• News

  • TV & Film

  • PlayStation

  • Xbox

  • Nintendo

  • PC

  • Reviews

  • News

  • TV & Film

  • PlayStation

  • Xbox

  • Nintendo

  • PC

  • Reviews

  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube
Threads
Submit Your Content
The Legend of Zelda fans will love Steam's latest free download

Home> News> Platform> Steam

Published 16:13 11 Feb 2025 GMT

The Legend of Zelda fans will love Steam's latest free download

Anyone else getting serious Monster Rancher vibes from this one?

Lewis Parker

Lewis Parker

A new Steam download looks like a mix between The Legend of Zelda and Monster Rancher, a combo I did not know I wanted until now.

Aethermancer is an upcoming roguelite, monster taming RPG from developers Moi Rai Games - and it just got a free demo on Steam that you can check out right now.

The devs describe it as a turn-based monster collector where your monsters of choice can actually perish in battle, so sort of like a Pokémon nuzlocke challenge with Final Fantasy-style combat.

Advert

In Aethermancer, you’ll be tasked with exploring “the ever-changing Fractured Ruins” (there’s the rougelite influence) and you’ll have to “plan your moves in challenging turn-based battles, and watch your Monsters grow stronger from previous lives and defy death” if you want to succeed.

While your monsters can and will perish in combat, at which point they will be permanently lost. However, by “rebirthing their souls”, you can create a new version of said monster.

Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone will soon enter early access on Steam.

This will cause them to “change in the process”, but they’ll also evolve into a stronger monster once you bring them back to life.

Kind of reminds me of the old PlayStation and Game Boy Advance Monster Rancher games, which allowed you to merge your monsters with other monsters once they were close to death. Well, I’m sold based on that comparison alone.

Advert

This isn’t the first swing at a monster taming game that developers Moi Rai Games have taken either, as they released the relatively well-regarded Monster Sanctuary back in 2020 (which is currently sitting at a "Very Positive" score with over 9,000 reviews on Steam, 91% of which are positive).

I’m convinced, and may already be downloading the demo for Aethermancer as we speak. No word on a release date quite yet, but the demo has already received glowing reviews, so here’s hoping it’s not long off.

Featured Image Credit: Offbrand Games

Topics: Steam, The Legend Of Zelda, PC

Advert

Advert

Advert

Choose your content:

2 hours ago
4 hours ago
8 hours ago
  • 2 hours ago

    Fallout 5 can wait, PlayStation 5 gamers are getting the next best thing this year

    The news we've been waiting for

    News
  • 4 hours ago

    Steam drops 5 new free games you'll definitely have missed

    The last one on this list really does look like something special

    News
  • 8 hours ago

    The Batman Part 2 release date roasted by fans

    Yoooo, Batman and Superman live-action films in the same year?!

    News
  • 8 hours ago

    Steam drops 9 new free downloads you can check out right now

    They may take our lives, but they'll never take our horse girl racing simulator!

    News
  • Steam dropping dozens of new free downloads in massive 2025 event
  • Zelda fans divided over our first Nintendo Switch 2 games
  • Steam drops multiple free downloads you'll have to act fast to grab
  • Zelda meets Valheim in stunning new PlayStation 5 RPG