# The Aether: Life as a God

Summer DB entity ID: 569e81d2\-2a9e\-48a1\-a8f5\-14ac0aedfe36

Steam App ID: 987190

Create a mortal race to worship you and grow your strength\. Guide them in their daily lives and help them grow\. The power you collect will grow your mind and body\. Dabble in the affairs of other gods or seek to destroy them and steal their power\.   The Aether: Life as a God  is a 60,000 word interactive fantasy novel by Alex Ryan, where your choices control the story\. It's entirely text\-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination\.     Create a custom mortal race\.    Engage in mortal affairs\.    Travel the Aether and steal power from lesser beings\.    Dabble in political affairs at The Court of Gods\.    Battle other gods in epic one one one conflicts\.    Complete unique quests and events with impactful outcomes\.

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Hosted Games

- Publisher: Hosted Games

- Release date: Dec 18, 2018

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Adventure, Indie, RPG

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Captions available, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/987190/ss\_6d0fdf843614a28e271cfbe42de9a1fdf133bb9c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734033757, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/987190/ss\_7183f110fbea6e298045d46799c49e7a4f55939c\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734033757, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/987190/ss\_15c2d338e86a414f51c04b47e316d15dc01b3d08\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734033757, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/987190/ss\_c9eda6a424179c137f5fbc5ece1ca05bf98cd6e0\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734033757, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/987190/ss\_b32c745da430208d09e600202aaf0f34c31f0568\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1734033757

- Price: 399 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 36

- Steam positive reviews: 29

- Steam negative reviews: 7

- Steam positive percentage: 80.55555555555556%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/569e81d2-2a9e-48a1-a8f5-14ac0aedfe36/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/569e81d2-2a9e-48a1-a8f5-14ac0aedfe36/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-23T23:40:44\.374182\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-23T23:40:45\.688501\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-23T23:40:45\.374465\+00:00

Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/987190/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/987190/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=987190","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/987190"\},"price":"2026\-09\-23T23:40:44\.374182\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-23T23:40:44\.374182\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-23T23:40:45\.688501\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-23T23:40:45\.374465\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"483deea3\-7d65\-465f\-b278\-83e6fa480cbd","catalog":"0e1f0b1c\-7d02\-4f99\-b973\-df6b515a76ab","details":"b8f49ff1\-87fe\-49ac\-82ad\-040c7602f0e5","players":"27f3bb4e\-2d28\-4f3b\-a7c0\-b368ab9fdd87","reviews":"0d930797\-3810\-4262\-9e08\-35aefe181d68"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\}

Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"569e81d2\-2a9e\-48a1\-a8f5\-14ac0aedfe36","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\}

Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/987190/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/569e81d2-2a9e-48a1-a8f5-14ac0aedfe36)