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Vain Ascendance

Vain Ascendance is a fast-paced roguelite platformer where you ascend an ever-changing office tower. Use Valerie's dash attack to steal blood from enemies and take it home to make blood cocktails that upgrade…

5 August 2022

Vain Ascendance is an indie developed by Team Scarlet, released 5 August 2022 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Vain Ascendance is

Vain Ascendance is an indie game developed by Team Scarlet and released in 2022. It was published by Will-o-Works. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Godot Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Vain Ascendance is a fast-paced roguelite platformer where you ascend an ever-changing office tower. Use Valerie's dash attack to steal blood from enemies and take it home to make blood cocktails that upgrade your abilities, or drink it to heal in a pinch!
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Vain Ascendance launched on 5 August 2022, within three weeks of Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls and Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Released around the same time: Stray, Cult of the Lamb, As Dusk Falls, Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

Official trailer

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When did Vain Ascendance come out?
Vain Ascendance was released on 5 August 2022 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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