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Aethermancer

moi rai games · offbrand games · 2025-09-23

Steam

AdventureIndieRPGStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 23, 2025 (Linux), Sep 23, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Monster Taming meets Roguelite. Become the Aethermancer and fight alongside mythical creatures. Explore the ever-changing Fractured Ruins, plan your moves in challenging turn-based battles, and watch your Monsters grow stronger from previous lives and defy death!

91%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$25.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 243 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~30/week).
  • · Review velocity up 106% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (685 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 53k–119k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,639 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $17.59 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $25.99 · on sale 13 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
58758720252026Week of 2025-09-23: 587 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 98 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 202 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$25.99$17.592025-09-232026-07-232025-09-23 — best price $19.792025-10-07 — best price $21.992025-11-20 — best price $19.792025-12-04 — best price $21.992025-12-18 — best price $17.592026-01-12 — best price $21.992026-03-09 — best price $17.592026-03-16 — best price $21.992026-03-19 — best price $17.592026-03-26 — best price $21.992026-04-20 — best price $17.592026-05-04 — best price $21.992026-05-20 — best price $25.992026-06-25 — best price $18.192026-07-23 — best price $25.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

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

Where its players are

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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