About This Game

A story-driven sci-fi survival game about mining, base-building, and carving out a future in the ruins of corporate greed.

About AETHUS

You are Maeve - an ex-mining engineer from the Astral Research Corporation (ARC), a galactic megacorp that profits by draining planets of their resources.

She’s left the company.

ARC has not left her, however.

On Aethus, ARC claims there is nothing worth having. Maeve knows they are wrong. With basic mining equipment, tales from her beloved grandpa and a sarcastic AI drone called Roland, she works to build a stable life outside ARC’s corporate control. 

Unravel a dystopian capitalist conspiracy as you delve through the remnants of a doomed expedition and the abandoned facilities they've left behind. 

Key Features

Laser-blast mining in a handcrafted alien world
Drill, scavenge, and rebuild as you navigate decaying infrastructure and living terrain.

A fully voiced narrative about family, grief, and resistance
Uncover a dystopian corporate conspiracy, and decide how far you’re willing to go for the truth.

Companion AI with a mind of its own
Meet Roland - loyal, sarcastic, and your only company on AETHUS.

Build your outpost, grow your own future
From salvage to fungus, rare ores and reclaimed tech, create a home-from-home outpost.

Made with care, not crunch

From UK-based indie solo-dev studio, Pawsmonaut Games. No AI content. No microtransactions. Just one person, one vision, one chance to leave your mark on AETHUS.

Pawsmonaut Games is a proud Scottish solo-independent game development studio,

founded in 2023 to create deep, compelling experiences without micro-transactions, battle

passes or predatory monetisation.