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Ascension: The Immortal Alchemist
A Hardcore Retro Precision Platformer, Maze Runner, Escape Room & Rage Game set in the Lost Labyrinths of Egypt inspired by the Secret Mystery Cults of Antiquity.

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Single-player
Family Sharing
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Languages:
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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“To allow players to provide feedback, fostering community and allowing players to help guide the development of the game.

Goals include more environmental variation, organic environments, combat and puzzle interactions, player customization, spectator modes and multiplayer features co-op, head to head, local and peer to peer.

Steam Achievements and Leaderboard integration, regular competitive competition ladders with player spot lights and prizes.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Approximately 4-6 months”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“Additional Content - (17 additional Levels) - Across 4 Additional Spheres (Environments)

Additional Gameplay Mechanics, Traps, Platforms, Puzzles, Combat Interactions, Mele & Spells - and Organic Environments

Player Customization, Aesthetic and Micro Gameplay Tweaks

Multiplayer Support - Local, Peer to Peer - Co-op, Competitive & Spectator Modes

Steam Leaderboard & Achievements

Player Spot Lights and Ladders”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“Single Player, Mesocore - Competitive Action Physics Platformer, Speed Runner & Escape Room

"Ghost Save" & Import Feature to Race against your friends or favorite speed runner any time, online or offline

19 Levels (3 Training) across 3 Spheres with Unique Gameplay Features (Saturn, Jupiter, Mars)

Set in the perilous Lost Labyrinth of Egypt - Polished Stylized Visuals, Optimized for High Performance.

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Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Early Access Pricing is discounted while we add content to the game - 1.0 Release price will increase.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We hope to involve the community in leaderboard challenges, time trials - critiquing content, offering content suggestions, bug finding and fixing, optimization requests and promotion.

The Start Menu of the game contains multiple links to various channels for our players to offer feedback, critiques and content requests.

These Platforms include a Website complete with Members area and forum, discord and other channels to relay information about the user experience. ”
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Planned Release Date: December 2025

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About This Game

Kybalion must confront a Labyrinthine Nightmare, where he is trialed by cosmic forces to secure the ascension of his soul.

A Mesocore (rage game) Precision Platformer, Escape Room and Speed Runner set beneath the sands of Giza in the perilous Lost Labyrinth of Egypt.

Core Gameplay | Key Features

Hardcore Precision Platforming: Responsive movement built for accuracy timing and flow. Navigate the labyrinth and avoid its deadly perils by mastering climbing, evasion, dynamic movements, air control, special abilities and momentum-driven traversal.

Non-Linear Level Design & Physics Based Interactions: Allowing for diverse approaches to gameplay and path selection, increasing re-playability for attuning mastery.

Cosmic Force Interactions: Subtle mechanics inspired by cosmic correspondences—woven into movement, player abilities, level design, environmental behavior, UI and lore.

Ghost Run System: Save and Share your best runs, complete with customizable tattoos. Race against yourself, your friends or your favorite streamers. Can customize decals ideal for content creators.

Mesocore (Rage Game) Design for extreme (but fair) challenges requiring mastery of external mechanics and internal influences.

Resource Management manage character resources like Time, Health, Stamina, Spirit and Karma.

Light Puzzle & Discovery Elements  that reward attention, focus, and intuition and punish suboptimal habits. Find and unseal the hidden scrolls, observe the signs and symbols that hide in plain sight, discover the secret laws of the cosmic spheres and collect fragments of wisdom to progress.

Traps perilous traps that challenge memory, focus, timing and test your emotional stability. Bound to make you laugh out loud, and cry in shame.

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Forbidden Alchemy (Lore) integrated into core gameplay mechanics, level design, movement challenges, UI and lore.

Symbolic reenactment of ancient ascension rites - Attain Gnosis while you play without interrupting game flow.

Lore Teaser

Awaken as Kybalion, a seeker pulled into an inner realm of initiation under the guidance of the Immortal Alchemist.

Follow the Trials and Tribulations of an Immortal Alchemist and his quest throughout time to transmute humans into gods.

Ascension - The Immortal Alchemist is not just a game, but a measure of ones self, a digital initiation into the mystery cults of antiquity.

Early Access includes

Single Player Game Mode

3 Foundational Training Levels (Yes, you will need them)

16 Ascension Trials across the first 3 Cosmic Spheres

Light puzzle elements hidden scrolls, levers, fragments of wisdom, escape-room style progression

Multiple Difficulty settings that significantly scale the difficulty of the experience

Ghost Run System save and share your trials to race against yourself, friends and members of the community

Full Game Additions

Multiplayer Game Modes - Coop - Head to Head

33 Ascension Trials across 7 Cosmic Spheres including organic environments

Steam Leaderboard Integration

Additional Puzzle Elements, Traps, Physics Platforms, Combat & More

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Unrealistic, exaggerated gore as a physics spectacle

Gore will be able to be disabled / enabled in options

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-6400 (4 core 2.7GHz) AMD Ryzen 5 1500X (4 core 3.5GHz)
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB) AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB)
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Intel i7-8700 (6 core 3.7 GHz) AMD Ryzen 7 2700X (8 core 3.7 GHz)
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA RTX 2070 Super (8 GB) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB)
    • Storage: 3 GB available space
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