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| Sale | Take Flight During the Steam Cyberpunk Fest! 🚙🌃 Hello everyone, Steam is celebrating the best in high-tech dystopian fiction this week, and Aether & Iron is pulling up to the starting line! We are excited to be featured in the Steam Cyberpunk Fest from August 3 until August 10 . If you've been waiting for the perfect moment to dive into our narrative adventure or introduce a friend to the crew, this is your sign! Aether & Iron is on 20% off… | — | |
| Community | We're overwhelmed by your support! Hello again crew! Last week we asked for your honest feedback, and you are delivering! We received hundreds of responses on day one alone. While we pour over this data we wanted to stop for a moment and share our gratitude for every reply!! You all are giving our product and design teams a goldmine of insights and data to inform future decisions. We are already seeing trends regarding which fea… | — | |
| Community | Shape the Future of Aether & Iron – Player Survey Now Live! Hey Crew! We want to know what resonated most with you in Aether & Iron! What features do you want to see expanded next? We’ve launched a player survey to gather your thoughts on everything from combat mechanics and vehicle customization to story pacing and future DLC concepts. You can find it right now on the main menu home screen, or click the link below to open it in your browser: 👉 Your fe… | — | |
| Community | ICYMI: Aether & Iron Wins Best RPG at the TooManyGames Indie Game Awards Hey Crew! We are excited to share that earlier this month, Aether & Iron won Best Role-Playing Game at the TooManyGames Indie Game Awards! 🏆 We are so grateful to our team for creating this world and to our community for supporting our development and sharing our game with others. We certainly wouldn't be here without all of you! The celebration doesn't stop there! From now through July 23 , A… | — | |
| Game update | Patch Release: 1.1.666 This update focuses on several areas we've seen players discussing, including controller usability, inventory management, combat pacing, and overall game performance. One of the biggest changes in this update is a new save file compression system. Saves are now significantly smaller and take up less Steam Cloud storage. Alongside this, we've continued optimising performance throughout the game,… | 24032414 | |
| Community | Aether & Iron Update Roadmap 2026 Hey everyone! The team has been hard at work since launch, and we want to thank you for all your feedback!! It has been incredibly valuable as we improve the game and plan what’s next. Available Now · The New Roadside Garage is live, along with a big batch of quality-of-life improvements and fixes. → Full patch notes for Update 1.1 are available here . Coming in 2026 · New story missions and mi… | — | |
| Game update | Patch Release: 1.1.391 Thanks to everyone who has continued sending us feedback since the release of the v1.1 update last week. This is a smaller update focused on addressing a handful of progression issues, improving controller usability, and cleaning up some UI and dialogue edge cases reported by players. Patch Notes Improved UI/UX · Made it easier to select buttons in the HUD and in combat using the controller cur… | 23501237 | |
| Major update | Major Update: 1.1.337 Thanks again to everyone who’s continued playing Aether & Iron since launch and sharing feedback, bug reports, and suggestions with us. Today’s update is our first major post-launch update for the game - v1.1.337 - and includes a collection of player-requested quality-of-life improvements, accessibility options, controller updates, and the performance/memory optimisations we recently tested in… | 23408284 | |
| In-game event | Demo Update - Japanese Localisation Thanks to everyone who’s been playing the Aether & Iron Demo and sharing feedback with us over the past few months. Today, we’re excited to release an update for the public demo: full Japanese text localisation is now available. The demo still uses English voiceover, but all written content can now be played fully in Japanese. To switch languages: · Open the Settings menu · Select Language · Se… | — | |
| Game update | Public Beta Release: 1.0.830 Thanks to everyone who’s continued sharing feedback since launch. We know that some players - particularly some on older machines or with limited RAM - have been experiencing performance issues or longer load times than we’d like. Today’s update is a little different from our usual patches. We’ve released a new optional Public Beta branch on Steam that includes a significant overhaul to how Aet… | 23188601 | |
| Community | Start Your Engines! 🚗💨 Check out Aether & Iron in the Start Your Engine Festival from May 12-19! This event is a celebration of games that, you guessed it ...have engines!! If you've been curious about the gravity-defying world of Aether & Iron, now's a great time to check it out!! Unravel mysteries, customize your ride, roll the dice, and save your impossible city! Explore several categories of games on the event page: | — | |
| Game update | Patch Release: 1.0.607 Thanks again to everyone continuing to play Aether & Iron and send through feedback and bug reports! Our latest update focuses on improving overall usability, alongside fixing several progression and combat issues reported by players. We’ve also made several localisation and UI adjustments to improve readability across supported languages. Patch Notes Improved Narrative & Scenes · Improved timi… | 23124324 | |
| Game update | Patch Release: 1.0.499 Thanks again to everyone continuing to play Aether & Iron and share feedback. This update introduces a new way to play for those who want higher stakes, alongside a range of accessibility options, UI improvements, and new sound effects. We’ve also addressed a few lingering issues around achievements, dialogue flow, and item rewards. Patch Notes New · Enabled the “Single Save” modifier for campa… | 22934934 | |
| Game update | Patch Release: 1.0.424 Thanks again to everyone who’s been playing Aether & Iron and continuing to share feedback with us. We’ve been working through some player-reported issues - particularly around progression and UX clarity - and have our latest patch ready to share. This update focuses on fixing several cases where players could get stuck when migrating from the demo to the full game , improving combat responsive… | 22829279 | |
| Game update | Patch Release: 1.0.245 Thanks to everyone who’s been playing Aether & Iron in our launch week! We’ve been working through your feedback and have another patch ready to share with you. This update focuses on a mix of combat tuning , performance improvements , and a number of UI, localisation, and bug fixes based on issues players have mentioned. We’ll keep sharing updates as we continue improving the game. Patch Notes… | 22688922 | |
| Game update | Patch Release: v1.0.159 Thanks to everyone who’s jumped into Aether & Iron and had the opportunity to fall in love with both the characters and world that we’ve built. The passion and engagement we’ve seen from the community has broken through all of our expectations as a team, and we couldn’t be more excited by the response to Aether & Iron. With our first patch, v1.0.159, we wanted to address the reports of save iss… | 22613949 | |
| Esports | Aether & Iron + Legends of the Round Table Bundle is Now Available! We’re excited to team up with Artifice Studio, the talented team behind Legends of the Round Table to bring you a new bundle! Pair our decopunk narrative RPG Aether & Iron; set in a floating alternate 1930s New York City full of jazz, intrigue, and tough choices with their beautiful medieval RPG filled with honor, magic, and romance. If you love strong storytelling and meaningful choices, this… | — | |
| Steam news | Aether & Iron is Out Now! Aether & Iron is finally here! Step into a breathtaking decopunk 1930s floating metropolis. Play as Gia , a sharp-witted smuggler with a mysterious past, as you recruit your crew, engage in tactical turn-based combat from your gravity-defying vehicle, and uncover the dark secrets lurking beneath the glamorous skyline. With full English voice acting, meaningful choices, and a rich narrative full… | — | |
| Community | THE FINAL COUNTDOWN: 1 WEEK UNTIL LAUNCH The countdown is on. Aether & Iron launches globally in one week!! This is it!! Our first game, Aether & Iron, releases globally March 30-31, 2026. Your exact launch time is shown in the graphic above. The World We've Built: Aether & Iron is a fully-voiced 1930s noir Narrative RPG set in a gravity-defying alt-history New York. Play as Gia, a smuggler caught in a conspiracy that threatens the im… | — | |
| In-game event | Patch Notes: Demo Update 0.6.158 Hello everyone! We are just over a month away from Aether & Iron's full release on March 31st and wanted to release an update to make sure the demo best represents the experience you'll have in the game's full release. This update focuses on early-game stability, combat balance, UI clarity, and presentation polish. Thank you to everyone who has been playing the demo and sharing your feedback! N… | — | |
| Announcement | We're locked in! Aether & Iron launches March 31, 2026. It's official. After years of development, countless hours of writing, recording, and iteration, we're thrilled to announce: Aether & Iron releases March 31, 2026 on Steam and Steam Deck. As production wraps up, we're deep in final QA, localization into 8 languages, and finishing touches. We're committed to delivering the best narrative RPG experience we possibly can. In the meantime, wishlisti… | — | |
| Steam news | Join us for this week’s Developer AMA! Developer AMA Our Art Director, Gary Jensen, will be stopping by to talk about visually designing the world of Aether & Iron from early concepts to the Decopunk style that shapes everything you’ve seen so far! Do you have a question for Gary? Drop it in the comments here or stop by during our live AMA call on Discord! We’ll be taking questions about characters, environments, visual direction, a… | — | |
| Game update | Patch Notes: Demo Update 0.3.479 Demo Update v0.3.479 Quality of Life, Combat Tweaks, and More! Thank you to everyone who's played the Aether & Iron demo so far and sent in feedback!! Today we pushed out our first demo update with loads of quality-of-life improvements, bug fixes, accessibility options, and several additional languages to bring Aether & Iron to even more players. We hope these improvements smooth out your ride… | 19767137 | |
| Community | October Dev Diary: Demo Deployed! October was an exciting month for Seismic Squirrel! We sponsored Episode 2 of Critical Role’s Campaign 4. We released our Composer Reveal Trailer, announcing that Christopher Tin and Alex Williamson are composing the score for Aether & Iron, which is an incredible honor! We also sent a representative to Brasil Game Show, our Product Manager, Josh, attended TwitchCon, and our co-development part… | — | |
| Community | Aether & Iron: Community Challenges Now Live The Aether & Iron demo is available now in Steam Next Fest! If you are live-streaming, recording videos, sharing guides, or otherwise engaging with our game, we want to know about it and reward your participation! That’s why we’re partnering with the folks at JustAbout to host community challenges where you can earn rewards for things you’re already doing. Make some fan art of an Aether & Iron… | — | |
| Steam news | Play the Aether & Iron Demo – Available Now on Steam Next Fest Hey everyone, We’re excited to share that Aether & Iron is part of Steam Next Fest, and our free playable demo is now live! This is the first time players outside our dev team have had hands-on access to the game, and we couldn’t be more excited to invite you into our retro-futuristic version of New York City. In the demo, you'll take on the role of Gia Randazzo, a smuggler-for-hire navigating… | — | |
| Esports | Watch the Devs Play Aether & Iron Watch the creative director Duane Stinnett, and narrative lead Tyler Whitney play the Aether & Iron demo! | — |
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.