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Aethernaut

Dragon Slumber · Iceberg Interactive · 2022-03-15

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 15, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You awaken without any knowledge of who you are, as a voice tells you that you are “The Aethernaut”, capable of exploring the Construct despite the deadly aether. Explore a series of rooms and solve the experiments as you discover who you are. Will you escape the Construct before it's too late?

0
playing now
60%
positive of 42 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$3.05
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

You are guided by Doctor Louis Cornell who explains how the Construct came to be abandoned and why you were chosen to help save it. Soon however, unsettling voices start creeping into your mind, warning you against the doctor and pleading for your help.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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  • · Top 80% of 11,318 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$3.05-82%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.05 at Steam (2026-02-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 35 of 45 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.99$3.052022-03-122026-08-242022-03-12 — best price $16.992022-08-11 — best price $14.442022-10-07 — best price $14.992022-11-15 — best price $16.992022-11-29 — best price $16.992022-12-12 — best price $16.992023-01-24 — best price $11.382023-03-23 — best price $16.992023-04-25 — best price $13.372023-05-26 — best price $13.492023-07-13 — best price $16.992023-08-07 — best price $8.492023-10-13 — best price $8.502023-11-01 — best price $8.492023-12-01 — best price $14.332024-01-05 — best price $13.372024-02-06 — best price $16.992024-03-22 — best price $13.372024-04-30 — best price $14.332024-06-05 — best price $13.372024-07-23 — best price $13.372024-08-01 — best price $13.372024-09-02 — best price $5.092024-10-21 — best price $16.992024-12-04 — best price $16.992025-01-05 — best price $14.332025-02-25 — best price $16.992025-04-07 — best price $16.992025-07-10 — best price $16.992025-08-05 — best price $14.332025-10-20 — best price $3.392025-12-02 — best price $13.372026-01-05 — best price $16.992026-03-03 — best price $14.332026-05-12 — best price $3.052026-06-25 — best price $3.052026-08-01 — best price $14.332026-08-24 — best price $3.05
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean

Player tags

3DLGBTQ+PuzzleSci-fiSteampunkStory RichAtmosphericExplorationTime TravelFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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