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Project AURA

Nexcentric Games · 2018-04-17

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 05, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Project Aura is a micro management game where you lead a Colony of Climate Disaster Survivors. You have been assigned the mission to build an habitat capable of survival in this new unknown world.

1
playing now
64%
positive of 699 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 31% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 17k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 699 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2021-11-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.992015-01-062026-07-092015-01-06 — best price $14.992016-11-23 — best price $17.992018-10-01 — best price $19.992018-12-10 — best price $11.992019-02-04 — best price $7.492019-06-26 — best price $7.492019-09-29 — best price $14.992019-11-26 — best price $7.492020-01-19 — best price $14.992020-04-26 — best price $7.492020-07-24 — best price $14.992020-11-03 — best price $3.742021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-03-03 — best price $4.942021-07-08 — best price $3.742021-11-15 — best price $14.992022-01-06 — best price $2.992022-04-28 — best price $14.992022-08-18 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-02-27 — best price $2.992023-04-13 — best price $14.992023-07-29 — best price $2.992023-11-01 — best price $14.992023-12-21 — best price $3.442024-02-28 — best price $14.992024-05-12 — best price $3.742024-08-10 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-10-20 — best price $14.992026-03-02 — best price $2.992026-04-22 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing4 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Russian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5440%85

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

Player tags

IndieSci-fiEconomySandboxTradingBuildingStrategyRealisticManagementOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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