Aethermancer is a lot of fun! Free Demo on Steam! (Monster Tamer + Roguelite)

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Board 8 » Aethermancer is a lot of fun! Free Demo on Steam! (Monster Tamer + Roguelite)
Zigzagoon
02/14/2025
11:46 AM
#1
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2288470/Aethermancer/

Been playing a lot of this the last few days and I definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys monster tamer games or roguelites!

Only the demo out at the moment but still has about 2 hours of gameplay and then a lot of replay value if you want to give other monsters a try!
~Silver_Ermine~
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NBIceman
02/14/2025
11:47 AM
#2
Same folks that did Monster Sanctuary, right? That one's been on my list for quite a while and this one looked cool when I first saw it, too.
Chilly McFreeze
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Zigzagoon
02/14/2025
11:51 AM
#3
NBIceman posted...
Same folks that did Monster Sanctuary, right? That one's been on my list for quite a while and this one looked cool when I first saw it, too.

Yup! Never played Monster Sanctuary myself though.
~Silver_Ermine~
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Zigzagoon
02/14/2025
04:04 PM
#4
This was my squad for beating Heroic (Hard Mode) on the first try!

I love Wolpertinger <3 (The monster in the middle)

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/7/78d89b1b.jpg
~Silver_Ermine~
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Zigzagoon
02/15/2025
11:17 AM
#5
Up!
~Silver_Ermine~
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Bane_Of_Despair
02/15/2025
11:24 AM
#6
Whoa hell yea

And looking at the screenshots I like that capybara guy
You were the cancer, that's all you'll ever be
I really messed up this contest, but azuarc gave it a Breath of fresh air
Zigzagoon
02/15/2025
12:17 PM
#7
Bane_Of_Despair posted...
Whoa hell yea

And looking at the screenshots I like that capybara guy
Lemme know if you do a run and who your squad was!
~Silver_Ermine~
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MZero
02/16/2025
04:59 AM
#8
Hmmm I absolutely love Monster Sanctuary but don't like roguelikes at all. I guess it couldn't hurt to give it a try though

Also play Monster Sanctuary it slaps
Zigzagoon
02/17/2025
01:34 AM
#9
Up!
~Silver_Ermine~
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tcaz2
02/17/2025
06:08 AM
#10
Downloaded the demo yesterday, maybe I'll try it today. Surprised this isn't a genre muxuo I've seen before outside of Pokemon rom hacks tbh (Emerald Rogue good)
tcaz2
02/17/2025
03:31 PM
#11
Gave a bit of a play earlier. Its pretty fun. I think the UI needs some clarity built into it (its hard to tell exactly what effects are on you/the enemies if you're not already familiar with them), and I think the combat feels a little slow, but its not bad.
swordz9
02/17/2025
04:12 PM
#12
Is it coming to stuff other than Steam?
scarletspeed7
02/17/2025
04:36 PM
#13
thanks
"It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful
Bane_Of_Despair
02/17/2025
06:27 PM
#14
Zigzagoon posted...
Lemme know if you do a run and who your squad was!
I did a run! Or at least I think I did, I died and got sent to town for the first time and stopped there for now. Was on the second biome.

Team was a pretty standard one, the two initial ones they let you pick between and then the cool two headed wolf as my third. It seemed to be going well, the bull guy had a rare meteorite equipment that was doing great with his shield ability, and then it went poorly in one battle lol
You were the cancer, that's all you'll ever be
I really messed up this contest, but azuarc gave it a Breath of fresh air
Zigzagoon
02/17/2025
06:32 PM
#15
Two headed doggo is fun. Love his sidekick shenanigans, especially with Wolpertinger.

scarletspeed7 posted...
thanks

I gotchu
~Silver_Ermine~
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banananor
02/17/2025
07:22 PM
#16
Thanks for the heads up, I'll give it a try!

Any tips in terms of important mechanics or strategies? I remember monster sanctuary having a few important ones
You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured.
notdave
02/17/2025
10:16 PM
#17
looks neat - might grab it when it hits Switch or Mac
Zigzagoon
02/18/2025
12:53 AM
#18
banananor posted...
Thanks for the heads up, I'll give it a try!

Any tips in terms of important mechanics or strategies? I remember monster sanctuary having a few important ones

Monsters that can give shields to the team are very valuable because of how corruption works.

When your monsters take health damage, a small portion is converted into corruption that will not heal after the battle (while the rest of your HP does)

So after a few battles your monsters might start the fight with 30/50 HP if they have taken enough corruption. There are ways to heal the corruption, but only very few so having lots of shields after each turn prevents you from even taking the corruption to begin with! Very strong!
~Silver_Ermine~
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Zigzagoon
02/18/2025
11:39 AM
#19
Another thing would be to try and get a couple synergies between your mons with their traits. If you double up on some of their traits, when they level up they are more likely to get stuff that supports said trait and you can get some cool combinations/auras!
~Silver_Ermine~
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Zigzagoon
02/25/2025
01:09 AM
#20
Up!

There was an update with some fixes/changes as well as a new mon to try out!
~Silver_Ermine~
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