Underplayed Gems

Project AURA (2018)

Project AURA cover
Developer
Nexcentric Games
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Rating
3.2 of 5, 698 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 10 hours
Where to get it
Steam
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How it feels

A tense but meditative survival-sim where you build sea cities amid a climate apocalypse, balancing careful resource management with the calm of open-ended colony planning.

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What players say

Players say Project AURA is an ambitious but abandoned resource management sim with a steep learning curve and a poor UI. The campaign cannot be saved, and only one campaign is available, making the game feel unfinished.

Screenshots

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