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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, crumb...

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.

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