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Project AETHER: First Contact

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App ID 940140
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Sleepy Spider Studios
Supported Systems Windows macOS
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 27924129
Last Record Update 11 March 2025 – 23:09:11 UTC ()
Release Date 24 February 2020 – 15:51:17 UTC ()
❓ 77.62%
29 reviews
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In-Game

As a threat from beyond looms over the solar system, take control of the AETHER prototype in this rhythmic and tactical space shooter - fusing classic arcade-style action with stunning 3D environments and an engaging sci-fi story.

Additional Information

Developer Sleepy Spider Studios
metacritic_name Project AETHER: First Contact
controller_support full
community_visible_stats Yes
workshop_visible Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Sleepy Spider Studios
Store Release Date 24 February 2020 – 15:51:33 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Action (1)
Store Genres Action (1), Indie (23)
Steam Release Date 24 February 2020 – 15:51:17 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 23 October 2020 – 16:13:14 UTC () (1603469594)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
First seen on SteamDB 6 September 2018 – 17:35:06 UTC (), in changelist #5050345

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes Yes Yes

Tags

💥 Action 🌱 Indie 🤖 Mechs 👾 Retro 🌟 Top-Down Shooter 🕹️ Twin Stick Shooter 🔫 Shooter 🚀 Sci-fi 👤 Singleplayer 🤔 Tactical 🌠 Space 🎶 Great Soundtrack 🕹 Arcade 🧊 3D 🕹 Shoot 'Em Up 🗺️ Top-Down ▶️ Real Time Tactics 💥 Bullet Hell

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Cloud Steam Leaderboards Family Sharing Profile Features Limited

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

Assets

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Depots

ID Configuration Size DL.
940141 Project AETHER: First Contact Content 2.34 GiB 1.73 GiB

Total size on disk is 2.34 GiB and total download size is 1.73 GiB.

Branches

Name Description Build ID Time Updated
public 5732090 28 October 2020 – 19:30:55 UTC

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