Creatures of Aether

Creatures of Aether is a card game in which you collect elemental creatures from across the world of Aether and compete in short board battles. Its card-flipping gameplay is inspired by Triple Triad: place cards so their numbers face opposing cards, and a higher number flips an opponent’s card under your control. Cards have four directional numbers, and the game’s four elements and card abilities add further strategic choices.

Cards and decks

The game has over 150 unique elemental cards, each with its own set of numbers, and 15 unique card abilities. You build decks around different strategies, with multiple deck types viable at the top level.

Each deck also uses one Rival card, which acts like a class or hero and shapes your strategy. You must include a Rival, can have only one in your deck, and your opponent can see which one you chose. The game has 16 Rivals drawn from characters across the Aether Universe, including Rivals of Aether and Dungeons of Aether.

Ranked matches

Online ranked PvP supports cross-platform play. Matches take around 3 minutes, and matchmaking pairs you with players of similar skill. You earn Medals as you climb the ladder; reaching the Master tier earns you a free Rival card. In Master, you can continue toward the top of the leaderboard, but you can also lose Medals.

Dungeons

Dungeons are single-player, miniature roguelite runs that you enter using Abyss Orbs. Each run gives you a new dungeon deck, which you improve by defeating computer-controlled opponents in 3x3 and 4x4 board battles.

Along the way, you can find chests, boosters and a safe that lets you add a card from your dungeon deck to your loot. At the end, you face a Dungeon Boss with powerful cards from a single element. Defeating the boss lets you take a large stack of one of its cards.