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Legacy of Kain: Ascendance

27% positive of 426 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Platforms
Steam, GOG, PlayStation

Made by Bit Bot Media. Published by Crystal Dynamics.

About the game

Enter the dark world of Nosgoth – Ascendance is a fast paced, 2D action platformer built around fluid combat, vertical movement, vampiric powers, and skill-driven play.

Tagged by players

  • Gothic
  • Metroidvania
  • 2D Platformer
  • Vampires
  • Action-Adventure
  • Platformer
  • Dark Fantasy
  • Side Scroller
  • Action
  • Adventure
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Retro

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What players say

  • Not recommended
    As a long-time Legacy of Kain fan, this is an absolute insult. LoK fans deserved a true masterpiece after all these years, not this pixelated piece of garbage.The combat is completely stiff and clunky, lacking any weight or fluid responsiveness. To make matters worse, the legendary dark and gothic lore of Nosgoth has been completely butchered and watered down to the point where it feels like it was written for…

    9 min played when written. 3 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    The Legacy of Kain has been turned into another Thingy Blah-Blah Number 3. In an era when Amazon is indecorously squeezing every penny out of Tolkien Estate IP, I should not have been surprised to see an unnecessary and frankly pretty crappy addition to the Legacy of Kain franchise. They should have left the series alone. The first five games had almost Shakespearean dialogue with a plot that was influenced by…

    3.8 h played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 8 found it helpful.

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