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Battle for Asciion

91% positive of 12 Steam reviews

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Released
2026
Steam Deck
Not tested
Platforms
Steam

Made by Relevo.

About the game

Battle for Asciion is a classic horizontal shoot ’em up built entirely from real text characters. No sprites. No pixels. No images. Just pure ASCII action, massive bosses, weapon upgrades and retro arcade challenge.

Tagged by players

  • Boomer Shooter
  • Side Scroller
  • Text-Based
  • Shoot 'Em Up
  • Arcade
  • Shooter
  • 1980s
  • Mars
  • 1990's
  • Action
  • Aliens
  • Futuristic

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Very cool concept, and a good bit of fun!

    14 min played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    I love the graphical style, its great! Very neat to be able to select the terminal collar (white, green, orange). Unfortunately, the rest is pretty uninspred. While you have 4 ships to choose from, but they are all the same and just chacrater swaps. After beating the game you are told a code to play hardcore mode, but its barely more difficult, and should ahve just been a visible mode from the start. There are 10…

    1.2 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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