Player reviews: 94% positive2,089 reviews
Steam Deck: Playable
Runs on: Windows
Price: US$19.99

Where to get it

2026 · Pawsmonaut Games · Adventure · Indie

AETHUS

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.

Released: 6 March 2026
Platforms: PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox Series X/S
Genres: Adventure Indie
Developers: Pawsmonaut Games
Publishers: Pawsmonaut Games
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Third person Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Science fiction Survival Open world
Engine: Unreal Engine 5
Languages: English
Features: Family Sharing Full controller support Single-player Stats Steam Cloud Steam achievements

›Story

You are Maeve, ex-mining engineer for the Astral Resource Corporation - ARC - a galactic megacorp that profits by draining entire planets of their resources.

As you take on your own mining claim, you'll explore the remnants of a doomed science expedition and the abandoned facilities they've left behind as Maeve strives to build a stable life of her own, outside of ARC’s control.

Armed with nothing but her basic mining equipment, tales from her beloved grandad, and her loyal AI drone companion, can you unravel the mystery of an incredibly powerful new element and uncover the dark secrets that the corpos would rather keep buried?