Aurora Nights
Fair · Short indie · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $0.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 0.7h 1.3h to 100%
- Value
- $1.41/hr
- Reviews
- 84% of 343 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 287 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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About the game
Aurora Nights is an entertaining educational game for learning to identify the constellations.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, Intel GMA 500/NVIDIA GeForce 6200 or equivalent, 102 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
32 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 20 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 41 weeks ago.
Value puts it in the top 7 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 82 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 84 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Universe Sandbox ($29.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats SpaceEngine ($29.99, scores 57).
More about Aurora Nights
Inside the two-hour refund window, 81 percent of the 221 reviews written there were positive, against 84 percent overall, and those are 73 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
77% start to 33% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Caught green glow, turned out to be my WiFi. Pointed antenna north, neighbor streams Netflix from my fridge. Aurora pays the bills, I am happy.
2 more reviews
Basically connecting the dots to form the constellation. - Basic Visual - Nice music - Fairly easy to form the constellations - More of an educational setting than a game on how the constellations appear and form. - Little to no challenge if you know your constellations, which the game will provide you with initially. - Easy 100% achievements, - You can't go wrong, especially as an achievement hunter with pricing of...
Aurora Nights is a small, contemplative indie title developed and published by Vladimir Maslov that occupies a quiet space between game, interactive learning tool, and atmospheric experience. Rather than chasing challenge, competition, or complex mechanics, it focuses on curiosity and calm discovery, inviting players to engage with the night sky in an accessible and gently educational way. From the outset, it makes...
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Cite this score
Aurora Nights scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/466870/aurora-nightsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.