An indie low-poly narrative-driven action-adventurer for PC and Mac
An engaging, entertaining crime drama
A beautiful story
A tale that engages with its depth and complexity
A Thug’s Ascension is a low-poly narrative-driven action-adventure/FPS indie video game developed by Studio Aditya Chandra and published by the British media company Keymailer. Featured on IGN and at IndiaGDC, DevGAMM Lisbon, DreamHack Beyond, and other expos and festivals across the world, the game released on Steam on 19 January, 2024 for Windows and macOS and received positive reviews from both players and critics. Although very rough, very indie, and very clearly zero-budget, A Thug’s Ascension is Adi Chandra’s true debut as a storyteller, who wrote, directed, shot, designed, and coded the game over five hard years from 2018 to 2023 at age fourteen to nineteen.
A Thug’s Ascension is a dark, slow-paced, character-driven crime drama set in the fictional Indian city of Marathanagar (inspired from Mumbai), circa 2023. It follows two broken men—mercenary underboss Chief and billionaire industrialist Dr. Sarkar—as their conflicting objectives and ideologies pit them against each other in an all-out war for the future of their hometown. A Thug’s Ascension combines cinematic, dialogue-driven storytelling with intense shooting and driving gameplay, everything from explosive gangwars to city-wide car chases.
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