Explore a vast underground world to mine, refine and craft hundreds of items, then build up your modular surface Outpost to farm hydroponic crops, prospect for gems and automate your resource-gathering in this sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper.
Quick Sum-Up
In-depth analysis further down.
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🟩 Pros 🟩
• The base building system is well-designed and intuitive, with excellent quality of life features that make management, resource processing and storage convenient.
• Solid exploration mechanics that pose new challenges in each biome, and reward players for...
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...
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Overall Rating - Mediocre ★★★☆☆
First Impressions
As someone who enjoys most game genres, when I haven't played a certain type for a while, it starts feeling overdue. Needing to scavenge supplies in an isolated...
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,...
I have to recommend this to anyone who appreciates a crafting survival type of game. Completely worth full price. Really glad this guy went out on his own and made a game for gamers. I do not like taking the easy way in games, however he has sold me on it with toggles that take away time wasters/grind things which are so perfectly implemented to respect...
