Ascent: The Space Game is a PvE space sandbox from Fluffy Kitten Studios. Humanity's empire is lost, and players are rebuilding across a galaxy of more than 270 billion star systems. It launched on Steam in April 2016.
Apart from the nine-system Apollo starting sector, everything was built by players: colonies, starbases and jump gates. You can explore, mine asteroids, set up surface bases and farms, research and trade on a market driven by player demand. NPC colonists act on their own needs and can be hired as traders or bribed for smuggling, and players elect mayors, governors, senators and a colonial president.
It suits fans of slow space economy sims. There is no PvP, the game is paid, and some advanced features need a cheap monthly premium (three months included; nothing is lost without it). There is no Russian.
