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Aeon Must Die!

Limestone Games · Focus Entertainment · 2021-10-14

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 28, 2021 (Xbox One), Oct 14, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 14, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Ignite the galaxy. Aeon Must Die! Experience a unique beat ‘em-up introducing breakneck risk-reward gameplay, innovative AI and tactical fighting, all packaged in an incredible art style.

55%
positive of 132 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.80★
PlayStation Store rating (140 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 10h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

Ignite the galaxy. Aeon Must Die! Aeon, the dreaded Emperor of the unstoppable Void Armada, has been betrayed and left for dead by his generals. Weakened and without a body to exact his revenge, he manages to merge with you to survive and bring forth his wrath. Travel across the futuristic city of Pantheon to destroy or subdue those who betrayed Aeon, while fighting for your mind, free will, and control of your body. Experience a unique beat ‘em-up introducing breakneck risk-reward gameplay, innovative AI and tactical fighting, all packaged in an incredible art style. Will you succumb to A(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 45% of 19,239 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–5.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 132 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.60 at GameBillet (2025-11-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 79 of 130 observed days · $17.09 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620212026Week of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.002021-10-142026-09-252021-10-14 — best price $16.582021-12-02 — best price $19.992022-01-10 — best price $16.592022-02-12 — best price $19.992022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-05-04 — best price $16.992022-06-20 — best price $8.992022-07-19 — best price $16.992022-08-12 — best price $19.992022-10-02 — best price $16.792022-11-09 — best price $16.992022-12-23 — best price $3.992023-02-10 — best price $3.402023-04-10 — best price $3.992023-05-18 — best price $3.992023-07-21 — best price $3.992023-09-18 — best price $3.992023-11-27 — best price $4.602024-01-29 — best price $19.992024-03-30 — best price $17.992024-05-24 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $3.992024-09-02 — best price $3.992024-10-30 — best price $19.992024-12-22 — best price $4.002025-01-26 — best price $4.002025-03-21 — best price $2.992025-05-10 — best price $17.992025-07-12 — best price $19.992025-08-24 — best price $2.902025-10-03 — best price $3.002025-11-04 — best price $19.992026-01-01 — best price $19.992026-02-05 — best price $1.992026-03-13 — best price $2.002026-05-07 — best price $16.992026-07-01 — best price $2.002026-08-13 — best price $1.992026-09-25 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
17%
earned "Cheap Tricks"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-10-14, latest 2021-10-28 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DAnimeIndieActionAliensColorfulCinematicEmotional2D FighterFuturistic

Census log

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

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