Advent Rising

Advent Rising

Released Sep 2006

A common legend pervades the galaxy-that of a powerful, highly intelligent ancient race that will one day deliver the universe. They are known as Humans. The Advent of Humanity Begins...

77% positive · 581 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Advent Rising is a 2005/2006 action game originally published by Majesco, now available on Steam under Ziggurat. When it arrived on Steam, the publisher made a series of posts in early 2018 expressing enthusiasm for the game and announcing two free DLC packs — the official soundtrack and a six-issue comic book series — both of which shipped on March 29, 2018. A launcher update followed on April 20, 2018. The 2018 posts hinted at ongoing plans: one post mentioned "a lot of exciting things in store" and another spoke of "continuing to add content." However, those statements were never followed up with any concrete announcements or releases. The last developer communication was the launcher update post on April 20, 2018. Since then — over eight years ago — there has been no further news, patches, or announcements from the publisher regarding Advent Rising specifically. Notably, the one post tagged as a major content release (NEWS-1, January 2021) was actually announcing a completely different game (Real Heroes: Firefighter HD), not Advent Rising content. This appears to have been posted to the wrong game's news feed. All listed DLC is released. The game itself is a complete, finished product from its original 2005/2006 release. The vague 2018 promises of future content were never fulfilled and have long since gone stale with no follow-through. The game can be considered complete as originally shipped.
Evidence
Publisher announces the soundtrack and comic DLC are now available, and mentions a launcher update coming soon.
news post · Mar 29, 2018 source content shipped
medium
Publisher introduces itself to the community and announces 'various updates planned' starting with modern system compatibility improvements, while noting no new titles to announce.
news post · Mar 7, 2018 source ambiguous
medium

Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Released
Mar 2018

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Ziggurat
Achievements
—
Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player

About this game

A common legend pervades the galaxy-that of a powerful, highly intelligent ancient race that will one day deliver the universe. They are known as Humans.
Some claim they are the messiah. Others believe they exist only in the imaginations of the young. The Seekers, however, know Humans exist and believe they are an enemy that must be destroyed. Under the guise of benevolent explorers, Seekers comb the universe and eradicate any Human colonies they find. Until now.
Working with award-winning science fiction author Orson Scott Card, GlyphX Games has created a gripping storyline that will thrust gamers into an incredible intergalactic saga.
The Advent of Humanity Begins...
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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