# Icarus Ascending

> Icarus Ascending (iPhone/iPad app by COLE EDMUND MCCLURE.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/icarus-ascending/id6810780077 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [COLE EDMUND MCCLURE](https://appshunter.io/developer/1894338707)
- Category: Games, Casual
- Price: $2.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15.6 · 37 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-30
- Data updated: 2026-11-03

## What is Icarus Ascending?

Icarus doesn't fall here. He chooses to fly anyway.

Guide him upward through ancient skies in this endless vertical ascent. Drift through layered clouds, gather fragments of divine light, and manage the heat that builds with every meter gained. The higher you climb, the hotter it burns — and the sky gets less forgiving the further you go.

Birds scatter across the low altitudes. Higher up, arrows. Past two thousand meters the air turns hostile: lightning that hunts, and sentinels that don't want you there. Somewhere in that climb you'll hear the story of Icarus told once, start to finish, while the clouds thin out beneath you and the blue drains toward black. Keep going and the atmosphere gives way entirely.

There is no ending. There's only how far you got.

OLYMPUS

Climb high enough and you land at Olympus, where collected light buys what carries you higher:

Divine Wings — double-tap to dash forward, at the cost of heat
Cloud Affinity — every cloud becomes an updraft and a second of safety
Sun Lance — burn a single obstacle out of your path
Coin Magnet — pull light toward you from farther away
Daedalus' Armor — worn for no reason but the look of it

No ads. No in-app purchases. No timers, no energy, nothing to buy twice. One price, one game, played with one thumb.

## Is Icarus Ascending safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Icarus Ascending.

## Is Icarus Ascending legit?

Icarus Ascending has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Icarus Ascending is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-10-31

No release notes.

## More apps by COLE EDMUND MCCLURE

- [Everyman's Odyssey](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/everymans-odyssey/id6762488507)

All apps by COLE EDMUND MCCLURE: https://appshunter.io/developer/1894338707

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