---
title: "Astral Ascension"
description: "After being wrongfully terminated from the Investigations Agency of Polaris, our Protagonist struggles to find a piloting job that doesn't have him blacklisted."
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/58/79558.jpg"
---

# Astral Ascension

![Astral Ascension](https://t.vndb.org/cv/58/79558.jpg)

**Developer:** PixelFade Studio

**Release date:** May 30, 2025

**Platform:** Windows, macOS

**Language:** English

**Rating:** 7.5/10 (41 votes)

## Description
After being wrongfully terminated from the Investigations Agency of Polaris, our Protagonist struggles to find a piloting job that doesn't have him blacklisted. With no options left, he joins the mercenary ship of Aetos to continue supporting his ill sister and to find a way to clear his name.

Embarking on missions with the stoic captain Iris, the cheery engineer Vaela, the playful doctor Luna, and the suave navigator Kai, the team will travel across multiple star systems and meet all sorts of personalities!

[From [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1529350/)]

## Characters
### Hero
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black
- **Body:** Pale, Adult
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Clothes:** Necktie, Vest, Gloves, Armband
- **Engages in:** Piloting, Investigation
- **Role:** Full Brother, Pilot
- **Subject of:** Betrayal, Gaslighting

### Celeste
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Ahoge
- **Body:** Pale
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Clothes:** Dress, Hairpin
- **Role:** Full Sister, Pianist, Younger Sister
- **Subject of:** Illness
- **Personality:** Optimist, Ambitious
- **Voiced by:** Vanille Velasquez

### Iris Alcyon
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Pink, Waist Length+, Tiny Braid
- **Body:** Pale, Adult
- **Eyes:** Violet
- **Clothes:** Gloves, Hairpin
- **Personality:** Kuudere, Smart, Confident, Dandere, Rebellious, Thrifty
- **Role:** Soldier, Mercenary, Captain
- **Subject of:** Grief
- **Voiced by:** Karenna Foley

### Kai Zephyr
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Blond, Parted to Side
- **Body:** Pale, Adult
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Personality:** Otaku, Romantically Indecisive, Relaxed, Kind, Womanizer, Pessimist, Insightful, Ambitious, Promiscuous, Charismatic, Streetwise
- **Role:** Pilot, Mercenary, Ex-boyfriend
- **Voiced by:** Nathan Wagner

### Luna Seren
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** White, Long
- **Body:** Pale, Adult, Big Breasts
- **Role:** Orphan, Medical Doctor, Spy, Mercenary, Superhuman, Veteran
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Personality:** Pervert, Pacifist, Cheerful
- **Subject of:** Child Abuse, Teasing, Child Neglect
- **Engages in:** Flirting
- **Clothes:** Latex Gloves
- **Voiced by:** Sydney Poniewaz

### Vaela Kade
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Waist Length+, Orange
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult, Mole
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Role:** Engineer, Younger Sister
- **Clothes:** Towel, Hair Tie, Fingerless Gloves
- **Personality:** Cheerful
- **Voiced by:** ZoraLune

### Helen
- **Gender:** Female
- **Traits:** 
- **Voiced by:** Kelsey Cruz

### Jonas
- **Gender:** Male
- **Traits:** 
- **Voiced by:** Michael Malconian

### Morgana
- **Gender:** Female
- **Traits:** 
- **Voiced by:** Lindsay Sheppard

### Nova
- **Gender:** Female
- **Traits:** 
- **Voiced by:** Kelsey Cruz

### Rook
- **Gender:** Male
- **Traits:** 
- **Voiced by:** Chrystian Marte

### Tobias
- **Gender:** Male
- **Traits:** 
- **Voiced by:** Michael Malconian

### Xenok
- **Gender:** Male
- **Traits:** 
- **Voiced by:** Chrystian Marte

### Zeke
- **Gender:** Male
- **Traits:** 
- **Voiced by:** Brody Allen

## Shops
- [Official Website](https://www.pixelfade.com/portfolio/visual-novel/astral-ascension/)
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1529350/)

## Releases
### English
- **2025-05-30**: Astral Ascension - [Official website](https://www.pixelfade.com/portfolio/visual-novel/astral-ascension/)
- **2025-07-28**: Astral Ascension - [Official website](https://www.pixelfade.com/portfolio/visual-novel/astral-ascension/), [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1529350/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/1529350/info/)

## Tags
Horror, Personal Armed Combat, ADV, Combat with Firearms, Space, Spaceship, Male Protagonist, Future, Multiple Endings, Health Issues, Nameable Protagonist, Combat with Laser and Beam Firearms, Protagonist's Sister as a Support Character, Detective Work, Episodic Story, Protagonist with a Face, Game Over, High Amount of Special Effects, Colored Name-tags, Lip Sync, Friendship Ending, Marriage Ending, Highly Animated Sprites, Quick Time Events, Robots, Friendship Route, Non-Japanese Voice Acting, Falsely Accused, Non-sexual Child Abuse, Off Screen Sex Only, Mourning

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- [ACE Academy](https://pinovel.net/v13948)
- [Crystalline](https://pinovel.net/v19989)
- [Kaori After Story](https://pinovel.net/v24703)
- [Ethereal Enigma](https://pinovel.net/v26010)
- [Astral Ascension](https://pinovel.net/v36099)

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