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Jul 13, 2026

Ascend to Zero

Broadly loved
Reactions
452
Score confidence
very high
Score trend
Platforms
PC · Xbox Series X|S
Age rating
E10+
78
Score

The game

Have you ever wondered what it's like to stop the time? Ascend to ZERO is a time-control roguelike, in which you can use your special ability to stop the time itself and efficiently fight your way through the top. Freeze the time to dodge opponents' attacks using your unique ability, and always hold a higher ground for the combat. However, don't forget that the time allowed for you is confined.

Developer
Flyway Games
Platforms
PC · Xbox Series X|S
Screenshots
The Real Review

People are mostly into this time-control roguelike, loving the core mechanic of freezing time to dodge and fight, which feels great. That said, the game's difficulty is a major turnoff for many, feeling punishingly unfair, and its performance is a widespread issue with frequent crashes and frame drops, especially on PC and Xbox. The developer, Flyway Games, is getting a lot of flak, likely for these technical problems. It's a solid concept that's fun when it works, but you'll need to be patient with its jank.

Synthesized from 452 real reactionsvery high confidence
PraisedGameplay · Graphics · Value
FaultedPerformance · Difficulty
DivisiveStory

Sentiment split

69% positive
19% mixed
12% negative

By aspect

gameplay81
value75
difficulty36
graphics79
performance33
story45

How opinion moved

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Buzz

Aug 1319 reactions over two weeksAug 26

How much people are talking about this game: reactions counted per day they were posted.

Names & topics that came up

Flyway Gamesdeveloper230× · 11%+PCplatform43× · 9%+Steamplatform34× · 0%+Xbox Series X|Splatform31× · 6%+Ascend to ZEROfeature26× · 31%+Twitchplatform21× · 5%+Ascend to ZEROcharacter16× · 50%+Xboxplatform14× · 0%+Xbox Game Passplatform11× · 27%+TrueAchievementsplatform9× · 0%+achievementsfeature7× · 100%+time-control abilityfeature7× · 71%+time-control mechanicfeature7× · 100%+KRAFTONdeveloper7× · 29%+time stop abilityfeature6× · 83%+

Where the signal came from

Steam
238
Social Media
214

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