Rivals of Aether

RIVALS OF AETHER is an indie fighting game where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Play with up to four players either locally or online.

Rivals of Aether is a fighting, 2d fighter and multiplayer game developed and published by Aether Studios.
Released on March 28th 2017 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and Japanese.

It has received 35,108 reviews of which 33,644 were positive and 1,464 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.4 out of 10. 😍

The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Rivals of Aether into these genres:

Fighting 2D Fighter Multiplayer Pixel Graphics Indie Local Multiplayer Competitive Platformer Games Workshop Great Soundtrack 2D Moddable 4 Player Local Action Controller Arcade Beat 'em up Singleplayer Retro GameMaker

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 8 / 10
Processor: 1.2GHz processor
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: DirectX Compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 300 MB available space

Reviews

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Nov. 2024

You can play as Ronald McDonald fighting a furry OC, WIP character that doesn't have 70% of their moveset, a character that doesn't have a hurtbox and is an immortal being that kills everyone within seconds, a chair, fighting against a giant Barack Obama bossfight. Having pets that play the spinning cockroach sound effect that can be layerd on top of each other for the loudest army of roaches you've heard. And fighting on stages that are just the outside of Waffle House and Walmart. Peak 2D platformer 👍

Nov. 2024

Very likely the best platform fighter on the steam market curently. Pretty high skill celling and lots of freedom in it's gameplay. When it came out people said there wasn't a lot of content for casual but with the steam workshop characters it has kind of became the MUGEN of platform fighters which can be very fun with friends, the online playerbase is still quite active too and I've made a few steam friends thanks to it. With the release of Rivals 2 I don't know how this game will stand the test of time but I think it's a nice addition to any platform fighters lover's library nonetheless, because that's the kind of gameplay that I feel will stand the test of time. This is actually one of the first few games I pirated cause I had no money at the time, bought if after cause it had no online mode, I'd say that was a pretty nice decision lol, thanks for the memories RoA. o7

Oct. 2024

rivals of aether, not even including the vast amount of incredible fan made workshop content you can play online with friends by simply both subscribing to the character / stage, is the single best platform fighter to have ever released. somehow rivals 2 coming out a little later this year seems to be even better than that but as of rn after 500 hours of smash bros brawl, a combined 400 in smash 4, 600+ in ultimate, and assorted hours in other platform fighters on the market, none have the consistent character, quality, and joy that this game does. super competitively viable, but just as fun to play with your friends. this is a game you can take as seriously as you want but still legitimately have a set between jerma985 and sonic the hedgehog and yk what that alone is worth the entry fee

Sept. 2024

This is a good quality fighting game. But at least for myself I wouldn't think so highly of this game if it weren't for the steam workshop community. So if you want a fighting game with hundreds to thousands of characters and stages from around the web & world then this game is one you should definately own and if you're here for the vanilla experience it's still really good and worth your time but maybe wait for a small sale.

Jan. 2024

1. allows me to see what happens when an unstoppable force fights a unmovable object 2. this game: has ronald mcdonald. ssbu: does not have ronald mcdonald 3. Kragg

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28.99€

9.4

33,644

1,464

Online players

345

Developer

Aether Studios

Publisher

Aether Studios

Release 28 Mar 2017

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