Games like Ascent
Looking for games like Ascent? Here are top platformer recommendations with a fantasy and science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Songbringer, Cardinal Escape or Xeodrifter.
1 74%Game Brain Scorestory, musicreplayability, grinding76% User Score 185 reviewsCritic Score 60%1 reviewsSongbringer is a sci-fi, pixel, action-adventure game in which one journeys through procedurally-generated, Zelda-inspired worlds. Along the way one will uncover powerful artifacts and forge them anew. Those skilled with the nanosword will vanquish giants and save a planet from being overrun.
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2 View GameDescription: Cosmo had the ability to jump incredible heights with QUANTUM LEAP, manipulate the electromagnetic field with VOLT SURGE, withstand any attack with a PLASMA BARRIER, and even manipulate gravity with ANTI-G. That is, until he was captured by the tyrannical captain of The Cardinal, a massive cross-shaped labyrinth of a vessel known throughout the galaxy for wreaking havoc on any plan…
View Game3 View Game74%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsstory, grinding73% User Score 882 reviewsCritic Score 76%16 reviewsXeodrifter is an action-packed exploration game with a retro graphical style. Blast your way through alien landscapes, seek out valuable secrets, and defeat ancient guardians to unlock powers from a legendary supreme culture in this exciting journey of mystery and adventure.
View Game4 95%Game Brain Scoregraphics, gameplaygrinding, stability96% User Score 109 reviewsCritic Score 86%1 reviewsExplore and fight your way through a crashed human spaceship infested with relentless hordes of aliens as you become more powerful with exciting weapon upgrades and powerups in this retro inspired first-person shooter.
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5 97%Game Brain Scoremusic, gameplaygraphics97% User Score 122 reviewsTake control of Captain Grisham as you investigate the uncharted Planet 4-514. Collect items to help you progress deeper into the planet's depths, and power up your weapons to fight off powerful enemies and bosses! Explore multiple biomes, each with its own hazards to navigate, and uncover the mysteries that lie underneath the surface! Features: Over 70 items to discover Each item has its o…
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6 89%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, stability95% User Score 3,634 reviewsCritic Score 76%4 reviewsPounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.
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7 71%Game Brain Scoregraphics, stabilitymusic, gameplay74% User Score 47 reviewsCritic Score 69%1 reviewsAstronite is a 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Recover the planet where you and yours lived before it was invaded by strange creatures.
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8 88%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplaygraphics, stability88% User Score 148 reviewsMurder bosses, collect and equip their skulls. A pixel-perfect platformer focused on exploration and hard but fair combat.
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9 73%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsgrinding, replayability77% User Score 86 reviewsCritic Score 68%6 reviews[Media 3738411] [Media 3636391] In a long-devastated world, only one city remains intact. Protected by a glass dome, the city of Endeavor rises above the wreckage of the past. Inhabited solely...
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10 Descend into the ruins of Eliond, a world shattered by mutation and war. As a specially trained agent from Earth, you step through a collapsing portal to survive, explore, and join the Cryselts, an elite government task force designed to defend the planet. Face dangerous enemies, master powerful weapons and abilities, navigate a massive interconnected world, and help rebuild the fallen civilizati…
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