Ascend Review Cards, Report Tracking & Smarter Downloads
Ascendara 11.7.0 · October 25, 2026
Ascend members can now style their game reviews with custom backgrounds, colors and image opacity, their reviews stand out with badges, and they can follow the status of the issues they report. Downloads warn you when they stop making progress, Buzzheavier downloads run in a hidden window that only appears when needed, and Pixeldrain share links and non-archive downloads now work. Windows updates download only what changed, macOS updates are more reliable, and game shortcuts on Mac are created as small apps.
Download
| Platform | Version | File | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | 64-bit | Ascendara.Setup.11.7.0.exe | 208 MB |
| macOS | Apple Silicon | Ascendara-11.7.0-mac-arm64.dmg | 254 MB |
| macOS | Intel | Ascendara-11.7.0-mac-x64.dmg | 265 MB |
| Linux | 64-bit | Ascendara-11.7.0.AppImage | 354 MB |
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All files and checksums
| File | Size | SHA-256 |
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| Ascendara-11.7.0-mac-arm64.dmg | 254 MB | 4f46b72949766515973b6b5111aa3ef83a2d665ac2abbfb7db77061f388f6f46
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| Ascendara-11.7.0-mac-arm64.dmg.blockmap | 248 KB | a22e24de7b29fac84c4ad1ae1d6302ec89d506b726c2b9af5486b19a8060252b
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| Ascendara-11.7.0-mac-arm64.zip | 252 MB | d7d9a0a38a2bbc87cc6dd87deb806a32baaf4f41559621b4f0c7bf2491d03f7c
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| Ascendara-11.7.0-mac-arm64.zip.blockmap | 267 KB | dc5e9172b29f6f694a5f375dd6a77aa3e815622292101e1325c1a8266c606e52
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| Ascendara-11.7.0-mac-x64.dmg | 265 MB | 628746ec30655c797edd144da64b93f8995117f2f14f0676298d645759e8507e
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| Ascendara-11.7.0-mac-x64.dmg.blockmap | 262 KB | 3c91a48785062345f1854b2a944f9f1ab01e139365481ab97b3f7f628f1a8be0
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| Ascendara-11.7.0-mac-x64.zip | 263 MB | 5da9892a6f38549aeb5bd6f1426714c3877c4baf5a120d51a8e8c5c4802d8ce0
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| Ascendara-11.7.0-mac-x64.zip.blockmap | 279 KB | 361a6b923959726145599b333a735694e7040b1c99414ec61c1c5b9e50693db4
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| Ascendara-11.7.0.AppImage | 354 MB | 8311db68c4c92ba68e0fa8cca3c9c650657faa1af197ef646b87984ba6b4d4b7
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| Ascendara.Setup.11.7.0.exe | 208 MB | 77ad0ef173cf8e9b8b526993660e2d10265237d8ac1e8b4b6b81dd51442fc310
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| Ascendara.Setup.11.7.0.exe.blockmap | 221 KB | 42ef2bac2691da10374e17204ae73843c10a31e6cb6ef00343bce6d8546894d0
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What's new
➕ Added
Ascendara Core
- Warn when a download stops making progress
- Download from Buzzheavier in a hidden window, showing it only when it needs your input
- Download Windows updates as deltas so only the changed parts are fetched
- {'change': 'Create game shortcuts on macOS as small apps', 'contributor': 'kvnshroom'}
- Support the achievement watcher on macOS
- Fetch Steam game info in your app language
Ascend
- Upload custom background images for your review cards
- Customize review card colors and background image opacity
- Track the status of issues you've reported
- Highlight reviews from Ascend members and show their badges
🛠 Improved
Ascendara Core
- Load the app logo from the API and revalidate it instead of trusting a cached copy
🐛 Fixed
Ascendara Core
- Resolve Pixeldrain share links and install downloads that aren't archives
- Fix API requests failing for users whose system clock is wrong
- Fix session time tracking
- Load missing covers in folders without opening the game page
- Refetch prepared game info after changing the language
- Report disk speeds during extraction on macOS
- Keep the macOS shortcut launch token across restarts
- {'change': 'Only install an update that downloaded completely', 'contributor': 'kvnshroom'}
- {'change': 'Check the extracted macOS app before moving it into place during an update', 'contributor': 'kvnshroom'}
- {'change': 'Delete staged macOS update copies correctly', 'contributor': 'kvnshroom'}
- Restore resumable update downloads
Ascend
- Keep review card text and badges legible over background images
Full list of code changes: 11.6.1 → 11.7.0