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Aurora Dusk: Steam Age cover art

Aurora Dusk: Steam Age

Sylvain Harlaut · 2019-03-08

Steam

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 28, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An amazing mix of RPG, strategy, simulation, sandbox and survival game. Aurora Dusk looks like many other games, but instead of being alone, you live in a community. You can play one or more villagers and evolve from the Wood Age to the Steam Age.

Aurora Dusk: Steam Age is a 2019 Indie RPG Strategy title priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 310 reviews).

1
playing now
83%
positive of 310 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
15
Nexus mods (1.5k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (47 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.8k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 310 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.69 at Steam (2016-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720162026Week of 2016-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
712Apr 2016Apr 2026Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 23Jul 2016 — avg 5 · peak 12Oct 2016 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2017 — avg 5 · peak 16Apr 2017 — avg 6 · peak 14Jul 2017 — avg 6 · peak 15Oct 2017 — avg 4 · peak 18Jan 2018 — avg 6 · peak 21Apr 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Jul 2018 — avg 6 · peak 15Oct 2018 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2019 — avg 7 · peak 16Apr 2019 — avg 13 · peak 38Jul 2019 — avg 8 · peak 19Oct 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2020 — avg 11 · peak 39Apr 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15Jul 2020 — avg 7 · peak 25Oct 2020 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2021 — avg 7 · peak 27Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Jul 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Oct 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$6.692016-04-292026-07-092016-04-29 — best price $7.992016-11-23 — best price $7.992016-12-22 — best price $6.692017-06-22 — best price $7.492017-11-22 — best price $6.992017-12-21 — best price $7.492018-06-22 — best price $7.492018-11-21 — best price $7.992018-12-21 — best price $7.492019-03-08 — best price $8.492019-06-25 — best price $7.992019-11-26 — best price $7.492019-12-19 — best price $6.992020-01-24 — best price $7.992020-06-25 — best price $7.492020-08-07 — best price $8.492020-11-27 — best price $7.492020-12-22 — best price $6.992021-02-12 — best price $7.992021-06-24 — best price $7.492021-11-24 — best price $7.492021-12-22 — best price $6.992022-06-23 — best price $6.992022-11-22 — best price $7.492022-12-22 — best price $6.692023-03-16 — best price $6.992023-06-29 — best price $6.992023-08-28 — best price $7.492023-11-21 — best price $6.992023-12-21 — best price $6.692024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492024-12-19 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-06-26 — best price $6.992026-06-27 — best price $6.692026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
77.5%
earned "Kalzehire"
30.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPLAN PvPCo-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5835%27

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

Player tags

2DRPGDwarfIndieCasualFantasySandboxZombiesMedievalModdable

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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