The Ascent – Launch Stats

About a week ago, Neon Giant and Curve Digital released The Ascent – a fast-paced isometric cyberpunk action-RPG. And according to this announcement from the game’s publishers, it’s managed to generate over $5million in its opening weekend, and even reached the top of Steam’s Global Charts.

Here’s the full thing:

Curve achieved its largest ever opening weekend sales revenue this weekend, generating more than $5million and securing the Number 1 slot in the Steam Global Charts for Neon Giant’s The Ascent, firmly positioning the Indie title as a AAA competitor.

Over 1700 YouTube and Twitch channels have streamed gameplay with over 10m generated views, and 90% of global Tier One publications have covered the cyberpunk themed action roleplaying game which is the first title from Swedish Indie Neon Giant. This has put The Ascent in the Top 10 for PR coverage received on a single day in 2021, on par with and above AAA titles.

“The Ascent is the first game out of Curve where our new team has been able to substantially make their mark, working closely with the developer and our platform partners. This success is the result of a genuine team effort throughout the company, the arrival of new leadership and talent and is truly reflective of our new approach of being developer and player focused in all that we do,” commented Curve CEO John Clark.

Curve’s launch campaign focused heavily on community engagement, with the game quickly becoming a must-play title for content creators, influencers and streamers, enabling the title to rapidly build hype and awareness in the run up to launch weekend.

“We have been overwhelmed by the positive response from the community and all our players. As a small team of twelve, creating The Ascent has taken a monumental effort, and we cannot express how grateful we are to everyone who has played the game and given us feedback,” Neon Giant

Then, you might also be interested in this update from the game’s developers that shares a quick thank you message, directs us to some guides, and extends the game’s “Early Adopters” discount to August 9, 2021. Check it out:

Hello everyone

It’s been a week since we launched the Ascent! Though finishing our very first game is an achievement in itself, we can’t express how much we have been blown away with the amount of feedback and positive response from our community of players. This means a lot to the team and we wanted to thank each and every one of you for your love and support toward The Ascent. We truly couldn’t have dreamt of a better community of Indents!

Since launch day, our team has been working hard on improving the game, taking on the very precious feedback from our players. As a reminder, if you are experiencing issues in the game, you can report them via the following form: https://forms.gle/1z8KqkAEHBH3eic79. Thank you to anyone that has submitted or will submit feedback to this form, it is immensely useful for us to prioritize our work and improve the game in the shortest fashion.

Please keep an eye on Steam Community & Steam forums and our Twitter channel @AscentTheGame as you will hear from us very shortly regarding updates.

And for those that have been following us but haven’t yet had a chance to get their hands on The Ascent yet, we’d like to share this very helpful “beginner” guide from Fextralife >

They are also our official Wiki partner on the game, so you can check all their helpful guides here > https://theascent.wiki.fextralife.com/The+Ascent+Wiki

And… One more thing!

Thanks to the incredible response, we have decided to extend the early adopters discount and bonus on Steam to August 9th! As a reminder, by opting into the Steam Early Adopters’ offer until August 9th, you will receive a 10% discount on game and some exclusive content for free:

The exclusive “BitSplit” Shotgun (you unlock it automatically when completing Mission 1)

A digital Artbook (In your steam library, right click on the Ascent, select manage, browse local files, and inside the extra content folder, you will find the artbook)

The game soundtrack (to find the soundtrack, just tick the “soundtrack” box in the dropdown within the Steam Library)

Thank you all for your support, you are the best indents!

TEAM, PASSION, COMMITMENT!

Neon Giant