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Ascii Sector

Ascii Sector is a free space combat/exploration/trading game for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. You start with a simple spaceship and can then accept missions or trade goods to earn enough money to upgrade your…

22 January 2016

Ascii Sector is a shooter developed by Laserbrain Studios, released 22 January 2016 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Ascii Sector is

Ascii Sector is a shooter game developed by Laserbrain Studios and released in 2016. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Ascii Sector is a free space combat/exploration/trading game for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. You start with a simple spaceship and can then accept missions or trade goods to earn enough money to upgrade your ship or buy a new one. You can engage in deadly fights both in space, on the ground and on board spaceships, and using the Ascii Sector scripting language, you can create your own quests for the game or have fun with other players' quests.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Ascii Sector launched on 22 January 2016, within three weeks of The Witness, Firewatch, XCOM 2 and Yakuza Kiwami.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Firewatch, XCOM 2, Yakuza Kiwami.

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When did Ascii Sector come out?
Ascii Sector was released on 22 January 2016 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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