- Astral Ascent will be at The Triple-i Initiative on October 8th! - 14 September 2026
Hello everyone! ːzimzimSmileːWe have exciting news : We will be at the Triple-I Initiative ːbarbecuePogː So mark the date for October 8th at 9am PT / 6pm CEST because we will have something big to reveal.For those who don't know Triple-I: it's 45 minutes of back-to-back trailers from indie studios like us. World premieres, gameplay reveals, launch dates, demo drops and nothing else. No hosts, no ads, no sponsors. Just games. We can't say more for now, but trust us, you won't want to miss this one. We been working on this for months and it will be wild! You can watch it live on YouTube, Twitch or right here on Steam. More info at iii-initiative.com.See you in the Garden (on October 8th)! ːtaurusSmirkːThe Hibernian Workshop Team
- В Epic Games Store началась бесплатная раздача рогалика Astral Ascent и аркадного авиашутера Luftrausers - 11 September 2026
Магазин Epic Games Store продолжает традицию еженедельных подарков. На этот раз пользователям предлагают две игры совершенно разных жанров - динамичный платформенный рогалик и минималистичный аркадный авиашутер. Забрать игры можно с 10 по 17 сентября 2026 года. Обе игры доступны в России. Astral Ascent - это стремительный рогалик о побеге из звёздной тюрьмы. Вы оказались в таинственном Саду, астральной тюрьме, что охраняется 12 мифическими стражами — Зодиаками. Заручитесь помощью верных друзей и попытайтесь сбежать, сразившись с тюремщиками в неравном бою. Luftrausers - это стильный аркадный авиашутер, где небо пылает, а моря переполнены обломками. Вы поднимаетесь в воздух на настраиваемом истребителе, чтобы сражаться с линкорами, подводными лодками и вражескими асами. Каждая деталь самолета меняет не только характеристики, но и внешний вид, и ощущения от полета. Здесь нет сюжета - толь…
- Astral Ascent Modding Tool is Live! - 29 July 2026
Astral Ascent Modding Tool is Live!The Astral Ascent Modding Tool is now live! ːbarbecuePogːWe built a fully dedicated app for this. Not a config file, not a folder to dig into, a real standalone application to make modding as smooth as possible. And this is just the beginning, we will update it based on your feedback.With it, you can replace any visual element in the game: characters, pets, spells, effects, UI, and more. Want your own character to replace an existing one? You can. Want a specific color for an element? You can. Want to play as Ikki or Bappy? Trust us or not, you can too, depends on your motivation haha. ːtaurusSmirkː How to get access?If you already own Astral Ascent, you already have access. Head to your Steam Library, click the dropdown menu at the top, check Tools, and AA Modding Tool will appear right there. New to modding?We've put together a full video tutorial to…
- New Seeding System coming in Astral Ascent and more... - 25 June 2026
Meet Professor YaleeA new NPC has joined the hub: Professor Yalee. Maybe the most academic Yalee in all of Astral Prison, graduated from the very famous school: Yale(e) University. ːtaurusSmirkː He's now your go-to for everything related to the feature below. In Astral Ascent we decided that every run's randomness, including loots, bosses, rooms, and more, is tied to a specific number between 1 and 999,999,999. From now you can define specific number so you can run the same seed twice, and you'll get the same RNG both times. That means if you loved how a run unfolded, you can experience it again, share it with friends, or use it to compare speedrun attempts on equal footing.Where to find your seed?Your current seed number is displayed in the bottom right corner of the main menu. It also appears on the death recap screen and in your run history.How to set your own seed?Head over to Profe…
- Patch Notes - May 2026 - Hotfixes 2.6.1 & 2.6.2 - 20 May 2026
⭐Changes inspired by our community!Quick small fixes note and a message: On the last update, we changed the way the DLC Characters are appearing in the hub.If you own the DLC, it should appear after the Poetic Peddler is unlocked.If you don't own it, it should appear after you unlock the Telescope. This was bugged since last Thursday and DLC Characters would only appear after the Telescope was unlocked.This is fixed now.We're really sorry for this issue as it might have delayed by a lot the time required to be able to play Arven for some players.NarrativeAdded the missing translations for Spanish and Portuguese (Brazil) - ☄️ hotfix 2.6.1 Bug Fixes Arven's Spell ""Pack Leader"" could be canceled before it spent the mana, allowing it to be used infinitely for 0 mana cost and dealing damage to enemies. - ☄️ hotfix 2.6.1Kat would sometimes be stuck behind barriers in the Void room - ☄️ hotf…
- Free Weekend + New DLC (OUT NOW) + Major Free Update - 14 May 2026
Hello everyone! ːtaurusSmirkːFree Weekend on Steam: May 14 to May 18Astral Ascent is free to play on Steam until May 18th! ːbarbecuePogː If someone in your circle has been on the fence about the game, this is the window. The base game and all DLCs are also on sale during the event. If you want to grab everything at once, the complete bundle gets you an additional 10% off. Cherry on top? The game will be 60% off until May 28th!Meet Arven and KatArven is a Ranger of relentless determination who heard of a group of heroes trapped within the Astral Prison. Fighting alongside Kat, his wolf companion, he had no other choice but to lend his blade to those fighting for their survival.Arven is the only character in the game who is never alone. Kat follows him through every room, every fight, every attempt. She is not a summon, not a cooldown ability. She is just there, fighting alongside you the…
- Patch Notes - May 2026 - 2.6 - 14 May 2026
⭐Changes inspired by our community! Major Features New Prowess System: Signature Spell Prowesses have been reworked for all characters, ALL element-based (burn, freeze, poison, electric, neutral and their sub-effects except mana recovery, damage increase and critical rate) prowesses will not be available anymore - if you have a mid-run save from the previous version, you might encounter a bug where your Prowess choices will be empty, affecting the run. The issue will not carry over to further runs. New Signature Spell Specialization System is introduced: one extra slot for Signature Spell Prowesses is available, the first choice will be among 3 Specializations, affecting the Prowess Pool options in subsequent level-ups at the Guardian Statues. Each Specialization will give access to 6 sub-prowesses related to the main one. The player will not be able to use their rerolls on the Speciali…
- First devlog is live! - 3 April 2026
We just published our Devlog #01 on YouTube! Our goal with this new format is to take you behind the scenes and show you exactly what the dev team has been cooking. And trust me, today's menu is packed! Here is a sneak peek of what you'll find inside: Fallen Fates: An exclusive look at our pre-production, including early environment concepts and new enemy animations. Astral Ascent FREE Update: We are introducing a HUGE rework to the Signature Spells Perk system! Arven Gameplay Deep Dive: We are breaking down the mechanics of our next DLC hero comming in MAY 14th and his companion Kat! Make sure to subscribe to the channel and let us know in the YouTube comments which part you are the most excited about! As a quick reminder, if you haven't already, please take time to WISHLIST the Arven DLC on Steam! It helps our small indie team immensely. Thank you all for your amazing support. Enjoy t…
- Roadmap update + New Hero Preview (Arven) - 13 March 2026
We are thrilled to finally reveal the future of Astral Ascent with our official 2026 Roadmap! Since our 1.0 launch, we have been hard at work expanding the Astral Prison, adding new ways to fight the Zodiacs, and growing this incredible universe. That's countless escape attempts, thousands of Papa Yalee stories discovered, and millions of spells cast in the Garden. It’s been an incredible journey, and we want to say a huge THANK YOU for your long-standing support!As revealed in the video, a new challenger is breaking into the prison...Arven the Wolf Blade is coming in only 2 months on May 14!We are very happy to announce that you can now wishlist Arven - The Wolf Blade. You can get this DLC for FREE if you backed the Fallen Fates's Kickstarter at the Loner Pack tier or above. Check our Fallen Fates Kickstarter page for late pledge!ARVEN, THE WOLF BLADE - Play as Arven, a Ranger of relen…
- 🏮 Happy Lunar New Year! The Garden lights up & New Hero Reveal 🐎✨ - 16 February 2026
Hello Wardens!The Lunar New Year is a moment of celebration shared by millions of people around the world, and we wanted to join in the festivities with all of you! 🧧We are sending a special thought to our incredible community in Asia and everyone celebrating this tradition today. Your passion and support since the beginning of Astral Ascent mean the world to us.✨ A New Seasonal AtmosphereTo mark this occasion, we decided to bring a festive touch to the game for everyone to enjoy.We have deployed a special atmospheric update. When you return to the Hub, you'll notice the Garden has been decorated with traditional lanterns and new warm lighting animations.And this isn't just for today: this transformation is becoming an official seasonal event! From now on, the Garden will automatically dress up in lights every year at this time. It’s a new tradition settling permanently into Astral Asc…
- 2.5 Update - The Ravenswatch Sentinel is live! - 19 January 2026
Hello everyone! ːtaffyː First of all, we wish each and everyone of you an happy new year, may 2026 be a great year for you! ːmeltadaːOn our side 2025 was an amazing year! We announced our new game Fallen Fates, we kept making great updates for Astral Ascent including new DLCs and collabs with games we love : Children of Morta and Dead Cells. We improved the overall game experience and it ended up being our best selling year for Astral Ascent, so thank you all so much for your trust in us and we are super motivated to keep bringing new updates and improve the game in 2026 starting today with the release of Update 2.5 : The Ravenswatch Sentinel, our 16th major update for Astral Ascent! Before jumping into the content of this update and what comes next, we wanted to let you know about Ravenswatch if you don't know about it! They have an amazing set of characters, you can play it in co-op,…
- Patch Notes - January 2026 - 2.5.2 - 19 January 2026
⭐Changes inspired by our community! Major Features Increased the number of Prowess choices from 3 to 4 New Special Room: Added a new type of Special Room: the Hourglass of Dreams, featuring characters from the Ravenswatch Universe. The Sandman provides the player with the ability to upgrade the Gambits on their Spells using Quartz. New Echo Tier: Vengeful Echoes: 5 New Echoes can be found in the Hourglass of Dreams room, the player can recruit one of these powerful Echoes in exchange for one of the Echoes they have. Scarlet: Applies Vulnerability and Pacification to enemies The Pied Piper: Applies Poison to enemies Beowulf: Applies Burn to enemies The Snow Queen: Applies Freeze to enemies Merlin: Applies Electrify to enemies Balancing Onboarding: The following changes were done to improve the experience of new players, reducing the amount of mechanics presented at the start and unlockin…
- Astral Ascent x Ravenswatch update coming on Jan 19th! - 13 January 2026
Worlds are colliding again! We are beyond thrilled to announce our upcoming collaboration with the incredible world of Ravenswatch, arriving next week! New EchoesThe heroes of Reverie join the Garden to support the fight against the Master as 5 powerful new Echoes. We’ve always been fans of Passtech Games, and adding Ravenswatch to our list of collabs is another very nice milestone for us.New Special Room: The Hourglass of DreamsWith this update, we’re also introducing a mystical new space: The Hourglass of Dreams, also inspired by the Ravenswatch universe, with a new mechanic for gambits! We'll keep some suspense for now, but keep an eye on our Discord channel and on our socials to get sneak peeks of the upcoming content over the next few days! Mark your calendars for the 19th. The watch begins soon!
- Celestial Haven DLC is live now! - 24 November 2025
Hello everyone! :melhappy: Celestial Haven Charity DLC is out now! Complete patch-notes: 100% of our revenue of this DLC will go to charity for animals ! This update is special to us and more than ever, your support is greatly appreciated as all our revenues and the one from our partners MP2 Games (porting and distributing Astral Ascent on console) and Raccoon Business (distributing Astral Ascent on smaller stores) will be entirely given to Animals Protection Association One Voice. Buying this DLC will directly contribute to One Voice actions: Protecting animals from hunts (more than 1000 badgers and 100 000 birds saved this year alone) Sanctuary for abused animals saved animals in One Voice sanctuariesShelters for stray cats with food and cares one of the many shelters for stray cats --- If you want to know more about Stray Cats we highly recommend to you the manga named Cat Companions…
- Patch Notes - November 2025 - 2.4.0 - 24 November 2025
⭐Changes inspired by our community! Major Features The Save&Quit system has been adjusted, you can still save and quit at the beginning of a room but now if you have a crash it will automatically resume to the start of the room. Companion Pets (Paid Charity DLC): 5 Pets with 8 colors on each and 12 effects to customize them who can follow you during your runs, celebrate your victories and dig hidden treasures! Small Features You can now find Echoes of your hero during runs to allow you to have access to all the build Echoes Balancing Increased Sun Pieces multiplier limit from x3 to x10 depending on Destiny Levels The Cosmic Greed Telescope bonus now gives 2 more rewards in the Sun Room instead of 1 in co-op Level Design Two new maps from previous update had small branching paths that were easy to miss, so a little sign was added to point the player in those directions Bug Fixes Kiran Co…
- Animals DLC coming on Nov 24th! - 3 November 2025
Hello everyone! ːzimzimSmileː I am super happy to announce to you Astral Ascent new DLC : Celestial Haven Steam Page is live! https://store.steampowered.com/app/4116520/Astral_Ascent__Celestial_Haven/ And it will be releasing .... this month! On November 24th! As always, wishlists help us for visibility and are very appreciated if you will to support us! Meet 5 adorable companions who are going to come with you during your runs: Lupo are one of the rare animals found on Planet Lunides, often kept as pets by the royals due to their high intelligence and loyal and protective personalities Additionally, some specimens seem capable of small amounts of speech, such as saying "food" when they're hungry, and "play" when they want to have fun with their owner. Kiran says it resembles the wolves from Earth that were refugees with him on the Infinite Caravan. Vulpo are highly sought after due to…
- Prison Renovation Update is Live! 🔨 - 16 October 2025
Hello everyone, I hope you are having an excellent day ːzimzimSmileːBefore we jump into the new Update of Astral Ascent, a few word about our next project! Last hours to get next Astral Ascent hero DLC for free!Upcoming new hero DLC of Astral Ascent voiced by Ben Starr is offered for free to backers of our new game Kickstarter alongside a ton of unique elements like exclusive early access to build and more! If you enjoyed Astral Ascent, I promise you will find again the same ingredients in a much more ambitious project and we are even very close to unlock a stretch goal for a Roguelike mode within the game and we are super hyped by that as you may imagine! So don't hesitate to pledge to get the free AA DLC, exclusive rewards and support us, even $1 helps by adding even more people to the campaign and making us keep our full independance for this new project! Prison Renovation UpdateThis…
- Patch Notes - August 2025 - 2.3.0 - 16 October 2025
⭐Changes inspired by our community! Major Features New categories have been added to the Aura Collector for Frostbite and Poison (Effect). community inspired ⭐ The Telluric Telescope may now be rerolled using Sun Pieces 13 Alternative Exploration Rooms have been added to the game community inspired ⭐ Weapon Passives at the Arsenal can now be purchased with Sun Pieces The Loot Affinity system has been reworked to align more with effects The Imprint System has been reworked: Total Imprints (per room) from 2 to 3 Unselected Imprints will no longer be found at Andromeda's Bar The Loot Affinity for Imprints has been significantly increased Players now receive additional spells in the starter room, up to 5 with the Zim-Zim's Magical Gift! and all spells have different Elemental Affinities Small Features The Telluric Ruins room now displays spells on the Altars and all spells have different El…
- New Hero DLC & New Game - 18 September 2025
Hello everyone! We are so happy to announce our third game - Fallen Fates! The game is now on Kickstarter and you can also wishlist it here ! We have planned a ton of physical and digital rewards with access to early builds and much more!But that's not all, we are extremely happy to announce that Astral Ascent will get a new hero DLC coming in 2026 from Fallen Fates that will be voiced by Ben Starr. Arven will be coming with his own playstyle, set of spells and weapons!This Astral Ascent DLC will be free if you support the Fallen Fates campaign, so don't hesitate to support us there for that and many other rewards!Also no worries for Astral Ascent, many updates are coming, the next one should be early October and we are super happy to announce we are working on Steam Workshop features coming this year!And we are making good progress on the Animals pets as you can see below!Wishing you a…
- Update 2.2 is live now! - 26 August 2025
Poetic Pandemonium update!We hope your summer is going great, on our side we are back with a new major update! ːzagplsː Take a look to the full Patch Notes below - Hub Customization A new NPC appeared in The Garden, The Yalee Builder! We hesitated for a long time to call this NPC "Leonardo Da Yalee" but thought it may not be fitting very well with the rest of the game, but at least you know it now haha You will have many places where you can add new assets, this feature was voted a lot by our Discord community about how to handle the extra Sun Pieces in late game!(We also noted other suggestions for later! ːtaurusSmirkː) But while making this new system it appeared to us that a Sun Piece payment for these changes was not the best option because : New players could favorize Decorations over meta progression making them weaker for chosing thisIt will unbalance the overall meta progression…
