Games like Ascendant
If Ascendant is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chromocide: Prism of Sin, ATOMINE and Sharded World — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its boss fights drive replayability, build diversity matters and atmospheric. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Ascendant: Defeat legendary abominations, build-craft unstoppable combinations of enchanted items, investigate an ancient evil, and ascend to freedom!
Players who liked Ascendant also play
Steam players who put hours into Ascendant 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.
Chromocide: Prism of Sin
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ascendant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Ascendant.
Shoot, shift color and race against the darkness in this short-run psychedelic action roguelite. Level up in color-specific ways as you span the visible spectrum and beyond. Will you atone for your sin?
ATOMINE
WHY THIS
Shares boss fights, procedural generation and an atmospheric mood with Ascendant.
Second-strongest match for Ascendant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Atomine is a twin stick procedural shooter rogue-lite set in a virtual world with minimalist design, where the player recounts on the screen the real events of STUXNET, the first weapon ever created in the form of computer virus.
Sharded World
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ascendant.
Third-strongest match for Ascendant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Sharded World is a reversed bullet hell, rogue-lite, ARPG game combining simple gameplay and great rpg progression. Each level has its own unique features and challenges. Upgradable characters, weapons and orbs. Challenges, daily quests, and leaderboards. Fight, get stronger and defeat the Lich!
Burning Knight
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a dark mood with Ascendant.
Ranked #4 for Ascendant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Steal everything you can and flee from the Burning Knight's castle in this action-packed roguelike! The game features tight bullet hell, tons of items, characters to meet... and secrets!
DunHero
WHY THIS
Shares permadeath, item collection, roguelite and an intense mood with Ascendant.
Ranked #5 for Ascendant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
DunHero is an Action Roguelike. Choose your class, level up and collect powerful items. Defeat bosses and free the world from evil in unique adventures. Play solo or with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
REPLIKATOR
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting, procedural generation and an intense mood with Ascendant.
Ranked #6 for Ascendant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
Doomsday Hunters
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ascendant.
Ranked #7 for Ascendant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!
Darkest Dungeon® II
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Ascendant fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Ascendant.
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Reviewers mention these as similar to Ascendant
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The Binding of Isaac
WHY THIS
Shares item collection, boss fights and a dark mood with Ascendant.
Reviewers of Ascendant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
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Wizard of Legend
WHY THIS
Shares build variety and an intense mood with Ascendant.
Reviewers of Ascendant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
Noita
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Ascendant.
Reviewers of Ascendant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
Enter the Gungeon
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and an intense mood with Ascendant.
Reviewers of Ascendant cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell dungeon crawler following a band of misfits seeking to shoot, loot, dodge roll and table-flip their way to personal absolution by reaching the legendary Gungeon’s ultimate treasure: the gun that can kill the past.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ascendant at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ascendant on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ascendant.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ascendant on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Ascendant on Steam right now. Shares Action with Ascendant.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ascendant on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ascendant.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ascendant on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Ascendant.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Ascendant on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Ascendant on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Ascendant on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Ascendant.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
DunHero
WHY THIS
Shares permadeath, item collection, roguelite and an intense mood with Ascendant.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
DunHero is an Action Roguelike. Choose your class, level up and collect powerful items. Defeat bosses and free the world from evil in unique adventures. Play solo or with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
REPLIKATOR
WHY THIS
Shares twin stick shooting, procedural generation and an intense mood with Ascendant.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
In this twin stick roguelite shooter, you play as one of the galactic mercenaries, explore a mysterious scientific complex and uncover the secret of the REPLIKATOR project.
Doomsday Hunters
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ascendant.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Ascendant.
Shoot stuff in a perfect pixel world, combine items, build guns, die every time! Roguelite twin-stick shooter where magic and post-apocalyptic future technologies collide. Defeat evil lord Dracula and save everyone!
Darkest Dungeon® II
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Ascendant.
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Frequently asked about Ascendant
- Is Ascendant verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Ascendant is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Ascendant cost?
- Ascendant is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ascendant?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ascendant are Chromocide: Prism of Sin, ATOMINE, Sharded World.
- Who developed Ascendant?
- Ascendant was developed by Imagisphere.
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 Ascendant.
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