Season 1: The Ascent

Official Rules

OFFICIAL RULES: SEASON 1, THE ASCENT
No purchase necessary. A purchase does not improve your rank or score.

Sponsor: Apex Rising LLC, PO Box 97, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689. Contact: apexrisingdev@gmail.com.

Who can take part: Legal US residents 18 or older, excluding residents of Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana and South Dakota. Apex Rising staff, affiliates and their immediate family and household members are not eligible. Void where prohibited.

Season window: Mon Nov 9, 2026 at 22:00 UTC to Mon Dec 7, 2026 at 22:00 UTC.

How to take part: Play free-play runs of the listed skill games on apexrising.io. There is no entry fee. Runs that use credits, Sweeps Coins or paid Cup entries do not score Ascent points. Free daily Cup tries do score points; paid extra Cup tries do not. Chance games (including Slots, Plinko, Blackjack and the Prize Box) do not score Ascent points.

Skill games: Tank, Duck Hunt, Angry Liberals, Frog Knight Run, Hex Defense, and any skill game added to this page during the season.

Ascent points: Each valid free-play run gets points based on the score you reach. Hard-mode runs get 1.5x points. Daily login streaks give 10 bonus points a day, up to 70. Completing the daily challenge gives 50 bonus points. All bonuses are free and open to every player on the same terms.

Tiers: Recruit, Climber, Vanguard, Elite and Apex. Tier badges and cosmetics have no cash value and can't be exchanged for prizes. The paid Season Pass contains cosmetics only. It gives no points, bonuses, extra runs or ranking advantage.

Winners: The top 10 Ascent point totals at the close of the season win.
Prizes (fixed, funded by Apex Rising, set in USD and paid in CRO at the CoinGecko CRO/USD daily price at 00:00 UTC on the payout day): 1st $40, 2nd $20, 3rd $10, 4th to 10th $5 each. Total $105.

Tie-breaks: The player who reached the tied total first ranks higher.

Fair play: Scores are checked on the server. Runs that fail the checks don't count. Using more than one account, bots, scripts or exploits leads to removal.

Claiming: Winners must confirm their eligibility and add a Cronos payout address within 7 days of the announcement, or the prize is forfeited and goes to the next eligible player. Prizes are paid within 48 hours after review. Winners are responsible for any taxes. We may ask for a W-9 if a winner's prizes from Apex Rising total $2,000 or more in a year. We never DM first and will never ask for a seed phrase, private key or payment to claim a prize.

Changes: The prizes and how points are scored won't change during the season. If fraud or a technical problem stops the season from running fairly, we may pause or end it and will post that on this page. If the season ends early, prizes will be awarded based on the standings at that time.