Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
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AETHUS
Developer Pawsmonaut Games
Explore a vast underground world to mine and craft hundreds of items while building up your modular Outpost on the surface, to prospect for gems, refine resources and farm hydroponic crops in this top-down sci-fi survival-crafter where the story always provides a reason to dig deeper. From the Steam store page
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60 of 73 · most liked firstAfter three years of work, AETHUS is out... NOW! 👩🚀⛏️ This is my love letter to survival-crafting games, and it's a full 1.0 package - no EA! $15.99 at launch for 30+ hours of proper story-driven gameplay. Can you help me spread the word about my little indie game? #AETHUS #GameDev #IndieGame
unlabelledView post →Check out the new gameplay trailer for my solo-indie survival-crafting game, AETHUS, as featured by @ign.com! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUem... #ScreenshotSaturday #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame
unlabelledView post →Chuffed to wake up to a @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social article on AETHUS! 😍 Less than a month to go until launch now, and creators and press are playing the game! www.rockpapershotgun.com/a-former-roc...
unlabelledView post →I'm back, BlueSky! I'm a solo-indie making a survival-crafting/base-building game featuring a dystopian sci-fi narrative and physics-based world - AETHUS! 👩🚀⛏ Check out the trailer and Wishlist!: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwB0... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames #indiegaming #soloindie #survivalgame
unlabelledView post →The AETHUS September Development Diary is now live! This month: 📺 - New Gameplay Trailer 🔥 - The Magma Rifts ✅ - Steam Achievements Check out the September update below! 👇 store.steampowered.com/news/app/254... #GameDev #IndieDev #SurvivalGame #IndieGame #IndieGaming
unlabelledView post →Experience a 30-hour-long, fully voice-acted storyline where your crafting, exploration and building always have an actual story-driven purpose! You can grab AETHUS right now for just $14.99 - find out why the game has 94% positive reviews! 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/2541530/... #IndieDev
unlabelledView post →How it started vs How it's going: Happy #Blocktober from AETHUS, my solo-indie survival game! Why not give it a Wishlist or try the demo? store.steampowered.com/app/2541530/... #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #LowPoly
unlabelledView post →Hey! I'm a solodev with a demo in NF for my sci-fi survival crafter, AETHUS, launching straight to 1.0 (no Early Access!) It's a survival game with an actual story - you've always got a reason to go out and explore, build up your base, or craft something new! bsky.app/profile/beac... #ShowCasey
unlabelledView post →#PitchYaGame My solo-dev game, AETHUS, is all about story-driven survival! 🛠 Mine using tons of tools including powerful lasers, explosives and drills! 🚀 Build a futuristic base using a library of modules, 💬A fully voiced dystopian narrative, 🤖And a Scottish AI companion... #IndieGameDev #GameDev
unlabelledView post →Hi #PitchYaGame - this is AETHUS, my chill, non-violent, narrative-driven solo-indie survival/base-building game! 👩🚀⛏ Build up your mining outpost on an alien planet while exploring the open-world physics-based underground caverns below! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwB0... #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev
unlabelledView post →There's discourse happening around #Silksong not having difficulty options so I wanted to show the gameplay modifiers for AETHUS, my survival-crafting game! Everyone enjoys games differently - if you want to make it easier/harder in particular ways, who am I to stop you? #GameDev #IndieDev #Gaming
unlabelledView post →This has been a tough secret to keep... AETHUS has a publisher! 🥳👩🚀 As a solo-indie dev making a game during a really tough period in the industry, I feel very proud to have achieved this partnership and can't wait to bring the game to as many people as possible, together! #IndieDev #IndieGame
unlabelledView post →Looking for a new survival-crafter this #WishlistWednesday? Here's AETHUS! With a focus on narrative to drive you through the game, explore an alien underground world to mine for resources, build up your outpost, and escape the grip of a dystopian megacorporation! #Gamedev #IndieDev #IndieGame
unlabelledView post →AETHUS has passed 1,500 reviews on Steam! 🥳 I never imagined I might achieve this goal within two months, and for the game to still be Overwhelmingly Positive is just a dream come true. I'm incrediby happy that this little story has resonated so much with everyone. Thank you so much!
unlabelledView post →AETHUS is now on its first post-launch discount at 20% off! If you haven't picked up the game yet, now's the perfect time as I've pushed over TWENTY patches since launch containing countless fixes, new features and QOL improvements! Grab it here!👇 store.steampowered.com/app/2541530/...
unlabelledView post →AETHUS features on @gamerant.bsky.social today!👩🚀⛏️ The header image is even from the game 🥰 gamerant.com/biggest-upco... #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #SurvivalGame
unlabelledView post →Excited for the #Subnautica2 teaser? Check out AETHUS, my solo-indie sci-fi survival game heavily inspired by #Subnautica, with a strong dystopian megacorp narrative and a physics-based world! ⛏👩🚀 store.steampowered.com/app/2541530/... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indiegamedev
unlabelledView post →The brand new AETHUS demo is now live as part of Steam #NextFest! 🎮 If you played the old one, you might want to give the new one a shot as your progress will carry straight into the game on launch next week, March 6th! 🔥 Check out the trailer and news post below! 👇 #GameDev shorturl.at/bbAbQ
unlabelledView post →Thanks Alex! I'm a solodev with a demo in NF for my sci-fi survival crafter, AETHUS, launching straight to 1.0 (no Early Access!) It's a survival game with an actual story - you've always got a reason to go out and explore, build up your base, or craft something new! bsky.app/profile/beac...
unlabelledView post →🚨 Applications for the May Playtest of AETHUS are now OPEN! 👇 forms.gle/5XCgSomeqzND... The playtest will begin next Friday and run for approx. two weeks, and contains 2/3 of the final game, roughly ~15+ hours of gameplay. #GameDev #IndieDev #Playtest #IndieGameDev #GamePlaytest
unlabelledView post →Going live on Twitch with the first AETHUS dev-stream! Come check out how I create new placeable constructions for the game as I add the BIODOME! www.twitch.tv/beacondev/ #GameDev
unlabelledView post →The AETHUS demo just passed 100 reviews, with a 93% positive rating both recent and overall!😍 I've been tweaking and hotfixing all week, and I'm so happy that the game is resonating so well with the thousands of new players trying it out. Next Fest has been an absolute blast! #GameDev #NextFest
unlabelledView post →I was delighted to chat to Jakub recently about AETHUS and what's in store for the Scottish #GameDev scene in 2025! news.stv.tv/scotland/gta... #IndieGame #IndieGameDev #IndieDev
unlabelledView post →My Indie Sunday post for AETHUS on r/Games absolutely exploded yesterday, so awesome to be at the top of the subreddit and have so many new eyes on the game. www.reddit.com/r/Games/comm... #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGameDev #UnrealEngine #SoloIndie
unlabelledView post →Completed the very shiny indie game AETHUS from Pawsmonaut Games @beacondev.bsky.social An expertly-made base-builder adventure game with a highly configurable touch of survival featuring excellent writing and voice acting. Definitely worth checking out. #GameReviews #GamesMedia #IndieGames
unlabelledView post →In case you missed it, my lovely chat with @beacondev.bsky.social is now available on YouTube! Join us as we talk all things Aethus and Alex shares tips for indie game development.
unlabelledView post →AETHUS is an underground survival-crafting game, focused around a proper story with full voice-acting, that I'm developing solo after leaving my AAA job! Think a more story-driven #Subnautica, set in alien caverns... 👩🚀⛏️ Check out the demo and wishlist on Steam! #PitchYaGame
unlabelledView post →Thanks to a helpful comment on Reddit, I just enabled #GeForceNOW support for the AETHUS demo, and full game! It's literally a tickbox on your store page backend, simple as that, so why not? Nice way to grab a few additional players potentially! shorturl.at/1vVFi #Gamedev #IndieDev #IndieGameDev
unlabelledView post →Join me right now for more Steam Next Fest demos starting with @PawsmonautGames AETHUS! twitch.tv/kaiju_kittens #over50gamers #womengamers #SteamNextFest
unlabelledView post →Check out the brand new first hour of AETHUS being streamed TOMORROW by @piratesoftware.live as part of his #INDIECEMBER Games Festival! Stay tuned afterwards for an interview with me, too! store.steampowered.com/news/app/254... #IndieGameTrends #IndieGaming
unlabelledView post →BIRTHDAY WEEK SCHEDULE! ▪️Aphelion 🎨Special Preview! 🔥Burning Stations in Elite 🟠Aethus! We're also having a party in discord on Friday - shenanigans afoot!
unlabelledView post →So I like survival/building games, but with most I feel they're missing something that stops them from being truly great I gave the game Aethus a go turns out the thing I felt was missing in similar games was a fckn *excellent* story. What a great journey! store.steampowered.com/app/2541530/...
unlabelledView post →AETHUS 👩🚀⛏️ launches in just ONE WEEK! Straight to 1.0 - no Early Access, no messing around. The game is just $15.99 at launch, and you can grab a bundle with amazing games like @foreverskies.bsky.social to lower it even further! Check out the full news post!👇 store.steampowered.com/news/app/254...
unlabelledView post →Presenting, the "I don't have a clue" schedule. 🔫Will it include a look at the next vessel and operations in Elite Dangerous? IDK? 🚀Will it include The Expanse: Osiris Reborn? Probably? 🟠 Will it include more AETHUS? Almost definitely. See you tomorrow for... a space game!
unlabelledView post →Anyway, lets play a nice space game made by a LOVELY dev who actually cares about their game, shall we? I'm live now in AETHUS twitch.tv/psykit
unlabelledView post →Getting ready to stream more of Aethus tonight, going to see what more we can do in this story based mining automation game. twitch.tv/typhon_plume
unlabelledView post →SCOTTISH. SCI-FI. ADVENTURE. We're finally jumping into Aethus which just released, and it's been on my wishlist since I first played the demo ages ago. Gives me the same feeling that Subnautica did. Recipe for a good game.
unlabelledView post →The legendary @psykit.tv is streaming the AETHUS demo right now! They're doing such a great job, and really GET the game! Come and check it out! <3
unlabelledView post →Massive thanks to @piratesoftware.live and team for featuring AETHUS as part of #Indiecember! It was a blast doing the interview and awesome to see the game and my studio ethos resonating. Check out the VOD! 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5o2...
unlabelledView post →Had SUCH a fun time talking about AETHUS, gamedev, indie life and AAA with @piratesoftware.live who did an amazing job showing the game. Mega thanks to Thor and the team for the opportunity, and also to the hugely supportive chat community! 💓
unlabelledView post →We're back to our regularly scheduled programming. Finally starting our playthrough of AETHUS. The demo was great, lets check out the full game! We live! www.twitch.tv/gamertechau #Twitch #Streamer #GoingLive #LiveStreaming #AETHUS #IndieGame
unlabelledView post →Getting ready to stream something new! Devs gave me a key to play there new game Aethus! Which is a story based survial game with factory mechanics. Steam starts shortly. twitch.tv/typhon_plume
unlabelledView post →AETHUS a story driven survival game is doing something I've been missing for a while. An enjoyable title you should check out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-JN... #Aethus #Indiegames
unlabelledView post →Huge thanks to @ign.com for featuring AETHUS in their 'Biggest Games of March 2026' video! 😍 youtu.be/QE0TBpO_AHw?...
unlabelledView post →Commit 1,500 on AETHUS in the bag! The game is really coming along, just in grind mode at the moment getting ready for the next playtest 👀
unlabelledView post →Yo, if you like builder/survival/crafters with a really strong narrative I can not recommend Aethus by Pawsmonaugt Games enough. Just completed the game and I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Go check it out on Steam!
unlabelledView post →New week, new game going live with AETHUS! www.twitch.tv/jeppytheslime
unlabelledView post →AETHUS by @beacondev.bsky.social. A sci-fi survival crafter with a proud indie heart. Made by a former AAA dev now flying solo, the game makes no bones about chasing one's dreams and fighting corpo greed. It has good buzz already and deserves every bit. (21/x) store.steampowered.com/app/2541530/...
unlabelledView post →It's launch day for @beacondev.bsky.social's Aethus, a great little survival/crafting game with just enough narrative to keep the adventure moving without getting in the way. Mine with your drone/friend, upgrade tech, explore farther, and find what's hidden below. hardcoregamer.com/a-long-survi...
unlabelledView post →ok ok, heutiger haul noch: - Titanium Court: super unique match-3 tower defense adventure weirdness - Aethus: survival building game mit promising writing - Minos: gorgeous tower defense esque puzzle game mit hauch von Hades und Dungeon Keeper
unlabelledView post →So cool to see the game at a physical event! Big shout-out to Peak and the #SXSWSydney crew for picking AETHUS as an international selection to join an awesome host of Australian games!
unlabelledView post →I worked with Alex creating some new KeyArt of Aethus. It's a gorgeous detailed game, so I had to try and capture some of the world variety in a single image! Click through for the full piece and Steam link :)
unlabelledView post →The AETHUS Gamepad Update is live now, featuring full support and an entirely bespoke quick interaction scheme! 🎮 The game will also be on sale for 20% off tomorrow, so if you've not picked it up yet there's never been a better time! 👩🚀⛏️ shorturl.at/LKyND
unlabelledView post →Going Live this morning with a new game that caught my eye, AETHUS. Going to see what it's like for a bit and will perhaps play something else later this afternoon. We'll see how it goes. See you there! www.twitch.tv/the_raging_v...
unlabelledView post →This is how you leave a message. Pawsmonaut Games: No AI disclaimer, no early access, no MTX or cosmetics. Buy the soundtrack? 50% goes to the composer. Good game. Overwhelming reviews. Yes there's a supporter pack if you want to spend extra like a tip. Buy Aethus on Steam. Support indie.
unlabelledView post →Whelp. I rolled credits on @beacondev.bsky.social’s Aethus and holy cow. It’s on my shortlist for my personal Game of the Year. It takes a lot in a sci fi plot to genuinely surprise me with a plot twist. This succeeded, and then some. Took roughly 30 hours for me. Absolutely worth it!
unlabelledView post →OUT NOW: Pawsmonaut Games Launches AETHUS Deep Below the Surface: Former Rockstar Developer Launches Dystopian Survival Title ‘AETHUS’ Pawsmonaut Games, the solo studio led by former Rockstar developer Alex Kane, has officially launched AETHUS, an atmospheric, open-world survival game set within the claustrophobic depths of underground mines on an alien planet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUemUixwqzo Launched on March 6th 2026, the game has already proven to be a significant commercial…
unlabelledView post →Time to get our mining, exploring & automation on in this unique new sci-fi game. Episode 1 of #Aethus is now live on #YouTube. Thanks for watching, my #ZomBoids! youtu.be/kW1aGaGojmM?...
unlabelledView post →Young Sherlock, the final season of Outlander, Life Is Strange casting, Firefly teases… and Dave tries the new game Aethus. 🎙️ Geektown Radio Ep 488 is live: www.geektown.co.uk/2026/03/10/g...
unlabelledView post →(switching games) Story driven automation game, lets see how it is - Aethus twitch.tv/Khandor or youtube.com/@Khandor
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