The Ascent (2021)

The Ascent is one of those games that I knew I would want to play as soon as I saw it and then somehow ended up with two copies of, in the space of about a week. How? My forgetting it was part of the Humble Bundle for August and then buying it while it was on offer on Steam. Do I begrudge paying for it when I was due to have it again if I’d waited a week or two? Yes, but only for that reason. The game is, as far as I can tell so far, well worth the money I spent on it. Here’s why.