some work the enemies…”
People who play it also play: AColony, RimWorld, Going Medieval
Frequently asked about Ascent of Ashes
Can I run it?
Does Ascent of Ashes run on Steam Deck?
Ascent of Ashes is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Ascent of Ashes cost?
Ascent of Ashes is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Ascent of Ashes?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ascent of Ashes are AColony, RimWorld, Going Medieval.
Who developed Ascent of Ashes?
Ascent of Ashes was developed by Vivid Storm Interactive.