Going by its demo, Ascenders: Beyond the Peak is a pitiless Darkest Dungeon-style climbing RPG in which one party member’s fall could doom the rest

Seldom has the phrase "balance your party" carved deeper clawmarks into my soul than when playing Ascenders: Beyond the Peak, a turn-based cosmic horror RPG in which you guide groups of alpinists up cursed mountains in search of terrible artefacts. Each level is a grid-based cliff face made up of slippery ledges, crumbling overhangs, unearthly varmints such as giant spiders, and resource caches such as the rucksacks of mountaineers who came before. Read more

Seldom has the phrase "balance your party" carved deeper clawmarks into my soul than when playing Ascenders: Beyond the Peak, a turn-based cosmic horror RPG in which you guide groups of alpinists up cursed mountains in search of terrible artefacts. Each level is a grid-based cliff face made up of slippery ledges, crumbling overhangs, unearthly…

Seldom has the phrase "balance your party" carved deeper clawmarks into my soul than when playing Ascenders: Beyond the Peak, a turn-based cosmic horror RPG in which you guide groups of alpinists up cursed mountains in search of terrible artefacts. Each level is a grid-based cliff face made up of slippery ledges, crumbling overhangs, unearthly varmints such as giant spiders, and resource caches such as the rucksacks of mountaineers who came before. Read more