Fallen Tear The Ascension Release Date — 1.0, Early Access and Switch 2

When Did Fallen Tear: The Ascension Release?

Version 1.0 released on 23 September 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC, on Steam for Windows only. The studio published the exact hour in a dedicated launch-time announcement that also converts it to local times: 9:00 PM PHT in the Philippines, 2:00 PM BST in the United Kingdom, 3:00 PM CEST in Central Europe, 9:00 AM EDT on the US East Coast and 6:00 AM PDT on the US West Coast. The Steam store page confirms the date as 23 Sep, 2026 and lists the game as released rather than coming soon.

The important qualifier is that this was the end of Early Access rather than the first release. The Steam store page carries two dates, listing Early Access Release Date: 17 Mar, 2026 next to Release Date: 23 Sep, 2026, and the launch announcement is titled Fallen Tear: The Ascension 1.0 Is Available Now. That makes the Early Access period roughly six months long, and it means most pre-launch coverage you will find was written about a partial build.

The Full Release Timeline

The documented timeline runs back further than the release date, and the entries fall into two groups: confirmed dates from official sources and earlier milestones that are documented only by third-party reporting.

Date	Event	Source
March 2021	A public demo is reported as about to launch	COGconnected related coverage
July 2024	Kickstarter campaign, which closed at $135,918 from 3,002 backers against a $30,000 goal	Kickstarter campaign page
17 March 2026	Early Access release date listed on Steam	Steam store page
21 September 2026	Launch time and the 10 percent launch discount announced two days ahead	Steam news, 1.0 launch time announcement
23 September 2026	Version 1.0 released at 1:00 PM UTC, ending Early Access	Steam store page and 1.0 announcement
25 September 2026	Patch 1.0.1 ships with gameplay fixes, Bloodmoon rebalancing and audio improvements	Steam news, patch 1.0.1 notes

Two of those rows deserve a note. The Kickstarter campaign page describes Raoah as inspired by Suikoden, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and states an intended length of 20 to 40 hours, which the 1.0 announcement later revised upward to 35 to 40 hours for the main adventure. Entries for release date at the time of the campaign put the game on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, which is database expectation rather than a shipped platform list; in reality, only Windows shipped in 2026.

The Platform Matrix as It Stands

Steam is the only place the game is currently available, and the store page is unusually explicit about it. The structured app details return Windows as true and macOS and Linux as false, with empty requirement blocks for both of the other desktop platforms. Console versions are confirmed as plans, not products.

Platform	Status	Documented detail
Windows (Steam)	Released 23 September 2026	Version 1.0; $22.49, a 10 percent discount from $24.99
macOS	Not supported	App details list macOS as false and return no requirements
Linux	Not supported	App details list Linux as false and return no requirements
PlayStation 5	Planned, not dated	Listed among the consoles the studio is working to bring the game to, target Q2 2027
Xbox Series X/S	Planned, not dated	Same announcement, same Q2 2027 target
Nintendo Switch	Planned, not dated	Same announcement, same Q2 2027 target
Nintendo Switch 2	Planned, not dated	Same announcement, same Q2 2027 target
Physical editions	Planned	Confirmed in the same console announcement, details to follow separately

The exact wording of the console plan is that the studio is working to bring the game to those four platforms, that the current target for the console release is Q2 2027, and that physical editions are planned. That is a target window rather than a commitment to a date, and the announcement itself says a separate release post will carry complete details on platforms, timing, physical editions and availability once everything is ready.

• The Windows version is the only one you can buy today, and the app details mark macOS and Linux as false rather than untested.
• The four console platforms share one target window, so nothing published so far separates them by scope or timing.
• Physical editions are confirmed in the same breath as the console versions, with a separate announcement promised.
• The studio's own launch post asks players to wait for that post rather than treating the Q2 2027 target as a date.

Is Fallen Tear: The Ascension Coming to Switch 2?

Yes, as a planned platform with a target window rather than a launch date. Switch 2 appears by name in the official 1.0 announcement's console list, next to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and the original Nintendo Switch, under a stated Q2 2027 console target. That is more than a rumour, because it comes from the studio's own launch post.

Two caveats keep it short of a release announcement. First, no per-platform date exists, and the studio explicitly says the complete console details will come in a separate post. Second, the Switch 2 listing sits inside a group of four platforms sharing one target window, which means nothing published so far distinguishes the Switch 2 version from the others in scope, timing or physical availability. Some third-party material does list Switch among the game's platforms as though it were released, which traces back to older campaign and database entries rather than to a shipping product.

Price, Discount and What Shipped on Launch Day

The launch price was a discount rather than the list price, which is worth knowing because the $22.49 figure circulates without the $24.99 context. The studio's pre-launch announcement said the game would launch with a 10 percent discount to celebrate the full release and that regional pricing had been reviewed and adjusted ahead of it.

Item	Documented detail
List price (US)	$24.99
Launch price (US)	$22.49, a 10 percent discount
Launch discount	Confirmed in the pre-launch announcement as a celebration of the full release
Store page title	Save 10% on Fallen Tear: The Ascension on Steam
Languages shipping with full audio	English, with Simplified Chinese listed; Steam also lists a wide set of interface languages
Localisation plans	Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, French, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Italian
Steam achievements	61
Free post-launch content	Confirmed, including new areas and bosses

Two of those rows are plan columns rather than shipped features. The localisation list comes from the same announcement as the console plans, and it says a separate, more detailed post will follow with availability and scheduling per language, so only English and Simplified Chinese should be treated as confirmed audio support today. The free post-launch update is confirmed in spirit but undated, described in the patch 1.0.1 notes as including new areas, bosses and other surprises.

What Launch Did Not Include, and What Changed Right After

Several things people reasonably expect at a release did not ship with 1.0, and one important thing did. What did not ship: console versions, physical editions, the wider localisation set and any dated DLC. What did ship, two days after launch, was patch 1.0.1 on 25 September 2026, which the studio framed as a first step rather than a finished pass.

• Bloodmoon rebalanced. Enemy difficulty dropped from 2x to 1.5x, affected enemies began dropping 3x their normal Korr Shard amount, and events moved from every 30 minutes to every 45.
• Progression bugs fixed. A guard in Bislow: Earth Kingdom that blocked progress after Haslan: The Earth God was fixed, as was a traversal inconsistency in Ageuan: Water Kingdom.
• Guidance added. Voice lines were added for the Injured Elder in Paupao Falls and for Enid's Maze Puzzle Areas, and the notes list early-game navigation guidance and quest map indicators as future improvements.
• Still under review. The 1.0 announcement lists frame-rate drops in certain areas, boss balancing, Hira's Masteries balancing, economy adjustments, missing voice-over lines and sound effects, additional vibration options, and text-size work for Steam Deck.

For anyone deciding when to buy, the practical read is that 1.0 is out, the game is patched and actively supported, only Windows is available today, and the console and physical editions sit in a Q2 2027 target window that the studio says it will detail separately.