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Ascend From Nine Mountains

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94%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
94% User Score Based on 224 reviews

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Ascend From Nine Mountains is a single player tactical role playing game with fantasy and romance themes. It was developed by Nine Ascension Studios and was released on October 1, 2025. It received very positive reviews from players.

The heavens call. Will you answer? Ascend from Nine Mountains is an RPG inspired by Chinese mythology and cultivation stories. In its world you will craft legendary treasures, engage in deep tactical combat, and journey through an intricate web of characters and stories as you ascend to immortality. Begin as a mortal. Ascend through nine realms, each with their own unique mechanics and s…

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94%Audience ScoreBased on 224 reviews
gameplay24 positive mentions
grinding10 negative mentions
  • Deep and engaging cultivation and combat systems offering extensive customization and build crafting.
  • Robust, meaningful, and enjoyable crafting mechanics that complement combat well.
  • Well-written story and lore that immerse players in the xianxia world with coherent worldbuilding.
  • Regular developer updates and active community support including responsive devs.
  • Large amount of content even in early access ensuring significant gameplay time.
  • Smooth gameplay loop with diverse activities such as exploration, alchemy, tournaments, relationships, and faction interactions.
  • Heavy reliance on AI-generated art and music which negatively impacts immersion and visual consistency.
  • Steep learning curve and lack of comprehensive in-game tutorials or guides resulting in confusion for new players.
  • Combat visual and audio effects are minimal and repetitive, reducing excitement and epic feel in battles.
  • Late game balance issues, especially at higher cultivation realms, causing difficulty spikes and combat unfairness.
  • Lack of controller support and somewhat tedious UI/navigation especially in inventory and map interactions.
  • Repetitive dialogue and questing can become annoying, with some grind elements felt excessively long or tiresome.

  • gameplay

    70 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    34% positive mentions, 62% neutral mentions, 4% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers impressive depth and complexity, featuring expansive cultivation mechanics, crafting, and combat systems that progressively unlock new layers and maintain engagement over long playtimes. While some users find certain mechanics initially confusing or repetitive, the continuous updates and intricate systems provide a rewarding experience, especially for fans of cultivation-themed games. However, a few criticize AI-generated assets and occasional lack of polish, though these drawbacks are often outweighed by the rich gameplay and evolving content.

    • “Amazing cultivation game with great mechanics, interactions, and events that really feel like they're out of a Xin Xia cultivation story.”
    • “The visual upgrades, additional content, and improved depth make this game a mechanical masterpiece; the insane amount of mechanics impressed me like no other indie game.”
    • “The gameplay loop centers around breaking through, progressing skills (crafting and combat), and upgrading equipment, with many interesting mechanics unlocking as you advance in cultivation tier.”
    • “Gameplay is horribly repetitive; I think everything is AI-generated except the buy game button.”
    • “Crafting, UI, time system, and gameplay/story choices all feel like a jumbled mess.”
    • “While I tolerate hard-hitting combos in boss enemies that can be encountered on purpose, having brutal random encounters narrows gameplay down to a few general purpose builds, significantly draining the fun since fights are either one-click win or one-click lose.”

  • story

    43 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 60% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions

    The story in this cultivation game is engaging, richly layered, and captures the essence of a xianxia narrative, offering enjoyable character interactions and a sense of progression. While the main questline and side missions provide varied content with intriguing lore, some players find the story pacing uneven and the progression occasionally bogged down by repetitive quests and complex mechanics. Despite these flaws and the early access status, fans of the genre will appreciate the deep story elements, character relationships, and the freedom to craft their own narrative experience.

    • “Amazing cultivation games with great mechanics and interactions and events that really feel like they're out of a Xin Xia cultivation story.”
    • “The story and characters are interesting, and it really captures that sense of mystery and exploration the genre excels at.”
    • “The story is phenomenal, the crafting is fun and interesting, the combat is engaging, and there's always more to discover as you play.”
    • “Crafting, UI, time system, and gameplay/story choices all feel like a jumbled mess.”
    • “I put about 70 hours in, but the game seems half-finished story-wise.”
    • “My main issue stems from the pillar creation realm: the lack of choices, no demonic cultivation yet, and the stability puzzle feels very time consuming and more complicated than it needs to be. The pillar creation realm seems very confusing, unrefined, and way more complicated than it should be.”

  • graphics

    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    23% positive mentions, 54% neutral mentions, 23% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally praised for their style and clarity, though some users note inconsistencies in character art and reliance on AI-generated visuals, which some feel detracts from overall polish. While the visuals are considered simple and functional, they effectively support the game's complex gameplay and depth, with occasional performance issues like lag reported. Overall, the graphics are passable but could benefit from more cohesive and professionally crafted artwork in future updates.

    • “Great sound, great graphics and wow it's depth.”
    • “Graphics are great and speeding up combat doesn't change the frames or stutter.”
    • “Don't let the simple graphics fool you, this is a really nice cultivation game with pretty complex combat and crafting systems.”
    • “No matter what the graphics are set to, it lags.”
    • “The art style between characters is changing quite often, which gets more obvious when you have the more childishly drawn starting characters next to the more adult drawn characters of the mid and late game.”
    • “Sadly, the artworks of the monsters you battle are also AI-generated (as well as a lot—if not most—of the game art in general).”

  • grinding

    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game features a significant amount of grinding, especially for farming materials and optimizing shard configurations, which may feel tedious and repetitive to some players. However, the semi-auto-battler design helps keep combat engaging despite the grind, and pacing might improve as the game develops beyond early access. While grinding can be a drawback, it also offers depth for those who enjoy extensive character and technique customization.

    • “The game is a bit grindy at the moment, with around 50+ hours of gameplay required.”
    • “The game can get quite grindy at times, and some materials are a pain to farm when you have to wait for a boss to spawn, although there are usually other things to do.”
    • “Be aware that the game will become more and more grindy, which can be a positive for some players and a negative for others.”

  • music

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game's music is AI-generated, which some users find clever and initially unnoticeable, though others find it obvious and off-putting. There is hope among players that the developers will commission original, human-made music for the full release. Overall, the AI music adds a unique touch but can sometimes feel lacking, especially during vocal tracks.

    • “On a different note, the game makes clever use of AI for art and music, and I didn’t actually notice that the music was AI until very late when a vocal track made it somewhat obvious since it struggled on some parts.”
    • “On a different note, the game makes clever use of AI for art and music, and I didn’t actually notice that the music was AI until very late when a vocal track made it somewhat obvious since it struggled on some parts.”
    • “My one pain point for this game is the AI art and music. If the dev's Patreon income and the money from game sales are any indication of them having the funds to at least commission or hire an artist, then I hope they do so by the time it leaves early access.”
    • “Downsides: AI generated art and music, both of which are kind of obvious and obnoxious.”
    • “However, I do wish and hope as the game reaches its full version, the developer moves away from AI used on the art and music.”

  • replayability

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers high replayability thanks to its well-designed progression system, diverse skill and crafting options, and frequent updates from responsive developers, providing substantial content even in early access.

    • “Very well thought-out progression, great skills, crafting, and build diversity bring great replayability.”
    • “Despite being an early access game, it has a ton of content and really high replayability.”
    • “The combination of diverse skills and crafting options creates excellent replay value.”

  • optimization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers an impressive level of optimization and theorycrafting depth, making it highly appealing for players who enjoy these aspects. Despite being in early access, it provides a complete and engaging experience with plenty to explore.

    • “A surprisingly complete experience despite being in early access. If you enjoy cultivation stories and/or theorycrafting & optimization, I would 100% give this a try. There is a lot to explore and a very positive community of players on the Discord.”
    • “This game excels at theorycrafting and optimization.”

  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is situational, with moments like confronting a young master rival being either amusing or frustrating depending on playstyle. Additionally, some users find unexpected enjoyment in discovering the game through community channels rather than official platforms.

    • “Having to deal with and face slap a young master rival (depending on your combat build, this can be funny or annoying).”
    • “Funny that I found this masterpiece in the external Discord and not on Steam itself.”

  • monetization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game’s monetization is well-balanced and stays true to its immersive cultivation theme, avoiding the pay-to-win pitfalls common in many mobile games with excessive in-app purchases.

    • “This immortal cultivation game aligns with what we have read from numerous light novels, unlike mobile games which easily outbalance the game with in-app purchases and so on.”
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Play Times

78h Median play time
105h Average play time
10-300h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 4 analyzed playthroughs
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Ascend From Nine Mountains is a tactical role playing game with fantasy and romance themes. Common tags for Ascend From Nine Mountains include turn-based, magic, auto battler, tactical rpg, crafting and others.

Ascend From Nine Mountains is available on PC, Windows and Linux.

On average players spend around 105 hours playing Ascend From Nine Mountains.

Ascend From Nine Mountains was released on October 1, 2025.

Ascend From Nine Mountains was developed by Nine Ascension Studios.

Ascend From Nine Mountains has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked Ascend From Nine Mountains for its gameplay but disliked it for its graphics.

Ascend From Nine Mountains is a single player game.

Similar games include Hero's Adventure:Road to Passion, Wandering Sword, TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children, Tale of Immortal, Trials of Fire and others.