Aliya's Ascent

Aliya's Ascent

Digital Strategies · November 9, 2023 · Adventure, Interactive Fiction, Choose Your Own Adventure, Cinematic, Fantasy

Aliya's Ascent is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Aliya's Ascent price

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About Aliya's Ascent

Welcome to Bridgeworld


Aliya’s Ascent is a character-driven, interactive adventure story filled with amazing cinematic elements about a girl who mysteriously found herself in the middle of a boat towards an unknown land. Embark on a journey in the world of the first Legions, meet familiar faces as you unravel the tales that made the fabric of Bridgeworld & Treasure, every choice you make matters.

Aliya’s Ascent is based on the Treasure’s 7-part Bridgeworld community-novel Aliya’s Ascent, also available in Audiobook format.

Features
Fully illustrated story
Complete voiceovers
Multiple Endings
50+ Unlockable Gallery Images
Gallery view unlocked in the game

Trigger Warning
Death
Violence

Larger World of Treasure
Aliya’s Ascent is just a part of the larger world of Bridgeworld, a game in the Treasure Ecosystem.

Aliya's Ascent — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux / SteamOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Aliya's Ascent is criticized by players as an AI-generated visual novel with poor voice acting and forgettable storytelling that fails to engage. Players express concerns about the undisclosed use of AI for art, voice work, and potentially other assets, viewing it as ethically problematic and in violation of Steam's disclosure requirements. The consensus is to skip this title entirely.

Not recommended Jun 21, 2025
This is so weird. This game is part of the 7-part bridgeworld novel in the treasure ecosystem? This is the first game the dev published and the second one is some AI DOGE ♥♥♥♥. I don't know what the heck the treasure ecosystem is supposed to be. Anyway, using AI to animate characters like this is really unsettling. The voice acting is crap too. Maybe I should go read a book if I'm going to download this nonsense off steam
5 found this helpful
Not recommended Jun 17, 2025
Clearly an AI generated game. The artwork is nice, but you can tell it's AI within seconds of starting the game.
3 found this helpful
Not recommended Oct 13, 2025
[h2]Aliya's Ascent : [/h2] I am against AI it’s already hard for artists, to get their work stolen by AI using AI means slowly killing artists. Also the Steam rules clearly state that games using AI need to be mentioned in the description which is not mentioned anywhere on this page. Art, cinematic, voices are generated by AI and I wouldn’t be surprised if the script & music were too! I don’t want to be mean but if it’s not mentioned I will report it to Steam, it's the least you can do... I get that it can be a budget to create a game but this is only a VN. There are student artists who are freelancers and desperately looking for clients. They are probably cheaper than the price you paid to release your game on Steam.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 27, 2026
This game is very short, bland, and uninteresting. Very meh.
Recommended Oct 9, 2025
I do not remember the actual story I just clicked on things until the achievements popped. Maybe I have amnesia.
Not recommended Sep 13, 2025
Seems to be all Ai generated garbage. Horrid Ai voicing, flat, emotionless, robotic, boring. The art is ...Ai art, it's ok but... yawn. Played through twice. Not really any choices to be made, per se.... pass on this one 1 glitch outta 100 possible

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