Indie Rogue-like Astral Ascent gets major 2.0 update

Astral Ascent is a highly fun 2D side-scrolling rogue-like offering cooperative gameplay alongside a ton of cool and unique characters to experiment with. Since its release back in late 2023 the game has seen a great deal of support – both in terms of free patches and paid DLC. In what is perhaps the biggest update yet, Astral Ascent 2.0 is now live, bringing with it dozens of changes and additions.

Making the announcement via their Steam page, the team at Hibernian Workshop wrote the following: “Today is the day, exactly 4 years ago we finished our Kickstarter Campaign for Astral Ascent and today, after 6 months of work (we nearly doubled the game content, it takes time!), we finally release the 2.0 Update: The Outer Reaches which is by far the biggest update to the game so far.”

The full list of changes and additions can be found HERE, but some of the most notable include:

• New intro room
• New Void Imprint reward rooms (with 90 unique imprints)
• Bonus room system
• New Aura selection room
• New Echo selection room
• New visual effects during combat
• Improved enemy reactivity
• Dozens of balance tweaks
• New title screen
• Much much more

Beyond the 2.0 update, Astral Ascent has also gotten its next DLC release. Though a paid expansion, the Alternative Worlds DLC adds 4 new worlds; 32 new enemies; 16 new traps/elements and more.

If you have yet to try out Astral Ascent, now is as good a time as any, with the game currently being 50% off for the next two weeks.

KitGuru says: Have you played Astral Ascent? What do you think of it? What’s your favourite rogue-like in recent years? Let us know down below.

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