Aethernaut

Aethernaut is a first-person puzzle game set in an open steampunk world. Guided by Cornell, a scientist who says he wants to help you, you solve puzzles to move through the Construct and reach its deeper areas. As you explore, you learn about your past and how you can survive the deadly aether.

The Construct

The abandoned Construct holds hidden secrets and an unseen entity that tries to contact you and begs for help. As you delve deeper, you must decide whom to trust—and question who you really are. You jump, climb and use portals to reach new areas.

Solve the puzzles

Puzzle rooms use light, sensors, portals and time travel. You gather aether vials to gain access to the core of the Construct. How you solve the puzzles, or whether you solve them at all, also affects the story’s outcome.

Shape your story

Cornell asks philosophical questions, then increasingly personal ones as he tries to understand your nature and personality. Your answers shape the story and reveal more about you. The questions include whether you would rather be remembered forever as an evil tyrant or be completely forgotten, whether happiness or usefulness matters more as a purpose in life, and whether people in love love the real person or their idea of that person. Aethernaut has six possible endings, determined by your answers and how you solve the puzzles.