Genre ActionReleased Jul 29, 2021

The Ascent

Developed by Neon Giant · Published by KRAFTON, Inc.
Estimated lifetime revenue
$6.20M
Gross, before Steam's cut
Net revenue
$4.34M
After Steam's 30% cut
Units sold
419.2K
≈ 17 sales per review
Confidence
High
Based on 25,267 reviews
How we estimate →
Reviews
25,267
Mostly Positive73% positive
Playing now
476
26-day peak 733 · low 70
New reviews, last 26 days
+325
≈ 13 a day since Sep 16

History

Sep 16 – Oct 12

25.3K25.2K25.0K24.9K
Sep 16Sep 29Oct 12

Total Steam reviews. The slope is the signal: a steady climb long after launch means the game is still selling.

How it compares

Action →

Against the 120 most-reviewed Action games on Steam

Outearns 19% of them — in the bottom quarter of the group.

Median
$59.63M
352,132 reviews
Top 10% start at
$203.80M
This game
$6.20M
Fewest reviews of the group

The group is the games with the most reviews under this tag, not every release, so it leans toward games that sold — a percentile here is a harder test than the same percentile across the whole store would be.

About

The Ascent is a solo and co-op Action-shooter RPG set in a cyberpunk world. The mega corporation that owns you and everyone, The Ascent Group, has just collapsed. Can you survive without it?

Developer
Neon Giant
Publisher
KRAFTON, Inc.
Genre
Action
Released
Jul 29, 2021
Steam app ID
979690
Data updated
Oct 12, 2026
Estimates, not reported sales. No developer-published figures are on file for this game. See the methodology for how the numbers are built.