Three Skies Ascension, the turn-based RPG from indie outfit Shiny Box Games, just got a lot more accessible. Today’s Steam update adds full text localization in six additional languages—French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese—broadening its reach for global players ready to dive into the world of Baranor.
The patch also delivers a round of gameplay fixes and quality-of-life improvements, shaped directly by player feedback since the game’s April launch. The free demo remains available on Steam, making it easy to test the waters before committing.
Three Skies Ascension throws players into the role of a Commander navigating a high-stakes fantasy war against a looming force known as the Calamity. With more than 200 heroes and monsters to collect and customize, over 100 dungeons to clear, and a multi-chapter story spread across 30 zones, the game leans heavily into its strategic roots while offering deep RPG systems.
The update isn’t just a maintenance patch; it’s part of a bigger plan. Shiny Box has shared a roadmap teasing future content, including boss raids, improved controller support, and other requested features. Three Skies Ascension is available now on Steam. Below is an overview, screens and trailer.
About This Game
Three Skies Ascension is a hero and creature collecting RPG where your party takes on challenging dungeons in turn-based combat.
Your Hero’s Journey
Customize your Commander, collect and level over 200 creatures and heroes, and design the perfectly synergized dungeon exploring party. Unravel the mystery of the Calamity and save the land of Baranor from a mysterious villain surfacing out of your past.
Core Features
- Dungeon dives – Over 100 hand crafted dungeons where you get to decide how much risk you take versus the reward you receive.
- Capture or Bond with over 200 powerful creatures and heroes from across Baranor. Level, promote, equip and ASCEND… then mix and match them into unstoppable battle teams.
- Utilize the Fusion System to create new heroes and alter existing ones.
- Battle against dangerous foes in a deep turn-based elemental combat system!
- Send your extra heroes on full expeditions to earn them experience and rewards.
- Experience a novel’s worth of story content told in a visual novel dialogue system.
- Defeat other Commanders in the PVP Arena to earn your way up through the Arena Leagues!
Explore over 100 hours of story driven content delivered over the course of 12 chapters and more than 30 unique zones.
During each tense dungeon dive, you’ll have to carefully weigh the risk vs. reward payoffs when forming battle parties, managing supplies, choosing paths through the labyrinths, and devising battle tactics.
Master all 14 elements and approach each challenge cleverly to reap the full rewards of your travels.
To begin your journey in Baranor, you’ll create a fully customized Commander.
During your travels, collect and recruit over 200 different creatures and heroes, each with fully customizable skills, talents, attributes, artifacts, and gear. Then make them unstoppable with multiple promotion options!
Using the rarest materials collected from your enemies, upgrade your town to unlock the ability to craft legendary gear, and equip your heroes to mold them into the perfect team for executing your battle plans.
Wage war against other Commanders in highly accessible PVP that rewards players across a variety of different modes.
- Exclusive: Only lowest rarity heroes are permitted.
- Limited: Only middle and lowest rarity heroes are permitted.
- Open: Battle with no restrictions.
- Random: Receive random combatants based on the heroes you have in your collection, each level scaling to be on par with other rare heroes.
Climb the Leaderboards to reach the top of the Grandmaster League!
This roadmap offers a glimpse into what we’re working on for Three Skies Ascension, and we’re counting on your feedback to shape 2025 even more!
