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Darkblade Ascent
Fast paced First-Person Melee Roguelike RPG with randomly generated weapons and upgrades, unlockable new classes and persistent leveling. Hack and slash your way through atmospheric dark fantasy locations, unique monsters and bosses.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
“More fun than I expected, but it kinda feels like it's still in early access and really needs a lot of updates. The meta-progression is really lacking and there being only 4 weapon types makes things really repetitive. I do think the game is worth getting on sale, but it's not…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Honestly, I vibe with it. I like the 1st person POV roguelike feel combined with randomized loot on clearing rooms. My main issue with it is that I want more lmfao. This just made me want a drastically more complex and expanded version of this exact game. The endless mode is…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“This game has exactly 2 hours of content. "Unlockable new classes". Only differ by 1 spell "persistent upgrades" well these are just stats like +5% spear dmg, and you max it out very fast "randomly generated weapons" yeah there is almost no difference in weapons at all apart…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
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Latest official news
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Hotfix v1.02
Fixes: Added save game backup system. Fixed an issue where the final boss would get out of bounds.
Hotfix 1.01
Fixes: Enemies Abyssal Rift in Caves (6th area in the campaign) will no longer get stuck in their spawn zone. Gauntled modifiers no longer apply in The Hideout. Changes: Turning off Head Bobbing in se
Darkblade Ascent 1.0 is NOW LIVE! 25% OFF
We're thrilled to hit this incredible milestone, an achievement made possible by our players. Your invaluable feedback has been essential in helping Darkblade Ascent reach its full potential. This lau
Dakblade Ascent 1.0 Release Date
Darkblade Ascent is finally leaving Early Access and launching into 1.0 on October 23rd! We're thrilled to hit this incredible milestone, an achievement made possible by our players. Your invaluable f
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | Early Access · First-Person · Action Roguelike · Dungeon Crawler · RPG · Action · Indie · Hack and Slash · Rogue-like · Dark Fantasy · Procedural Generation · Loot (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Stereo Sound · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 36 |
| Official site | https://darkbladeascent.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64 bit Processor: Intel Core i5-6400 / AMD FX-8320 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 960 / R9 280 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 15 GB available space