Dungeons of Aether

Dungeons of Aether

Steam Deck Verified

Aether Studios · Strategy · Feb 28, 2023

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $7.49.

83%
Very Positive
655 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 211 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 111 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 81 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 655 player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
71% of themes are praise29% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Also a fair point, I ended up getting the same equipment 4 times, one for each character, because swapping them around was a chore. it would be nice to have an option in the warehouse to rearrange items between all characters.
211 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
There's a Challenge Dungeon mode too, so there's a fair deal of replayability here.
111 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
It's a fun bite-sized game that looks and sounds great with a unique combat mechanic that I really enjoyed.
81 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Outside of that, the art and SFX do a really good job of making the combat enjoyable.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I'm really glad that this studio really understands the appeal of its distinctive pixel art style that also allows for significant community creation and collaboration due to the lower barrier to entry for 2D assets and would surely not shift away from that in newer major releases (clueless).
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters211 reviews
Gameplay111 reviews
Combat81 reviews
Audio40 reviews
Graphics37 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty73 reviews
78%
Interface13 reviews
77%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $7.49 (−50%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $7.49

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
83%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
22
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.