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Aeterna Noctis cover art

Aeterna Noctis

Aeternum Game Studios S.L · 2021-12-14

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jan 14, 2022 (Xbox One), Mar 24, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Nov 04, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 15, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 15, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Dec 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.

18
playing now
75%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Aeterna Noctis is a 2021 Metroidvania video game developed in Spain by Aeternum Game Studios. It was released in December 2021 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 164 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 10,805 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 43k–96k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,140 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$5.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$23.89-20%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Fanatical (2024-08-15) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 31 of 42 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10210220212026Week of 2021-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4072026-08-11 19:00 — 37 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 23 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 23 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 30 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 21 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 25 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 38 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 29 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 21 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 28 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 19 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 27 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 10 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 26 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 27 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 13 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 22 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 40 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 29 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 21 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 18 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 21 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 22 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$2.992021-10-282026-08-302021-10-28 — best price $29.992022-03-15 — best price $23.992022-05-02 — best price $20.992022-07-14 — best price $17.992022-08-29 — best price $29.992022-11-22 — best price $14.992023-01-05 — best price $29.992023-03-06 — best price $29.992023-05-18 — best price $14.992023-07-24 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-01-29 — best price $29.992024-04-24 — best price $29.992024-07-12 — best price $26.992024-07-28 — best price $26.992024-08-04 — best price $26.992024-08-21 — best price $22.042024-09-06 — best price $22.042024-09-13 — best price $22.042024-10-09 — best price $22.042024-11-09 — best price $29.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992024-12-19 — best price $5.992025-01-16 — best price $22.042025-02-22 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-04-25 — best price $29.992025-06-12 — best price $5.992025-07-13 — best price $22.042025-08-04 — best price $4.792025-09-07 — best price $23.892025-11-03 — best price $4.792025-12-11 — best price $7.192026-03-19 — best price $4.492026-04-22 — best price $29.992026-06-18 — best price $5.992026-07-30 — best price $29.992026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

14252026-05-26 — 13 pageviews2026-05-29 — 19 pageviews2026-06-01 — 20 pageviews2026-06-04 — 25 pageviews2026-06-07 — 20 pageviews2026-06-10 — 34 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5 pageviews2026-06-16 — 16 pageviews2026-06-19 — 19 pageviews2026-06-22 — 15 pageviews2026-06-25 — 29 pageviews2026-06-28 — 48 pageviews2026-07-01 — 142 pageviews2026-07-04 — 19 pageviews2026-07-07 — 34 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-13 — 18 pageviews2026-07-16 — 17 pageviews2026-07-19 — 28 pageviews2026-07-22 — 33 pageviews2026-07-25 — 31 pageviews2026-07-28 — 21 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 18 pageviews2026-08-06 — 26 pageviews2026-08-09 — 17 pageviews2026-08-12 — 15 pageviews2026-08-15 — 26 pageviews2026-08-18 — 10 pageviews2026-08-21 — 18 pageviews2026-08-23 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
87.2%
earned "You are prepared!"
16.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable DifficultyGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support7 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8251%142
PS5 (PlayStation)1,1511%55
Xbox Series (Xbox)5831%109
PS4 (PlayStation)2940%55
Switch (Nintendo)660%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieDifficultHand-drawnPlatformerSouls-likeSoundtrackAtmosphericExplorationMetroidvania

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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