About This Demo

AETHUS is a top-down narrative sci-fi survival and base-building game with a strong focus on exploration, resource management, and crafting. Work alone, dig deep, build a functional outpost, and keep ARC off your back.

Mine

Extract resources with mining lasers, drills, and explosives. Aethus is full of valuable ores, minerals, and bio-materials if you know where to look - and have the equipment to reach them. Process your finds for maximum benefit, and use what you earn to improve your tools and expand your base.

Build

Design, construct, and expand your outpost on Aethus. Combine modular structures to create living quarters, storage, refineries, power systems and more. Develop efficient production processes and upgrade your facilities to handle larger hauls and new biomes.

Explore

Travel through abandoned facilities, tunnels, and biomes left behind by a mysterious expedition. Find data logs, investigate hidden operations, and piece together what really happened to the teams who came before you.

FEATURES

• Handcrafted Sci-Fi World: Explore a carefully built alien planet with distinct biomes and hidden history.

• Survival & Base Building: Gather, craft, and build to keep yourself fed, warm, and productive.

• Relaxed Exploration: Take your time exploring new sites and sectors to discover resources and story clues at your own pace.

• Story-Rich: A fully-voiced narrative reveals a corporate conspiracy.

• Singleplayer: A solo survival experience focused on calm building and meaningful exploration.

• V1 Day One: No Microtransactions. No early access. No AI-generated content. Just a complete game developed by a Scottish solo-indie studio.

Wishlist AETHUS

Scavenge smart. Build thoughtfully. Explore freely. Keep ARC out of your business.

Launching late 2025 - wishlisting helps more than you know!