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Aaero cover art

Aaero

Mad Fellows · Wired Productions · 2017-04-11

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

0
playing now
82%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 34% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 26k–63k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,051 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 23 of 35 observed days · $9.86 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.132017-04-122026-08-282017-04-12 — 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 $10.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2022026-05-30 — 6 pageviews2026-06-02 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 2 pageviews2026-06-08 — 3 pageviews2026-06-11 — 6 pageviews2026-06-14 — 6 pageviews2026-06-17 — 5 pageviews2026-06-20 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 10 pageviews2026-06-29 — 14 pageviews2026-07-02 — 20 pageviews2026-07-05 — 9 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-11 — 14 pageviews2026-07-14 — 6 pageviews2026-07-17 — 7 pageviews2026-07-20 — 16 pageviews2026-07-23 — 10 pageviews2026-07-26 — 4 pageviews2026-07-29 — 12 pageviews2026-08-01 — 10 pageviews2026-08-04 — 7 pageviews2026-08-07 — 3 pageviews2026-08-10 — 13 pageviews2026-08-13 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 12 pageviews2026-08-22 — 4 pageviews2026-08-25 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 8 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

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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