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Legends of Aethereus
The planet of Aethereus is an ancient and mysterious world filled with majestic forests, misty swamps, deep caves and ancient ruins. Devastated by three large astronomical events, the Three Great Skyfalls, it is a world just coming out of chaos and ruin.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Back when Legends of Æthereus was crowdfunded, I didn't manage to fund it. However I bought it for the full price on their website shortly hereafter - only because of Linux support. At that time Legends of Æthereus was in an alpha state and hardly playable on my hardware at that…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played“This game is Abandonware. Do yourself a favor and stay away and save your money. Game hasn't been updated since Dec 2013. Talks of beta testers wanted for future patches back in Feb 2014. Never got any new patches. Then no word from the Devs since. STAY AWAY!”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played“Legends of Aethereus first reared its ugly head over the Linux crowd around May 2013. At first it was just an exclusive Beta version for the Kickstarter backers. Eventually though, ThreeGates realised the money they had gotten out of their Kickstarter wasn’t enough; $35,554 out…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
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Legends of Aethereus Needs You! - Testers Look within!
Hello LoA Fans! We're still looking for Volunteer testers to help test out the new features and fixes we're hard at work on. If you would like to be a tester please send the following information to a
Legends of Aethereus Needs You! - Testers Look within!
Hello LoA Fans! We're still looking for Volunteer testers to help test out the new features and fixes we're hard at work on. If you would like to be a tester please send the following information to a
LoA Patch 1.61.803.3999 released, including new Xmas Bonus Jackpot Arena Level with massive Loot Payouts
Hello LoA Fans! We've just gone live with version 1.61.803.3999 This new version includes: combat, animation, sound and performance improvements as well as our new Xmas Bonus Jackpot Arena Level with
LoA Patch 1.61.803.3999 released, including new Xmas Bonus Jackpot Arena Level with massive Loot Payouts
Hello LoA Fans! We've just gone live with version 1.61.803.3999 This new version includes: combat, animation, sound and performance improvements as well as our new Xmas Bonus Jackpot Arena Level with
Legends of Aethereus updates to version LOA 1.61.803.3998.
Hello LoA Fans! Good news! We've just gone live with version 3998 and the patch notes are as follows, LOA 1.61.803.3998 Patch notes * Updated the first three levels to improve performance and decrease
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Action · Indie · Multiplayer · Co-op · Kickstarter · Action RPG · Character Customization (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Russian, Swedish, German * |
| Achievements | 23 |
| Official site | http://aethereusgame.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 Processor: Intel Core®2 Duo E6700 @ 2.6GHz or AMD Athlon64 X2 6000+ @ 3.0Ghz or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 512MB Video RAM(1GB Video RAM), DirectX9c Shader Model 3.0 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible(Recommended Surround Sound 5.1 capable) Additional Notes: Supported Video Cards: AMD Radeon™ HD 2900/3000/4000/5000/6000/7000 series, NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTX/9/200/400/500/600 series, INTEL HD 3000/4000. Laptop versions of these cards may work, but are not supported. These chipsets are t