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Aaero cover art

Aaero

Mad Fellows · Wired Productions · 2017-04-11

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Auditory

Releases: Apr 11, 2017 (Xbox One), Apr 11, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Apr 11, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Trace ribbons of light to release the energy in the music as you speed through stylised alien worlds. Battle strange enemies and fight epic boss battles all driven by an incredible licensed soundtrack.

Aaero is a $14.99 Action, Indie game released in 2017, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 1054 reviews).

2
playing now
82%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
4.11★
PlayStation Store rating (824 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Aaero is a rhythm action rail shooter video game developed by the two person British independent video game developer Mad Fellows. Aaero was released on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows, via Steam, on April 11, 2017. Aaero: Complete Edition, a version with downloadable content and other add-ons was released for the Nintendo Switch on December 24, 2018. It was released in Japan on December 27, 2018. A sequel, Aaero 2, released in 2024 for Steam and Xbox Series X/S.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–63k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,054 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$10.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.13 at GamersGate (2024-08-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 24 of 32 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220172026Week of 2017-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.132017-04-122026-10-092017-04-12 — best price $11.992017-05-26 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $8.242018-02-07 — best price $14.992018-06-22 — best price $4.792018-07-19 — best price $3.872018-10-30 — best price $3.742018-12-20 — best price $3.742019-03-20 — best price $14.992019-06-27 — best price $3.002019-08-29 — best price $3.742020-01-03 — best price $14.992020-03-27 — best price $13.492020-07-13 — best price $14.992020-11-03 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $2.992021-02-25 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $2.242022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-06-30 — best price $1.572023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-03-22 — best price $14.992024-08-19 — best price $1.492024-12-05 — best price $14.992025-05-01 — best price $14.992025-08-22 — best price $11.892025-09-12 — best price $14.992025-11-21 — best price $2.322026-01-06 — best price $11.892026-03-05 — best price $2.992026-04-24 — best price $14.992026-05-26 — best price $14.992026-08-28 — best price $10.992026-10-02 — best price $10.992026-10-09 — best price $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1922026-05-30 — 6 pageviews2026-06-03 — 10 pageviews2026-06-07 — 6 pageviews2026-06-11 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-19 — 11 pageviews2026-06-23 — 5 pageviews2026-06-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-01 — 8 pageviews2026-07-05 — 9 pageviews2026-07-09 — 2 pageviews2026-07-13 — 8 pageviews2026-07-17 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-25 — 4 pageviews2026-07-29 — 12 pageviews2026-08-02 — 8 pageviews2026-08-06 — 12 pageviews2026-08-10 — 13 pageviews2026-08-14 — 15 pageviews2026-08-18 — 6 pageviews2026-08-22 — 4 pageviews2026-08-26 — 11 pageviews2026-08-30 — 14 pageviews2026-09-03 — 9 pageviews2026-09-07 — 12 pageviews2026-09-11 — 13 pageviews2026-09-15 — 13 pageviews2026-09-19 — 7 pageviews2026-09-23 — 11 pageviews2026-09-27 — 5 pageviews2026-10-01 — 11 pageviews2026-10-05 — 5 pageviews2026-10-08 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
46.5%
earned "Kicking it"
4.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing5 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2018-01-05, latest 2018-08-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)8,1502%92
Steam (Steam)4,0673%92
PS4 (PlayStation)1,31811%91
PS4 (PlayStation)31314%65
Switch (Nintendo)120%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieMusicActionRhythmControllerSingleplayerGreat SoundtrackOn-Rails Shooter

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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