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Ascension: Deckbuilding Game is now available for your PC and Mac, complete with 9 full expansion decks! Play alone or with friends to battle against the Fallen One for honor and victory. Conceived and designed by Justin Gary, Ascension will provide hours of engaging and strategic game play for enthusiasts and experienced gamers alike.

Ascension: Deckbuilding Game is a deckbuilding, card battler and board game game developed and published by Playdek and Inc..
Released on December 16th 2014 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.

It has received 1,569 reviews of which 1,399 were positive and 170 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.75€ on Steam.


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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7 SP1+
  • Processor: 1 GHz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Any
  • Additional Notes: While Network Connection is not required it is recommended
MacOS
  • OS: Mac OS X 10.13+
  • Processor: 1 GHz
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
  • Sound Card: Any
  • Additional Notes: While Network Connection is not required it is recommended

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Feb. 2025
One of the best board game adaptations to digital. Lots of content, the AI is very good.
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Jan. 2025
One of the best chill deckbuilding game ! This digital version of Ascension is really a good adaptation of the boardgame. You have so much expansions to explore, with a lot of different combinations. I always enjoy playing Ascension, years after years. You can play solo against the AI (2 difficulty level) or with your friends online. You will not find a campaign mode, but it's ok as a game last 20min max. I recommand not playing more than 3 expansions at a time. The base game comes with enough content to play, but if you really like the game, you should grab some DLC (Dreamscape / Delirium / Deliverance) If you're a bit lost on "how to play" and with "which expansion", here's are my tips : Best combo / Personnal fav : - Dreamscape / Delirium / Deliverance : the most amazing way to play the game, with the mecanism of the "Dreams", fun cards and a good balance between the factions. Trying to gain Pasythea is a cool way to compete against the other players - Dawn of Champions / Realms Unraveled : multi-faction heroes + asymmetric start (each player start with one of the 4 "Hero Card" faction) - RoV / DU : Energy mecanism (new ressource) and treasures. I played a lot with those 2 expansions ! Simple and fun ! Vanilla / Core game - Rotf : really vanilla game, for your first game. You can play Rotf with the 2 below. - SoS / IH : Soulgem allow you to transform cards, very fun, introduce the event deck. Feel like the vanilla game, with some nice additional content. I don't personnaly like : - VotA : the Temples are meh, and the Serenity and Echo keywords (additional effect if your discard pile is empty or not) are not enough to enjoy the expansion. - WoS ; Day & Night keyword, cool on the paper, don't work that well, because it's the only expansion playing with it... Overall not that bad, but I mean, you have better options. - GotE : ok expansion with the Infest Monsters (you can give trash monsters to your opponents), but I'm not fond of the events in general, and it doesn't add much to the game. Very unique, you can play it with any other expansion. Enjoy !
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Nov. 2024
Good 20 minute game. There are so many variations that it doesn't get boring and has a good level of strategy.
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Aug. 2024
Excellent fast pace deckbuilder There are so many different mechanics to mix and match and you can set each game to have exactly the amount of complexity you desire. You will discover new combos for the rest of your life, and the way the game is designed allows for very intricate ordering to execute huge synergies and plays. The online has the added benefit of coding all card effects in perfectly so there will be no fights over rules interpretation. The only issue with this game is that they neglect to allow players to customize the honor pool size in a private game.
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July 2024
Still one of the best deckbuilders after many years. Has a very nice power ramp arc and a good sense of flow. The combos you can set up are satisfying and the digital version lets you run through games really quickly.
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Ascension: Deckbuilding Game
8.5
1,399
170
Online players
63
Developer
Playdek, Inc.
Publisher
Playdek, Inc.
Release 16 Dec 2014
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