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Aurora Hills: Chapter 1
Aurora Hills: Chapter 1 is the first part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Follow the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from the region to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“Just the right amount of challenge and good amount of gameplay for a first chapter.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“liked it, but the flipchart puzzle was too far out or iovercomplicated it in my mind”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“It totally makes sense to look for the compass inside the (spoiler hidden) . Haha. Nevertheless, the game is free and the gameplay wasn't too frustrating. There's always a prompt that says you've gotten everything you need from the scene/location. That's a plus.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Wishlist Aurora Hills: Chapter 3 on Steam!
Big thank you for Aurora Hills: Chapter 2 First off, we wanted to thank everyone for the overwhelming feedback we received for Aurora Hills: Chapter 2! We really appreciate all your kind words, they r
August 25, 2026 Build
• Minor fixes • Fixed performance issue on cinematics for some computers
March 31, 2026: Aurora Hills Chapter 1 Patches
Added mouse scrolling functionality for some scenes Fixed issue of OBS recording being flipped on Windows when recording with Game Capture Small bug fixes for MacOS and Windows
Aurora Hills: Chapter 2 Out Now!
Aurora Hills Chapter 2 Officially Released! In the second chapter, continue the journey of park ranger Ethan Hill as you venture deeper into the under-searched areas of the Aurora Hills National Park.
May 14 Update
• Fixed issue of app failing to launch on some devices • Increased in-game performance • Fixed crashing issue of app when going to home screen on some devices • Added option to change difficulty after
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Adventure · Puzzle · Mystery · Point & Click · Hidden Object · Exploration · 2D · First-Person · Cinematic · Realistic · 1980s · Atmospheric (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Official site | https://novasoftinteractive.com/games/aurora-hills-chapter-1/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8.1 Processor: Intel i5 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated GFX Card Storage: 1500 MB available space Additional Notes: Installing the game on an SSD/M.2 drive is highly recommended