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Games like Ascend to ZERO

What to play if you like Ascend to ZERO

Start with Darkest Dungeon®, FTL: Faster Than Light, SPORE™. These games share the strongest Game DNA signals with Ascend to ZERO, then show where the experience changes.

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These are anonymous game-to-game comparisons, not personal recommendations or player-behaviour claims.

Darkest Dungeon® cover77% shared experience

Darkest Dungeon®

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Punishment for failure

FTL: Faster Than Light cover68% shared experience

FTL: Faster Than Light

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Progression and Punishment for failure

SPORE™ cover65% shared experience

SPORE™

Preserves: Progression and Strategic depth

Changes: Resource management

Megabonk cover64% shared experience

Megabonk

Preserves: Combat intensity and Progression

Changes: Progression

One-armed robber cover64% shared experience

One-armed robber

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Progression

Inscryption cover63% shared experience

Inscryption

Preserves: Strategic depth and Progression

Changes: Progression

XCOM: Enemy Unknown cover62% shared experience

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Progression

Dispatch cover61% shared experience

Dispatch

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Progression

Crusader Kings II cover61% shared experience

Crusader Kings II

Preserves: Progression and Strategic depth

The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome cover61% shared experience

The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome

Preserves: Progression and Strategic depth

Blade and Sorcery cover60% shared experience

Blade and Sorcery

Preserves: Progression and Complexity

Changes: Strategic depth

Borderlands 2 cover60% shared experience

Borderlands 2

Preserves: Progression and Combat intensity

Changes: Strategic depth

Kenshi cover60% shared experience

Kenshi

Preserves: Progression and Strategic depth

Changes: Resource management and Isolation

Fallout: New Vegas cover60% shared experience

Fallout: New Vegas

Preserves: Combat intensity and Progression

Changes: Isolation

Sid Meier's Civilization® V cover60% shared experience

Sid Meier's Civilization® V

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Progression

BioShock™ Remastered cover59% shared experience

BioShock™ Remastered

Preserves: Combat intensity and Progression

Changes: Complexity

Mewgenics cover59% shared experience

Mewgenics

Preserves: Progression and Strategic depth

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut cover59% shared experience

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut

Preserves: Complexity and Combat intensity

Changes: Strategic depth

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