The Ascent
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Developers | |
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Neon Giant | |
Publishers | |
Curve Digital | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 4[Note 1] | |
Release dates | |
Windows | July 29, 2021 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 73 |
OpenCritic | 74 |
IGDB | 72 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Themes | Cyberpunk |
The Ascent is a singleplayer and multiplayer game.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Microsoft Store | Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.[2] Xbox Play Anywhere. | |||
Steam |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\TheAscent\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor |
Microsoft Store | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\CurveDigital.TheAscent_1ezqdnbhnc70m\LocalCache\Local\TheAscent\Saved\Config\WinGDK\ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/979690/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Steam | %LOCALAPPDATA%\TheAscent\Saved\SaveGames\ |
Microsoft Store | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/979690/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | ||
Xbox Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | Vert- scaling and spanned HUD. Use the related PCGW community tool as a partial workaround. |
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Ultra-widescreen | Vert- scaling. Use the related PCGW community tool as a workaround. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use the related PCGW community tool. | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Forces TAA (workaround available below), DLSS is supported but only on Steam. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | On / off | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives. | ||
Ray tracing (RT) |
- The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.
Anti-Aliasing (AA)
Disable TAA by editing a config file |
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[SystemSettings] r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=0 |
Depth Of field
Disable Depth Of Field by editing a config file |
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[SystemSettings] r.DepthOfFieldQuality=0 |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Co-op |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play | 4 | Co-op |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 11, 12 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
- No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz AMD FX-8350 4.0 GHz |
Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 35 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon R9 390X 2 GB (Nvidia), 8 GB (AMD) of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.26.1[1]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/979690/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (979690) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Verified by User:Aemony on 2021-09-17
- ↑ Over 20 ID@Xbox Games Are Launching Day One With Xbox Game Pass - last accessed on 2021-03-27