Aurora Nights
A casual astronomy game about connecting stars into recognizable constellations
Vladimir Maslov · Released May 26, 2016
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 83% of 335
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- Oct 28, 2017
What is Aurora Nights?
This single-player educational game covers 35 Northern Hemisphere constellations. You trace their shapes, identify them on a larger star field, and revisit them through repeated practice. A small encyclopedia provides facts and myths about each constellation.
For you if...
- +you enjoy calm, simple activities you can play alone
Not for you if...
- −you want to study the Southern Hemisphere sky
What players say
83% of 335 reviews are positive
Players praise the music and the accessible introduction to constellation shapes. Common complaints concern the short length, basic educational material, and lack of challenge for people already familiar with astronomy.
Screenshots and trailer
Aurora Nights system requirements
Minimum: GMA 500, 0.5 GB RAM, 0.1 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Aurora Nights?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
- Processor
- 1.4+ GHz
- Graphics
- Intel GMA 500/NVIDIA GeForce 6200 or equivalent
- Memory
- 512 MB RAM
- Storage
- 100 MB available space
Does Aurora Nights have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Aurora Nights run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 5
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English, Russian.
Does Aurora Nights use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
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Recent updates
- Oct 28, 2017 · Aurora Nights - The Final Update v1.1
- Jun 2, 2016 · Aurora Nights Patch v1.01
