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Aura: Fate of the Ages
Developer Streko Graphics
Aura: Fate of the Ages is an adventure-genre computer game created by Canadian studio Streko-Graphics Inc. and published by The Adventure Company. In 2007, Streko-Graphics Inc. released the second chapter, Aura II: The Sacred Rings, which continues the story of the first game. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
204 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
52
Mixed
67 positive · 61 negative
95% range 44–61%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 67 | 61 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 9 | 1 | 63 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
72 of 133 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
52% recommend · 66 yes, 61 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 127 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (135 of 223 positive).
Players praise the puzzle design and beautiful environments, calling it a solid Myst-like experience. [1][2][3] Some reviewers criticize the weak story, poor voice acting, and unintuitive puzzles. [4][5][6] Many note the game shows its age but still offers rewarding gameplay for fans of the genre. [7][8][9]
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- [4]
Not recommended. A poor adventure game in almost every way. Given the game's age, it looks decent but that's about it. I'll group the problems I had into three sections: #1 Story and Lore To be short, there isn't any. Just the intro cutscene. There isn't nearly enough exposition, spoken or implied, to spur you to action, give any sense of urgency, or explain who's doing what and why. #2 World The world(s) try to be …
- [5]
This is a terrible Myst Clone. I thought I would enjoy it because it was still a MYST clone, but it is so poorly executed that it is never any fun. The aesthetic is bizzare and incoherant. The voice acting is dreadful. The worst part is the game's "puzzles". They mostly involve a very loose connection between colors and shapes and usually involve pixel hunting for the one little thing you need to combine in your …
- [1]
A thoroughly enjoyable first-person adventure. The puzzles are well-designed and ramp nicely in difficulty. Despite what some people say, all the puzzles are logical and are rather well-clued, assuming you look for the clues. I have yet to encounter one where I didn't understand exactly how it worked by the time I solved it. No walkthrough either. I suppose if you miss a clue, you could get confused. But even when I …
- [3]
This is one of those cases where the mixed reviews are wrong and give a false impression. I play every Myst style game I can find and this turned out to be one of the best. The worlds and environments are beautiful, which is one of the things I like to see in a Myst style game. The puzzles in Aura are very good. What I liked in particular is that you always get a beautiful animation the moment you solve a puzzle. …
- [2]
This is a very good Myst clone combining sci-fi & fantasy environments. If fact, I was very surprised to see this was not made by the developers of Myst because the similarities are so striking. The story is weak and the storytelling is worse, but the puzzle adventure aspects are superbly done and make up for those shortcomings.
Summarised from 34 of the 165 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
52% of the 127 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Aura: Fate of the Ages. The complaint that keeps coming up: weak story and poor voice acting. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. IGN said, "What little Aura does to advance the genre it does remarkably well. In an age when encountering logical puzzles is as rare as pooping out gold nuggets, Aura shines as a game that attempts to bring a little reason into the mix." However, GameSpy said, "The few good puzzles contained within aren't worth the time and risk that you might not even be able to complete it."
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 204 · most liked firstAbsolute Batman skin stats in the new 'LEGO Batman' game 🦇 Aura: 11/10 Intimidation: 100/10
neutral · AI labelView post →Aura farming with @helloey.bsky.social 🐺🍓🦁 (game borked and I couldn't take a pic from his side so he'll have to remain ~mysterious~)
neutral · AI labelView post →these new Splatoon changes are a step in a mystery direction but one thing is abundantly clear. the addition of Flow Aura will undoubtedly make it way more complicated and difficult to explain the game to your parents and/or coworkers
neutral · AI labelView post →Witch from Mercury and G Gundam, together in a Super Robot Wars game! Along with Majestic Prince, Code Geass, Aura Battler Dunbine, and more!
neutral · AI labelView post →It's hard not to compare this to entries in the Myst series, specifically Myst III: Exile and Myst IV: Revelation. This is mostly due to the fact that numerous elements were borrowed from each of those games and made just different enough not to seem as though Streko Graphics had done little more than create a Myst clone. While this is a perfectly serviceable adventure game, it's not without flaws (some major, some minor depending on how particular the player is). (A technical aside - some…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too warm, dosed off mid-game #gposers | #aura
neutral · AI labelView post →Serebii Update: The next Pokémon Trading Card Game set has been announced for Japan: Aura Seeker. Releases November 27th 2026 Details being added @ www.serebii.net
neutral · AI labelView post →AURA FARMING: THE GAME.
neutral · AI labelView post →"'All of the UE6 stuff is really exciting news if your idea of a video game is turning it into shitty Roblox-core slurry for Fortnite,' wrote artist and game developer Aura Hack."
neutral · AI labelView post →Workin on giving my game more AURA (wip) (I'm modifying what happens when the round ends.)
neutral · AI labelView post →𝘼𝙍𝙈𝙀𝘿 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝘿𝘼𝙉𝙂𝙀𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙎! Can you tell what game I've been playing a lot of? #FFXIV #Gpose #Gposers #AuRa
neutral · AI labelView post →Literally last 5 minutes in game gpose before things went down. I had to try the dress on her #studiopolaris | #gpose | #aura | #BeeBites
neutral · AI labelView post →The full art piece.. Sidney's aura is off the charts... this is gonna be good. Can't wait for the game. I know its gonna be awesome. #Erma:thegame #jojo #fanart #aura @4brandonjs4.bsky.social @outcaststudio.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Babygirl wants to play a game. #gpsoers #yuposes #oc:yumeko #aura #raen
neutral · AI labelView post →Wei Dynasty: Strategist In dedication to my childhood favourite game, Dynasty Warriors. 💙 ffxiv.eorzeacollection.com/glamour/2797... [ #FF14 ] [ #FXIV ] [ #AuRa ] [ #FFXIVGlamour ] [ #Gposer ]
neutral · AI labelView post →#vss365 #satsplat #vsshorror In the forest of beautiful bloom Sits an animal hard to see Maker of gloom Aura black as a starless night Its scent a putrid Deathly blight Beware of its #lure Amnesia its game For one whiff of its stench And you'll forget your name
neutral · AI labelView post →The person who watched GaoGaiGar and New Story of Aura Battler Dunbine back-to-back to prepare for playing a Super Robot Wars game:
neutral · AI labelView post →#AuRaApril Day 24 : Knowledge A lesser known Phi fact (Phiact !) is that she works in a library (both in game and irl Phi :3) feat. @solarisffxiv.bsky.social and @momohope.bsky.social #gposers #EorzeaPhotos #AuRa #bposers
neutral · AI labelView post →I just couldn't find the grid with the shadow—maybe it's because of my game settings—so I did it this way instead #aurionsfw #sfw #gpose #AuRa #gay
neutral · AI labelView post →“Star Fox Needs Aura And It’s Missing From The New Game” You are an adult, why did you write this sentence?
neutral · AI labelView post →sorry about your game going into maintenance or whatever 🥺 #Altani #gpose #Aura
neutral · AI labelView post →Game time 🖤 @eviltendies.bsky.social #viera #aura #gpose #gposers
neutral · AI labelView post →Posting one of my fave Aura photos from @tansuru.bsky.social bc NEW DOT HACK GAME ANNOUNCED AAAHHHHHHHHHH
neutral · AI labelView post →she slayed this look so hard it made my game force close #gposers | #aura | #ryuhiko | #elvashade
neutral · AI labelView post →A thoroughly enjoyable first-person adventure. The puzzles are well-designed and ramp nicely in difficulty. Despite what some people say, all the puzzles are logical and are rather well-clued, assuming you look for the clues. I have yet to encounter one where I didn't understand exactly how it worked by the time I solved it. No walkthrough either. I suppose if you miss a clue, you could get confused. But even when I was stumped, a little walking around and thinking got me back on track. I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I worked on the protagonist's animation sprites for my #MadeWithVisionaire2 entry. Say hello to Aurelia "Aura" Garcia Ramos. #pixelart #indie #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →It's funny how Paper Mario TTYD made Aura Farming a game play mechanic way before Aura Farming was even a thing.
neutral · AI labelView post →First off, don't expect Myst quality. This is a very ambitious adventure game that feels like it had some budget/team/time issues near the end of production. Very good first 2 thirds of the game, with a very bad last 3rd and an ending that while concluding things leaves a lot unexplained to make room for a non-existant (?) sequel. The first two "ages", or level areas, are actually quite good in the puzzle design. Clues are often just enough for you to piece it together yourself without…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#Godot is ready for #XREAL #AURA Develop, export and publish spatial Godot games and apps natively on XREAL AURA with the #GodotEditor. https://godotengine.org/article/godot-xreal-aura-launch/ #AndroidXR
neutral · AI labelView post →First off: MAJOR plot spoilers but no puzzle solutions. That said, unless you subscribe to this specific theory, the plot doesn't have a whole lot of weight or emotional depth, at least from where I'm viewing it. It's a silly game and that's absolutely fine. I bought it because I wanted six or seven hours of mashing every single object I picked up into every single interactable location I came across, and it did indeed give me that, plus some rather ingenious brainteasers (triangle/circle…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Literally Hype Moments and Aura, The game-
neutral · AI labelView post →Not recommended. A poor adventure game in almost every way. Given the game's age, it looks decent but that's about it. I'll group the problems I had into three sections: #1 Story and Lore To be short, there isn't any. Just the intro cutscene. There isn't nearly enough exposition, spoken or implied, to spur you to action, give any sense of urgency, or explain who's doing what and why. #2 World The world(s) try to be all mystical and magical for the sake of being so and it doesn't really…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It can't be stressed that Felix spends the entirety of the first game Aura Farming (like actual Aura Farming, he does nothing) then you play as him and he's sillier than Isaac ever was
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a very good Myst clone combining sci-fi & fantasy environments. If fact, I was very surprised to see this was not made by the developers of Myst because the similarities are so striking. The story is weak and the storytelling is worse, but the puzzle adventure aspects are superbly done and make up for those shortcomings.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Next up, Immolation Aura! My game Runebash will feature over a hundred spells to kill your opponents with! In the background, i'm making a character and looking into effects with URP to make the game look better #GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #IndieGames #DevLog #Runebash
neutral · AI labelView post →Aura and I are very much the same page about a lot of this stuff despite her working in games and me being in tech, and I think a lot about how game dev instills a sense of multidisciplinary collab and solidarity you don't get when you're a bunch of engineers working on a VC-funded SaaS product.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a terrible Myst Clone. I thought I would enjoy it because it was still a MYST clone, but it is so poorly executed that it is never any fun. The aesthetic is bizzare and incoherant. The voice acting is dreadful. The worst part is the game's "puzzles". They mostly involve a very loose connection between colors and shapes and usually involve pixel hunting for the one little thing you need to combine in your inventory to make a magical whatsamawhozits to solve the puzzle. You literally…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Burning Aura sets your enemies on fire! 🔥 Play the demo on Steam and check out all the cool blessings! ⚔️ Day 40 of posting every day until my game is released! #indiedev #gamedev #indiegame #deckbuilder #roguelite
neutral · AI labelView post →They really turned Rean into an Aura demon with this game
positive · AI labelView post →If You are missing 'The Myst' it's Your must-have. Welcome back to Myst_like_world_and_puzzels!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First off, let me point out that this is a game of older date. It shows. The graphics and cutscenes are pretty but not 2016 pretty so if this is off-putting to you, this is not a game for you. Secondly, the voice acting is terrible, nothing less. But since there is very little of it (this is a 'solve puzzles, talk less' sort of game), it isn't that much of a bother. I loved this game, it was a delight to play. Tons of puzzles ranging from obvious over complex and thought-provoking to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's an awkward, near-unplayable Myst ripoff. It's got beautiful prerendered scenery, yes, but that's about as close as it comes to the former. The puzzles don't come together logically with the gameplay and story (I spent half of my time with this game alt-tabbed out to check with the walkthrough). The music is insipid and repetitive (the sound design on this was as a whole amateurish). The voice-acting is bad to the point of near-hilarity. The story is uncompelling and the dialogue…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ramen has open-sourced Aura Autopilot, an AI playtesting agent that learns a game as it plays. It works with Unreal, Unity and Godot and is on GitHub now. via GamesBeat https://gamesbeat.com/ramen-launches-aura-autopilot-an-open-source-autonomous-game-tester/ #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Sorcerer guide also now live! Boasting the single best AoE spell in the game, Sorcerer absolutely demolishes rifts now while exuding massive Aura and feeling like an anime protagonist. youtu.be/bBnsyT6GhKY
neutral · AI labelView post →The best way I can describe this game is it seems to have been designed and written by someone who saw some screenshots of Myst, and then had someone give them a rough description of it and Adventure games in general. The puzzles are simplistic and don't seem to relate to the story progression, which is rudamentary, at best. While the Myst series has extensive backstory that's hinted at and expanded on throughout which gives you the sense that you're only seeing a brief snippet of a larger…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So this game has downsides and of course goodsides. The good sides. -(Only if you played old games in the era when this game was released, maybe not.) Gives nostalgic feel, and makes you wanna go back i time. -It has okay story, but nothig too special. -There are some interesting puzzles. -Landscape is beautiful if you can handle 2004's graphics. Bad sides: - It has weirdishly ciringy soundtrack but i didnt mind it, it was kinda calming me, but ik that some people wont like it. -♥♥♥♥♥♥♥…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An unashamed Myst clone (first person puzzles with a node-based movement system) with all the weird and mysterious environments and crazy puzzles. Sadly, it's old so no widescreen. The core gameplay and puzzles rank among the hardest I've encountered in the genre but they are not impossible and are (for the most part) well designed.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game to play with my girlfriend. We both thoroghly enjoyed it, some of the puzzles had us both thinking of soloutions for what seemed like hours but it was an entirely enjoyable experience. Only wish it was a bit longer (Expansion maybe? wink wink nudge nudge). Great Puzzle game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got the game because the screenshots reminded me of Myst 3 & 4 and I was hoping it was similar. It doesn't bother me that they cloned Myst's visual asthetic. They seem to have put a decent amount of effort into that. What bothers me is that that's ALL they seem to have put effort into. the NPC's speech has at best forced emotions and awkward dialogue, the plot is a forgetable mess, nobody has facial expressions, and more than a few of the puzzles are counter intuitive 'guide dang it' moments,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game wants to be Myst, but its hands are too heavy. The solutions to puzzles often feel unassociated with the puzzles themselves, which is not ideal.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mossback - Bleeding Aura Kendrick Lamar - Money Trees Iglooghost - Shrine Hacker Kikuo - Hole-dwelling Ren - Money Game Part 3 Akuno-P - Wooden Girl ~Thousand Year Wiegenlied~ Grim Salvo & Witchhouse40K ft Brahman - St. Plague That's without even going into game OST or prog music 💀
neutral · AI labelView post →This is one of those cases where the mixed reviews are wrong and give a false impression. I play every Myst style game I can find and this turned out to be one of the best. The worlds and environments are beautiful, which is one of the things I like to see in a Myst style game. The puzzles in Aura are very good. What I liked in particular is that you always get a beautiful animation the moment you solve a puzzle. This felt very rewarding. One downside of the game is that some (but not all) of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is... somewhat cringe. There's no cohesive storyline, a bunch of names thrown all over the place, which made me lose interest quite quickly. The puzzles are generally simple, but the way the machines work is odd and nonsensical: it almost seems like the developers had fun designing complex machines just for the sake of it, possibly (probably) trying to emulate the feeling of the Myst games, which this game looks extremely like a clone of. The oddest choice here was adding badly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I always thought I was a hardcore point n' click adventure fan, but Aura made me understand I might not be. Tedious, non-sensical, boring, repetitive, unintuitive - that's how I'd describe this game. They show you some kinda intro which explains nothing, stuff like who you are or where or why - not needed. Then they shove you into some magical world where you have to begin some kinda journey. Again - why? As somebody here excellently pointed out, why should I care what's happening in this game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →pros + brain-busting mechanical logic puzzles + considering games's age, pre-rendered background graphics looks still good + well-crafted cutscenes + atmospheric ambience and moody background music + player diary helps to solve puzzles cons - games using Myst style 360° views. this is not so bad thing but little confusing and hard to use in this game. - voiceovers hit or miss - there is no substantial story and character development Overall If you like your games hard to solve puzzle-heavy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Triple threat since the game was broken 20/31 Freak Show 21/31 Candy/Treats 22/31 Deadly Romance #VU31Days #aura #xivgposer #gpose
neutral · AI labelView post →Sometimes, I feel the need for a FP adventure game fix, and I look at my library and there it "always" stood near the top, Aura: Fate of the Ages. No clue when I got it anymore, but it's there. And I'd sigh and go again, start over for the 3rd, 4th time. And it would hook me. Now, the story is vague and simplistic, not to use harsher words, depicting an abstract techno-magical pocket-plane heavy world that these 90s/00s Mystoids oh so dearly loved. The characters are, of course, wooden and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a very old game, so the design is based on a system that makes it very annoying, and almost frustrating, to play. I've lost my old save game, and I'm not actually finding the game compelling enough to continue playing it much further...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game came out in 2004, so I am a little disapointed by all the negative reviews because, for its time and genre, Aura is a great game. It is definately is a Myst- like game in that you do have to use your mind to think outside the box... the environments are beautiful... and you have no clue what to do at first. Is it easier than Myst... a little, the clues are a bit more obvious, and the puzzles not quite as hard. But if you have never played this type of game before, it is difficult. Is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Based on 15 Hours of Completed Game play Playing my way through my Adventure Company Bundle one at a time. 1st person point and click.. adventure, fantasy, Sci-fi type game.. It's not completely my kind of game but it has it’s good points.. For starter’s the amazing graphics.. I found myself looking around at all of it in awe! Nice non-irritating somewhat soothing soundtrack.. (Except for an oddly placed barking dog) The storyline in itself is simple.. Get from point A to point B looking…
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