Improvisation Engine

At the heart of Underworld Ascendant's distinctive gameplay is the Improvisation Engine, which gives you an array of tools to think up your own ingenious solutions to challenges.

For instance, how to cross a subterranean river guarded by deadly lurker?

Unwise player tries to swim past, and meets their watery doom.

Clever player tosses a rotworm downstream to distract lurker.

Clever player charms a giant cave spider to carry them up and over.

What’s your clever solution?

Underworld Ascendant's Improvisation Engine encourages you to experiment and unlock your creative potential. Devise clever techniques that even the game's designers haven't imagined yet!

Alter the environment to your advantage. Flood an arid plain to help the damp-loving shamblers expand their territory, gaining their favor. Changes you make can ripple across the game's reactive, ever-changing ecology, producing startlingly unpredictable results.