AETHUS

AETHUS

Steam Deck Playable

Pawsmonaut Games · Survival · Mar 6, 2026

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $14.99.

95%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 224 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 112 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 78 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 2 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
67% of themes are praise25% are divided8% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
It has survival, crafting, base building and research gameplay elements supporting a story, which I finished in about 37 hours which is a solid amount of entertainment for the price.
224 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It has survival, crafting, base building and research gameplay elements supporting a story, which I finished in about 37 hours which is a solid amount of entertainment for the price.
112 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Great voice acting.
78 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The music is actually ridiculous how good/catchy so many of the songs are and it’s executed a beautiful low-poly art style.
33 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
Also worth noting there is a lot of settings/options enabling you to custom tailor what kind of experience fits best for, changing survival settings, inventory restrictions, difficulty options etc.
29 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Bugs
Players who bring up Bugs mostly praise it.
Incredible level of polish, ran beautifully all the way through, not one single crash, glitch or hiccup whatsoever.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+2 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

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

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love8 themes
Story and characters224 reviews
Gameplay112 reviews
Audio78 reviews
Graphics33 reviews
Difficulty29 reviews
Bugs14 reviews
Controls11 reviews
Accessibility9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Interface29 reviews
93%
Combat18 reviews
100%
Linux compatibility6 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes10 reviews
70%

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.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $14.99.

5 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
95%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
40
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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