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Montreal, Canada – May 26, 2026 — Breaking Walls, the studio behind AWAY: The Survival Series, has announced its new project, Venus: The Last Ascent, a physics-based sci-fi survival game where the player’s base is also their vehicle. The demo is available now on Steam, ahead of the game’s appearance in Steam Next Fest beginning June 15, 2026.
An announcement trailer for Venus: The Last Ascent will be released on June 2, 2026.
In Venus: The Last Ascent, players build and expand a massive rolling fortress across the hostile surface of Venus. The machine acts as a home, workshop, power grid, oxygen supply, mining rig, weapon platform, and the player’s only way forward.
Every component added to the fortress matters. Drills, farms, weapons, shields, reactors, storage, tools, and oxygen systems all affect what the machine can do, but they also affect its weight, balance, movement, and stability. A badly designed fortress can get stuck or fail when the terrain turns against it.
The playable demo introduces players to the game’s core fantasy: mining Venusian rock, upgrading a physics-driven mobile base, surviving dangerous terrain, and defending precious energy from abandoned solar-powered machines that wake up with the sun.
The goal is to keep moving toward Cloud City, the last city above the clouds. Every upgrade, every repair, and every fight brings the player closer to escape.
The demo for Venus: The Last Ascent is available now on Steam. The announcement trailer will be released on June 2, 2026, and the game will be featured in Steam Next Fest beginning June 15, 2026.
Steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2640150/Venus_The_Last_Ascent/
Website:
https://venusthelastascent.com/
Press kit:
https://breakingwalls.notion.site/Press-Kit-Overview-36b4306583c6809aa562ccea0bfad029
Announcement trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JImB9CAwy0
About Venus: The Last Ascent
Venus: The Last Ascent is a physics-based sci-fi survival game where players build a massive rolling fortress and engineer their way across the hostile surface of Venus.
Instead of building a static base, players expand a mobile machine made of functional components: drills, farms, reactors, oxygen systems, storage, shields, weapons, and tools. Every addition changes how the machine works, moves, and survives.
Players must mine resources, unlock upgrades, defend their energy, and keep moving toward Cloud City, the last city above the clouds.
About Breaking Walls
Breaking Walls is an independent game studio based in Montreal, Canada, and the creator of AWAY: The Survival Series. The studio focuses on immersive worlds, ambitious survival experiences, and games that combine exploration, atmosphere, and systemic gameplay.
Press Contact
Nathanael Dufour
Breaking Walls
ndufour@breakingwalls.ca
https://venusthelastascent.com/