Transcendency

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Deals with reaching a higher state of being/existence. Usually becoming a higher non-corporeal being, a powerful spirit, demigod or even a full god or one that is indistinguishable from one.

games

platforms

Alternate name: Ascendancy

Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension

WIN 2013-12-05

Vulture's UnNetHack

LIN ? *

Nethack: Falcon's Eye

LIN 2000-10

Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight

DOS 1992

Vulture for Slash'em

LIN 2006-04

Dominions 3: The Awakening

WIN 2006-09-29

UnNetHack

LIN 2011

NetHack

LIN ? *

Dominions 3: The Awakening

LIN 2006-09-29

Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal

WIN 2001-06-21

Moonstone - A Hard Days Knight

OCS 1991

GnomeHack

LIN 2001

NOT for rise to supremacy (rulership), as ascendancy can mean that too. Rise to power should be used instead for such.

Related:
* Godling protagonist
* Deities
* Evolution

Related groups

Creatures
Deities

Culture
Transhumanism

Games by year

The first Transcendency video game was released in 1985.

DevTeam, Shrapnel Games and DarkArts Studios published most of these games.

Platforms

Linux		14
Windows		11
Mac OS X		4
BeOS		3
MS-DOS		3
Mac OS Classic		2
NeXT		2
Unix		2
Solaris		2
OS/2		2
Flash		1
GamePark 32		1
BSD		1
Pandora		1
Amiga		1
GP2X		1

Most common companies

DevTeam	6
Shrapnel Games	3
DarkArts Studios	3
Molleindustria	3
Illwinter Game Design	3
Hapa Games	3
Mindscape	2