The gaming platform Steam has established itself as one of the most important places for gamers to acquire PC games many years ago. The selection of the industry giant is unimaginably vast and offers far more than just AAA titles. But what is the most expensive game on Steam?
The most expensive game on Steam, not counting DLCs, is a “Virtual Reality” game. With “Ascent Free-Roaming VR Experience”, Fury Games released a VR multiplayer game that costs a whopping 999 €.
Here is Ascent Free-Roaming VR Experience on Steam.
What is Ascent Free-Roaming VR Experience about? In the expensive VR title, you must free a research facility infested with monsters using weaponry. There are bosses that will shake the ground beneath you using the VR technology employed.
Furthermore, players should be enabled to intervene in the action without complex controls through an intuitive weapon and healing system.
If you want to see how Ascent Free-Roaming VR Experience plays, we’ll embed a video from the developer studio Fury Games:
Who is the game aimed at? Even though the VR title can be played with up to four players, it does not offer online co-op. Besides the single-player mode, Ascent features a local co-op mode, thus indicating to whom the expensive pleasure is directed.
Ascent is not meant for the average player who wants to game at home for a few hours. The title is directed at arcades that focus on VR games.
The operator of such an arcade could purchase Ascent and offer it in their establishment. Players would then have to pay, for example, for entry into the arcade or book the Ascent area for a specific period.
However, Fury Games states on Steam that Ascent is not for commercial use in Ireland or the UK, and one should visit the developer’s website if they wish to use the title commercially in the region.
What is needed to play Ascent? To experience Ascent with all its integrated gameplay mechanics, you need not only plenty of space but also expensive hardware.
No, we are not talking about a high-end gaming PC, but about the devices needed for control and similar purposes. Besides so-called “underfloor bass shakers” that make the ground vibrate, haptic suits and smart plug climate controls are also required.
Fury Games states the following on Steam:
Feel the ground shaking beneath your feet as enemies approach, sense your opponent’s grip with tailored haptic feedback, and feel the air rush above your head with smart plug climate control.
Fury Games via Steam
What must my system be able to do if I want to play Ascent at home? Reading about haptic suits and vibrating floors could quickly lead one to think that Ascent is a very demanding game and even the latest hardware might struggle.
But in reality, no three combined RTX-3090 graphics cards are required to bring the VR experience into your living room. The minimum requirements for your PC are acceptable:
The minimum requirements according to Steam:
- Operating System: Windows 8.1
- Processor: i5-6400
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Nvidia 1060 GPU
- Storage: 5 GB available storage
Would you play Ascent Free-Roaming VR Experience if an arcade near you offered the game, or could you even imagine paying almost 1,000 € for a Steam game if you had the necessary hardware at home?
Many players are willing to spend large sums on games, merchandise, or even in-game items that excite them. For example, the most expensive items in Destiny 2 fall into the same price range as Ascent and are not sold by Bungie.
The most expensive items in Destiny 2 cost up to 800 euros but are not sold by Bungie
