

Ascent of Ashes
Vivid Storm Interactive · 2025 · Strategy, Colony Sim, Base Building, Survival, Real Time Tactics
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About Ascent of Ashes
Build your survivors a base where they can rest and trade stories between adventures. Farm crops, tame alien beasts, incorporate salvaged technology and fortify your home against hostile intruders
Prevailing in combat will require more than just point-and-click. A detailed hit simulation and health system will mean that even non-lethal hits can render a survivor unable to go on. Suppressive fire might pin an enemy in place, but the ammunition used up may leave you ill-equipped to fight the next encounter effectively It's a big world out there. To get around you will need better transportation than your legs can provide. One of the things setting Ascent of Ashes apart from other games of this genre is the ability to restore and drive vehicles.
Each survivor has their own unique personality and motivations. As colony leader it is up to you to find and recruit capable survivors to fill gaps in your roster against ever increasing challenges. Can you keep everyone happy, secure and motivated? You will find yourself in an expansive, procedurally generated world filled with different biomes and points of interest. To survive the post-apocalypse you'll have to brave the pre-collapse ruins and the many dangers that they hold. It's not enough to just have an in-depth combat system with a variety of mechanics. You also need opponents capable of using those mechanics to challenge you. Enemies will possess varying degrees of intelligence. Taking on a disorganized band of raiders will play very differently from fighting a squad of well-trained Remnant soldiers. Combining the deep simulation of classic post-apocalyptical survival titles with the tactical challenge of classic real time and turn-based gems, the original creators of RimWorld's heralded Combat Extended mod present a fresh take on the colony sim genre that emphasizes exploration, tight balance and strategic gameplay.
Our team has its roots in mod-making and we've been fortunate to have been part of many great modding communities over the years. That's why with Ascent of Ashes, we want to give something back to those communities. We're building the game's engine from the ground up to be easily extendable, and thanks to our extensive experience in creating mods ourselves we know exactly what kind of support mod-makers need. Ascent of Ashes is a game developed by modders, for modders.
Prevailing in combat will require more than just point-and-click. A detailed hit simulation and health system will mean that even non-lethal hits can render a survivor unable to go on. Suppressive fire might pin an enemy in place, but the ammunition used up may leave you ill-equipped to fight the next encounter effectively It's a big world out there. To get around you will need better transportation than your legs can provide. One of the things setting Ascent of Ashes apart from other games of this genre is the ability to restore and drive vehicles.
Each survivor has their own unique personality and motivations. As colony leader it is up to you to find and recruit capable survivors to fill gaps in your roster against ever increasing challenges. Can you keep everyone happy, secure and motivated? You will find yourself in an expansive, procedurally generated world filled with different biomes and points of interest. To survive the post-apocalypse you'll have to brave the pre-collapse ruins and the many dangers that they hold. It's not enough to just have an in-depth combat system with a variety of mechanics. You also need opponents capable of using those mechanics to challenge you. Enemies will possess varying degrees of intelligence. Taking on a disorganized band of raiders will play very differently from fighting a squad of well-trained Remnant soldiers. Combining the deep simulation of classic post-apocalyptical survival titles with the tactical challenge of classic real time and turn-based gems, the original creators of RimWorld's heralded Combat Extended mod present a fresh take on the colony sim genre that emphasizes exploration, tight balance and strategic gameplay.
Our team has its roots in mod-making and we've been fortunate to have been part of many great modding communities over the years. That's why with Ascent of Ashes, we want to give something back to those communities. We're building the game's engine from the ground up to be easily extendable, and thanks to our extensive experience in creating mods ourselves we know exactly what kind of support mod-makers need. Ascent of Ashes is a game developed by modders, for modders.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
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Players appreciate the core gameplay loop and building mechanics, comparing it favorably to Rimworld in a 3D setting with solid combat and genuine potential for a great game. However, concerns center on the game's early access state with limited features, minimal updates over several months, some lingering technical issues, and uncertainty about whether the developer will continue active development to realize that potential.
Four months with no updates, game doesn't work, half baked system. I want a refund.10 found this helpful
This is rimworld but 3D , 9/10 would recommend , can't do warcrimes yet.5 found this helpful
Barebones bordering on Abandonware.2 found this helpful
While when I first got it, it had a bug that made the game unplayable for me, I couldn't launch a new game with out some weird graphics bug but that has seen been fixed. Now that I have been able to play it, the core game play is there and I love it, this game has great potential to be good if the developer keeps working at it, it will be even better if the dev adds good mod support for the game. The building aspect as of now is a little limited, the combat tho feel fluid despite being EA, the controls for your survivors are very limited but again the game is in EA, I hope it's full potential comes to bare.2 found this helpful
I think theres Potential, can't say much actually as it's still early in EA I would say... I'm not so sure how sustainable the Godot Engine will be but time will tell! For now, i'll leave a positive review, read in the other reviews what was happening to the Developers.. I'll Update this post when theres more updates coming out2 found this helpful
I have a 2 more hours of playtime on my friends account. The base building alone is soo good! But its bare bones almost nothing here besides a foundation that could become a true masterpiece. Who knows what this game will be and how long it will take, but i have to recommend if you can handle the price and are willing to take a somewhat low risk but astronomically high reward choice.1 found this helpful
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