AETHUS

94% positive of 2,064 Steam reviews

Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Pawsmonaut Games.

About the game

Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.

Tagged by players

Mining
Narrative
Open World Survival Craft
Base Building
Automation
Crafting
Building
Survival
Sandbox
Space
Resource Management
Female Protagonist

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AETHUS

94% positive of 2,064 Steam reviews

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Released: 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Platforms: Steam

Made by Pawsmonaut Games.

About the game

Tagged by players

Mining
Narrative
Open World Survival Craft
Base Building
Automation
Crafting
Building
Survival
Sandbox
Space
Resource Management
Female Protagonist

What players say

Recommended
Incredible game! I loved everything: the story, the base building, the mining-crafting loop, the visuals, the style. Huge respect for the developer, this is beyond solid for a solo project! The characters are great, and masterfully voiced, the main duo makes the game feel alive. Of course, some things can be improved: camera angle is too locked down, some QoL would be nice like "stack to all chests" or "stack to…
34 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I really enjoy this game. Its not a survival craft like valhiem or enshrouded. I fell its more of a story driven game like the atlier series to me. I go out get stuff bring it back turn it into stuff that will allow me to upgrade and move on to the next section to collect new stuff bring back and upgrade. I enjoyed the story and loved the voice acting and characters. I can see a lot of love was put into this game.
17 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Progression by Russian Nesting Doll AETHUS has some genuinely great systems: mining, crafting, exploration, base building, automation. Unfortunately, its progression often feels like the developer is trolling you. My favorite example: Craft a Servomotor. Simple, right? Servomotor → needs Microcircuits → needs Gold Bar → need Gold Ore → oxygen limits reaching the gold → the habitat that would help with oxygen…
55 h played when written. 39 found it helpful.
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