Games like Ascension
If Ascension is your kind of game, the closest matches are It Takes a Tribe, Atre: Dominance Wars and 西游记2021 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and dark. 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 Ascension: In this cultivation 4X strategy game, your sect has been in peril, and so they open a portal—sending you, a young disciple and their last hope, inside. Stand tall as the new sect leader and guide disciples to rebuild what was lost. Sharpen your focus, master alchemy, and ascend to immortality.
Players who liked Ascension also play
Steam players who put hours into Ascension 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.
It Takes a Tribe
WHY THIS
Top pick for Ascension fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
A turn-based strategy where you build culture, not cities. Migrate your hunter-gatherer tribe across a simulated ecosystem, survive harsh seasons and awaken mythical beings. Design powerful art inspired by your journey. What stories will your tribe tell?
Atre: Dominance Wars
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Ascension fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Ascension.
Fantasy kingdom builder with god powers and turn-based tactical combat. Build thriving settlements, forge artifacts, command armies with heroes, and ascend from sorcerer to god - wielding spells powerful enough to reshape the world itself. Betray your allies or be betrayed. Only one can ascend.
西游记2021
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Ascension fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
This game takes Sun Wukong, Tang monk, pig Bajie, sand monk and little white dragon as the protagonists. It tells the story of their journey to the west to learn scriptures, going through difficulties and dangers, subduing demons and subduing demons, and finally obtaining the Scriptures.
Thriving City: Song
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Ascension.
Ranked #4 for Ascension fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
In 960 AD, the new Song Dynasty needs you! As magistrate, build a prosperous city from scratch. Develop bustling streets filled with businesses and entertainment, while navigating hidden crises of political strife and foreign invasions. How will you lead through these challenges?
Defense of the Oasis
WHY THIS
Shares resource management with Ascension.
Ranked #5 for Ascension fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
One part Minesweeper, one part Civilization. With every click of the mouse your empire grows stronger. But will it be strong enough to withstand the barbarian hordes?
Longphort
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Ascension fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
Become a Sea King as you manage a Viking crew and a Viking fort, organising and overseeing raids in an indirect management game.
Uncharted Space - project 3062
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Ascension fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Ascension.
In this game, you are a leader, leading a force of army to fight other forces in the deep spaces. You will plunder their resources, build your homelands, explore and expand, managing your army both strategically and tactically. This will be a saga written with blood and fire.
Grim wanderings 2
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a dark mood with Ascension.
Ranked #8 for Ascension fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
This game combines a deep role-playing system inspired by classic board games and a full-fledged 4X strategy
Reviewers mention these as similar to Ascension
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Mount & Blade
WHY THIS
Shares faction politics and an immersive mood with Ascension.
Reviewers of Ascension cross-mention this title as a similar play.
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
Dominion
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Ascension.
Reviewers of Ascension cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.
Stellaris
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Ascension.
Reviewers of Ascension cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.
Age of Wonders 4
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Ascension.
Reviewers of Ascension cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!
Tiny Civilization
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Ascension.
Reviewers of Ascension cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.
Champions of Odin
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Ascension cross-mention this title as a similar play.
As war plagues The Nine Worlds, mighty Odin faces the biggest challenge of his life - tracking down the soul of his murdered wife.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Ascension at current Steam store prices.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Ascension on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Ascension.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~59% under Ascension on Steam right now. Shares Early Access with Ascension.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~56% under Ascension on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Ascension on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Ascension on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Ascension on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
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.
FTL: Faster Than Light
WHY THIS
Priced ~41% under Ascension on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~71% under Ascension on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
The Sims™ 4
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Play with life and discover the possibilities. Unleash your imagination and create a world of Sims that’s wholly unique. Explore and customize every detail from Sims to homes–and much more.
Crusader Kings II
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Ascension.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
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Frequently asked about Ascension
- Does Ascension run on Steam Deck?
- Ascension 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 Ascension cost?
- Ascension is listed on Steam at 16.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Ascension?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Ascension are It Takes a Tribe, Atre: Dominance Wars, 西游记2021.
- Who developed Ascension?
- Ascension was developed by Element Game 微元游戏 and published by 噪点游戏 SERICA GAMES.
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 Ascension.
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