This dystopian setting probably makes you think of CD Projekt Red’s 2020 masterpiece, Cyberpunk 2077. Neon Giant was just 12 people in 2021 when its first game, The Ascent, came out and pulled off the impossible. It’s an underrated gem more people should know about, and now it just hit Xbox Game Pass. The Ascent is an isometric shooter set on the planet Veles, which is ruled by a powerful megacorporation known as The Ascent Group. It’s an obvious labor of love from a small team that managed to make something that feels big and ambitious, and now one of this generation’s most underrated indie hits is available to Xbox Game Pass users.