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Ascendora

A first-person story horror game in an abandoned laboratory deep in the forest.

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Free demo on Steam · Featured in Steam Scream Fest, 26 October – 2 November 2026 · Press kit

About

Harper, the child of a missing scientist, follows a forest road at night to the abandoned laboratory where the answers are said to lie: Ascendora. The power is dead, the lantern’s batteries are running low, and Harper might not be alone in there.

Ascendora is a story-driven horror game played in first person. Raised by old friends of the family who would never talk about what happened, Harper finally finds a lead. Explore the abandoned building with a lantern and the night vision on your wrist, find keys, codes and tools, bring the power back – and find out the truth in the lower levels of the lab.

Features

  • A night outside before you even reach the building: forest, wind, a broken guard post and something in the trees.
  • A lantern that runs on batteries, and a wrist device with night vision that shows what the lantern can’t.
  • Keys, codes, locks and tools hidden around an abandoned laboratory.
  • The story told through the place itself: documents, notes and what was left behind.
  • Scares that come from the dark, not from gore.

The free demo

The demo starts on the forest road to the lab on a stormy night: pick up the backpack, light the lantern and find a way in. Inside, explore the dark lobby, offices and halls of Ascendora, manage your batteries and work your way to the generator. The demo ends when the lights come on.

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Screenshots

  • The forest road to the guard post, lit only by Harper’s lantern.
  • Something bursts out of the abandoned guard post.
  • The power surge: a light fitting tears out of the ceiling in the dark.
  • The front doors of Ascendora at the end of the drive.
  • Through the wrist device’s night vision: inside the guard post.
  • A backpack waits in the grass by the road, its lantern still glowing.
  • The lobby of Ascendora in the light of the lantern.
  • An abandoned office, left as it was.
  • A dark corridor. Harper might not be alone in here.

Trailer

Also watch the teaser, or see all videos on the Beepy Games YouTube channel.