Aethermancer on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Monster Taming meets Roguelite. Become the Aethermancer and fight alongside mythical creatures. Explore the ever-changing Fractured Ruins, plan your moves in challenging turn-based battles, and watch your Monsters grow stronger from previous lives and defy death!
Aethermancer is a early access, roguelike and creature collector game
developed by moi rai games
and published by offbrand games.
Released on September 23rd 2025 is available on Windows and Linux
in 8 languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Spanish - Spain.
It has received 534 reviews of which 457 were positive and 77 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.79€ on Steam with a 10% discount, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
The Steam community has classified Aethermancer into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel i5 4670 (4 Cores 4 Threads)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA Geforce GT1030 (2 GB GDDR5 VRAM)
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 6 GB available space
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 14.04
- Processor: Athlon 200GE
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Radeon R7 260
- Storage: 6 GB available space
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a pretty good game, but the corruption mechanic punishes teams that don't run shields too heavily. hopefully there will be a halfway point that allows teams to not have to run a shield monster.
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It's the beginnings of something great, but needs a lot of polish before it gets REALLY good. Devs, if you're reading this, the game REALLY needs 1.5x/2x combat SPD ASAP. Combat is taking too long to resolve, which kills the pacing of each run - which is fatal to a roguelike. Now on to the rest of the review. Full disclosure, I'm a huge fan of Monster Sanctuary. As in, 8+ full playthroughs from my last count, with almost 200 hours in it since it was first launched in EA. That said, I cannot recommend Aethermancer blindly to anyone who liked MonSanc - they're two totally different beasts despite having similar roots. I also played the demo for 10 hours or so. The Good: Aethermancer's wide array of mechanics, strategy and randomness is amazing. Every run feels different (though very restricted by RNG), the difficulty is very well-tuned (compared to the demo). Honestly, it has some crazy depth for turn-based combat roguelikes, and one of the few in the space with proper teambuilding. The game is worth purchase for this aspect alone. The monster designs are beautiful, with clean animations (for the most part). Shifting is a 10/10 addition so far. Can't wait to see what else is next, considering there are classes etc. and more content coming. The Mid: Balance isn't great at the moment - some units/mechanics are clearly better than others (biggest offenders are Shield, Force and Regen + Shield). This is expected of EA, so not a big deal. Visuals feel a tad too dark, but that's subject to personal preference. The color grading feels a bit 'off' to me, but again, that's a personal thing. Similarly, the music is this game is... not it. After a couple of hours I've lowered it to barely audible as it doesn't enhance the game in a meaningful way. Rather than ambient tracks, I'd much rather the tracks in this game have more individual character. The Bad: Platforming feels useless in this game. Unlike MonSanc, where there is exploration and secrets to be found, the platforming in Aethermancer leaves much to be desired. Your monsters don't have unique exploration abilities, so it all just feels like going through the motions. The game basically does not NEED platforming, it just seems to be there for its own sake. Equipments are way too "one-and-done". A single equipment slot means there are no exciting combinations are available - I'd rather half each equipment's power and double the number of slots. As of right now, it just feels like if you don't RNG the single piece you need, you're kinda done. And worst still, if you have the pieces you already need, finding more equipment brings zero excitement - and you can hit that point very early in the run. Runs are FEELING too long as a result of pointless platforming and slow-ish combat. Conclusion: As of right now, Aethermancer is a good game and worth your money... IF you are already into the team-building genre. Think along the lines of MonSanc, LoT2, and Siralim Ultimate. There are too many speedbumps, slogs, and pain points for me to say it will convert newcomers to the genre, or even Roguelike lovers, despite how amazing the core game/mechanics are. I'll be frank, if the first 2 hours/demo don't capture you, the rest of the game at time of review won't. Thus, it is unfortunately not a game that I can blindly recommend to anyone outside of it. While I personally enjoy it, not everyone will. Fact is, my experience of this game is somewhere between "It's great, but..." and "Feels like a slog. Do I wanna do something else?" Ultimately, however, it is still a thumbs up rather than a thumbs down and certainly worth a try. I have full confidence in Moi Rai to deliver a fantastic product by the end of its development cycle - and this game will certainly be an all-timer eventually.
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AS AN UNBIASED THIRD PARTY I HAVE TO SAY - WOW this game rules. it is probably the best $20 i have ever spent in my life
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This is a fantastic little game. So many things about it are super quality, the art is absolutely gorgeous and all the animations are fantastic, the soundtrack is banging, the controls are smooth and responsive, and the whole premise of the gameplay is really solid. Aethermancer really lets you experiment with team compositions in a way not many games do. A lot of games stray from very expansive or powerful upgrades and perks due to the concern of how they could combine with others and cause balance issues, but Aethermancer not only lets all these perks be powerful but thrives with them. You can combine everything in so many ways and each combination feels so powerful and meaningful, really letting you use your strategic mind to come up with brand new ways to play each run. Absolutely fantastic. There's so many things to like about this game, but that's the big standout to me. If you, like me, are tired of games promising customisation and team creation, but then making all aspects of that feel lacklustre, look no further than Aethermancer. I'm having so much fun.
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This is incredibly fun. The animations are very well done and appealing to look at, the designs are so cool, fluent and stylised, the music is great and the combat system isn't over-complicated. I can see this game becoming very addicting with more features. There aren't really any flaws in my opinion besides lack of story (from what I've played but its in early access so that's bound to be the case) and the protagonist being somewhat bland compared to the npc's they converse with who're intricate in their own ways. I, personally, hope that this game gets the love it deserves because if this is done right I believe it could go extremely far.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Aethermancer is currently priced at 19.79€ on Steam.
Aethermancer is currently available at a 10% discount. You can purchase it for 19.79€ on Steam.
Aethermancer received 457 positive votes out of a total of 534 achieving a rating of 8.02.
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Aethermancer was developed by moi rai games and published by offbrand games.
Aethermancer is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Aethermancer is not playable on MacOS.
Aethermancer is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Aethermancer is a single-player game.
Aethermancer does not currently offer any DLC.
Aethermancer does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Aethermancer does not support Steam Remote Play.
Aethermancer is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Aethermancer.
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moi rai games
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offbrand games
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