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Ascent of Ashes

A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to…

25 July 2025

Ascent of Ashes is an adventure developed by Vivid Storm Interactive, released 25 July 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Ascent of Ashes is

Ascent of Ashes is an adventure game developed by Vivid Storm Interactive and released in 2025. It was published by Camlann Games. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Godot Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Ascent of Ashes launched on 25 July 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers and Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.

Released around the same time: Mafia: The Old Country, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound.

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When did Ascent of Ashes come out?
Ascent of Ashes was released on 25 July 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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