Ascend.exe

Ascend.exe is a retro-horror management game set in an underground research facility that never stops expanding. You are its latest operator, responsible for keeping production running by day and exploring its abandoned sections after dark.

Manage the facility

During the day, you attach nodes and manage resources. Construction uses nodes that you can upgrade, merge and arrange using adjacency mechanics. As you build deeper into the facility, it reveals its history.

Explore the darkness

Something remains active in the abandoned sections. You hide from it, run from it and learn from the mistakes of the past. The game uses a retro CRT visual style and includes jump scares, disturbing imagery, occult themes and psychedelic visuals.