Aethermancer

Roguelike· Creature Collector· Turn-Based· Party-Based RPG

Early access since Sep 2025

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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Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $25.99

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Evaluation

Aethermancer is a game currently in Steam Early Access, entered on September 23, 2025. The developer, moi rai games, has maintained a highly active and consistent development cadence since launch, delivering on every commitment they've made publicly. The major milestones so far: a QOL update in December 2025 added new champion Ravager, the Combat Inspector, and other quality-of-life improvements; the Full of Fusion Update launched March 19, 2026, bringing a second player class (the Aether Alchemist), Monster Infusion mechanics, new Champion monsters, and Epic Artifacts; the Alchemical Awakening Update — which the developer called the "biggest update yet" — launched June 25, 2026, adding the entirely new Alchemical Woods biome, 9 new monsters, the Echo monster type, and a second Monster Deity boss (Khepri). Hotfixes and a balancing patch followed on July 1, July 10, and July 15, 2026. Crucially, the July 1 hotfix added an "In Development" label to the Vestige-4 difficulty, explicitly signaling that content is still being built. The July 10 balancing patch notes that "bigger-effort reworks and adjustments for some other skills" are planned for the next bigger update. The developer's early access roadmap, referenced in both the March and December posts, continues to be the guiding structure for what's to come. The most recent developer communication was on July 15, 2026 — just over a month before today's date of August 19, 2026. Communication has been consistent throughout the game's early access period, and all signals point to ongoing active development toward a 1.0 release that has not yet been announced or dated.

Evidence

Balancing patch states that 'bigger-effort reworks and adjustments for some other skills' are planned for the next bigger update, confirming continued development work.

news post · Jul 10, 2026 source content planned

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Post-launch hotfix notes that the Vestige-4 difficulty has been marked 'In Development' in-game, explicitly indicating more content is still being built.

news post · Jul 1, 2026 source content planned

high

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Details

Developer

moi rai games

Publisher

offbrand games

Achievements

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Platform

Windows, Linux

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

Creature Collector Roguelike Turn-Based Party-Based RPG Strategy JRPG Dungeon Crawler Difficult Dark Fantasy RPG Perma Death Indie Pixel Graphics Atmospheric 2D

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 still be the same companions you once established a soul bond with and will grow stronger from their previous lives.

With every level up you get to decide in which direction your monsters will grow. Every monster has a dynamic skill pool that reacts to previous choices and other monsters you have in your team, enabling you to create powerful teams. Experiment with a myriad of unique team builds with every run!

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!

The Aethermancer has many faces - and each of them come with entirely new mechanics and abilities. Unlock new player classes to shake up the way you play and how you decide to build your party.

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!