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!
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Sep 23, 2025
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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“Aethermancer has been in development for over three years, with several successful playtests and demos. The early access version of the game already features a rewarding loop with a significant amount of content. As a result, we believe now is the right time to put the game into players’ hands so that we can generate feedback and build towards making the 1.0 launch as polished as possible. ”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Approximately 1 year. ”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“The full version of the game will build upon the foundation we’ve built with the Early Access launch. We’ll work to add polish and quality of life as we develop, but you should also expect more monsters, more biomes, a fleshed-out end game area, deity boss fights, and player classes. Our hope is for the full version to have endless builds to experiment with, hours of exploration, as well as rewarding endings (and true endings).”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“As it stands, the game contains 1 player class, 3 difficulty modes, 28 monsters across 19 types, 443 abilities for your monsters to learn, 3 biomes to explore, 4 avenues of metaprogression, town decorations, and a Monster Deity boss fight.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Currently, we are planning a price increase midway through Early Access after major content updates, and another price increase once 1.0 launches. ”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We value our community’s feedback highly and have experience in working closely with our community from our last game Monster Sanctuary. We have already implemented a host of improvements and fixes suggested by our alpha, beta, and demo players, and we will keep a close eye on what the community has to say during development. The EA version of the game will receive updates roughly every 3 months with significant changes and additions. ”
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About This Game

Encounter the monsters of Terastae that defied the virtues of this world and are trapped in a cycle of death and rebirth. Use your special ability as an Aethermancer to form bonds with monsters to guide your party of three through a sprawling world and dangerous battles. Make smart skill choices as your monsters grow stronger and find synergies between your monsters - making every one truly unique!

Fight ferocious enemies and divine bosses in engaging turn-based battles where every action matters! Manage and harness the four elements of Aether to unleash powerful spells. Consider your synergies and plan your monsters actions. Purge enemy Aether, grind your opponents down with poison, protect your allies with shields, focus on attacking with the right elements - you can pursue different strategies! But whatever you do, keep a careful eye on the HP of your monsters…

If a monster dies in combat, you’ll lose it. Permanently. But you have the power to defy death by rebirthing their souls. Don’t lose hope! Your monsters might change in the process, but will grow stronger from their previous lives.

Help your monsters in combat and as you progress, unlock player classes that allow you to take on different roles as the Aethermancer and turn the tides of combat.

Meet various characters who will help you and your monsters throughout your journey! Uncover their stories and dig into the lore of this world - all fueled by your choices and encounters. Help liven the village up by gathering townsfolk, hearing them out, and doing what only a true Aethermancer can do!

Use your Aethermancer abilities to explore, sneak and fight your way through procedurally generated levels while your monsters gain Worthiness. Keep going until you lose your monsters… then come back stronger and try again!

Special thanks to Path of Pixels (logo), HeavyMetalHanzo (key artwork) and Steven Melin (soundtrack)!

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Dual-Core, 2.5 GHz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: geforce gtx 660, Radeon HD 5670
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 8 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: MacOS Mojave 10.14
    • Processor: 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD Graphic 4000 or Equivalent
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 14.04
    • Processor: Dual-Core, 2.0 GHz
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB, Radeon HD 4870 512 MB
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card
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