
Dark Ascent
Dark Ascent is designed to be a test of skill, patience, and perseverance.
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As you climb this place, you will fall countless times, sinking into despair. Prove that you're not just a loudmouth coward—reach the top. The 2D platforming jump game that will break your keyboard: I Wanna Ascend.
Retro
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Retro
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ASCEND the peak in search of the Joyspring. Explore every cavern and cave, crevasse and chasm. Hear the wind sing. Keep dashing and find the spring. And when you return, return smiling.
Retro
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.
Retro
Embody a knight condemned to the ascent and brave death with every leap. On your path to the summit, only precision and mastery of combat will keep you alive. Face and defeat the creatures guarding this path to bring your ascension to its conclusion.
Ascendant is the unforgiving beat 'em up in which you are a demigod invading a world controlled by your rivals. Choose your fate by discovering Blessings, equipping mighty weapons and spells, and learning to survive in this brutal realm. Only the most impressive warriors have a chance of victory.
Retro
Dark Ascent is designed to be a test of skill, patience, and perseverance. Every decision counts, and you must learn from your mistakes to climb higher.
Retro, Minimalist
Reach the skies and make it to space with just your jumps. In this platform game, help Cadente collect stars and overcome various challenges. Escape the cave, climb the tower, and reach the skies. Face bosses, show them the power of words, and finally shine like a star.
Retro
Verlet Ascend is a physics based, action platformer with roguelike mechanics, a fully destructable procedurally generated environment, and rope swing physics. Fight creatures, loot enemies, upgrade your character, and climb your way up in an endless parkour.
If you want a very smooth challenge try to beat this game. I know that you can't even reach the top of the first level.
A 80-level vertical descent through surreal pixel worlds. No saves. No mercy. Just fall and survive.
Retro, Minimalist

Dark Ascent is designed to be a test of skill, patience, and perseverance.

If you want a very smooth challenge try to beat this game. I know that you can't even reach the top of the first level.

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A 80-level vertical descent through surreal pixel worlds. No saves. No mercy. Just fall and survive.

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Momentum-flight cave climber. One fail-safe robot's mission to bring the light back to a world gone dark.

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Embark upon a tragic tale and discover the ravaged world of Elypse!

ASCEND the peak in search of the Joyspring. Explore every cavern and cave, crevasse and chasm. Hear the wind sing. Keep dashing and find the spring.

This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS.

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A challenging 2D precision platformer with minimalist graphics and a great chiptune soundtrack.

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Ascendant is the unforgiving beat 'em up in which you are a demigod invading a world controlled by your rivals.

Embody a knight condemned to the ascent and brave death with every leap.

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Crashed on a desolate but mysterious planet you find yourself eye to eye with an ancient civilisation.

Climb as high as possible through diverse and fascinating worlds.

As you climb this place, you will fall countless times, sinking into despair. Prove that you're not just a loudmouth coward—reach the top.

Launch yourself through tough but fair platforming challenges with the power of eggs in this suck and spit momentum based platformer!

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Reach the skies and make it to space with just your jumps. In this platform game, help Cadente collect stars and overcome various challenges.

Help Sam and Elicy on their challenging journey through the abyss.

Our Ascent is an incremental roguelite RPG with many layers of metaprogression.

Each step matters in this high-stakes first-person parkour platformer, as falling means losing progress.