Ascent DX

Ascent DX

Johan Peitz · March 26, 2025 · Adventure, Metroidvania, Exploration, Atmospheric, Platformer

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

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About Ascent DX

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Ascent DX is a tiny metroidvania where you explore a crashed alien planet across lush jungles, desolate deserts, and glowing caves to uncover what happened and find your way home. With hand-crafted 64x64 pixel art, soothing chiptune soundtrack, and multiple endings based on your discoveries, it delivers atmospheric exploration and platforming puzzles in a compact, rewarding package.

Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation. Explore the planet, find powerful upgrades, and fulfill your destiny.

Ascent DX — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

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

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Players praise this compact Metroidvania as a brilliantly designed gem that proves PICO-8's capabilities, with smooth controls, charming chiptune music, and excellent level design packed into a short, free package. Common complaints center on the retro pixel graphics being somewhat underwhelming and occasional readability issues with dialog boxes, though these minor gripes don't significantly detract from the overall enjoyable experience.

Recommended Sep 27, 2026
GG
Recommended Sep 5, 2026
i really enjoyed this game, i felt some kind of dread along with the explorer. really fun 9/10 got lost a couple times
Recommended Sep 3, 2026
Short but sweet, loved exploring this tiny world.
Recommended Sep 2, 2026
A nice free, short, metroidvania game, should take only about an hour, so why not give it a try? Good story line for such a short game.
Recommended Sep 1, 2026
It's a free metroidvania with a perfectly small scope. It's a condensed, intricate world, so you probably will get lost just long enough to exercise your new movement abilities in areas you might not otherwise return to. The gamefeel is very comfortable despite how it looks. I'm a little pretentious so I would have enjoyed if the game had a little more friction to suit the serious tone of the story being told, but for most people I think it'll just be a great short nonlinear platformer. This is one of those free games that is worth your time.
Recommended Aug 25, 2026
Little lovely game <3

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