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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
  • Shoot 'Em Up
  • Shooter
  • Text-Based
  • Mars
  • Arcade
  • 1980s
  • Action
  • Aliens
  • 1990's
  • Casual

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What players say

  • 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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  • Recommended
    Battle for Asciion is an unusual and ambitious shoot ’em up that takes one of gaming’s oldest visual concepts and builds an entire action experience around it. Developed and published by Relevo, the game embraces a distinctive ASCII presentation where everything on screen is formed from text characters rather than conventional graphics. While many indie games use retro aesthetics as a nostalgic layer, Battle for…

    9.4 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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