Full game metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Steam app type | game |
| Steam App ID | 4422080 |
| Live current players | 0 |
| SteamPulse tracked peak | 0 |
| Live count (today's peak floor) | 0 |
| Price | No longer available on Steam Store |
| Free to play | No current Steam offer |
| Discount | Not available |
| Original price USD | Not available |
| Current price USD | Not available |
| Release date | 2026 |
| Developer | Slade |
| Publisher | Slade |
| Owners estimated | Not available |
| SteamSpy owner estimate minimum | Not available |
| SteamSpy owner estimate maximum | Not available |
| Review type | No user reviews |
| Positive review percent | Not available |
| Positive reviews | 0 |
| Negative reviews | 0 |
| Total reviews | 0 |
| Steam recommendations | Not available |
| Achievements | Not available |
| Average playtime forever | Not available |
| Windows support | Yes |
| macOS support | Yes |
| Linux support | Yes |
| Parent game | Not available |
| Store URL | Not available on Steam Store |
Short description
Place magical constructs around a swirling cosmic rift, chain together exotic energies, and collapse reality to grow stronger in this deep incremental game.
About this game
Aether Rift is a game about harvesting energy from an unstable dimensional rift. It is a deep incremental strategy game with procedural visuals, meaningful decisions, and a rift that really does not want you to succeed. Tap the Rift The rift bleeds energy. Your job is to take it. Place constructs around the rift to siphon Aether, your most basic resource. Go deeper and the energy gets stranger: Ignis from the molten layers, Cryo from the frozen ones, chaotic Flux, pure Void, volatile Plasma, and concentrated Aetherium. The rift has a lot to give. It just doesn't want to. Build Your Engine Constructs are how you get things done. Siphons harvest. Amplifiers boost. Forges convert one resource into another. Anchors keep everything from falling apart. Place them carefully, because proximity matters. Put the right constructs next to each other and synergy combos kick in. Specialize them to fine-tune your strategy. There are a lot of ways to build, and most of them work. Some of them work really well. Manage the Instability Every resource you extract makes the rift angrier. Instability climbs. If it hits the cap, the rift collapses and takes your progress with it. You can fight it with Stabilizers and research. Or you can lean into it, because some of the best upgrades turn instability into a weapon. Collapse and Grow Stronger When you're ready, trigger a controlled collapse. The rift shatters and reforms, leaving behind Rift Shards. Spend them in the Rift Constellation, a prestige tree with four paths: Stability : Tame the rift. Reduce instability, boost decay, convert danger into production. Constructs : More slots, stronger builds, fusion, overclocking. Production : Raw power. Global multipliers, passive generation, resource mastery. Progression : Speed and automation. Faster challenges, auto-fabrication, resource retention. Each collapse makes you stronger. Each path changes how you play. Go Deeper Research unlocks permanent bonuses and new mechanics. Each depth presents a timed challenge that tests your build. The early ones are straightforward. The later ones fight back: progress decays, demands escalate, and the rift starts draining your stockpiles. T…
Supported languages
English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese