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Five steampunk panels side by side: gears, a card clock, an orrery, glowing siphons and a card grid

Æther

Five steampunk card puzzles. No ads, no account.

Genre
Card puzzle · Solitaire
Platforms
Android · Web browser

Æther is a series of five short solo card puzzles set in the same brass-and-steam workshop. Each one takes an ordinary deck somewhere new: a die that decides what you draw, a clock that will not wait, the rings of an orrery, siphons that drip cards, a five-by-five poker grid.

They share one interface and one rule of thumb: a game lasts a few minutes, and you always want one more. Easy and Normal are there to learn the ropes; an optional Expert mode is waiting for those who want a steeper climb.

All five are free on Google Play, play fully offline, in English and French, with no ads, no account and no data collected. Three of them can also be played right in the browser on itch.io.

The five games

A brass gear engraved with an ace, on a workshop table covered in cards

Æther Engine

Roll the die, fill the contracts.

A die decides how many cards you draw; your hand decides which contracts you can fill. Clear them all in as few rolls as you can, and watch out for the four jammed gears hidden in the 56-card deck.

Platforms
Android · Web browser

Watch the trailer on YouTube — Æther Engine (opens in a new tab)

  • Æther Engine title screen with the difficulty choice
  • A game of Æther Engine: open contracts above, the hand of cards below
A brass clock whose dial is made of playing cards

Æther Chronograph

Card combos against the clock.

Lay twelve cards around a clock face, then build combinations before the needle ticks on to the next position. On Expert you play blind, with two seconds per step.

Platforms
Android · Web browser

Watch the trailer on YouTube — Æther Chronograph (opens in a new tab)

  • Placing cards on the dial in Æther Chronograph
  • The needle sweeps the dial while the hand waits below
A golden orrery ring set with card suits, glowing blue at its centre

Æther Orrery

Turn the rings, line up the stars.

Thirteen cards spread across the three rotating rings of a mechanical orrery. Time your hand with the turning rings to score multiplied combos over four revolutions.

Platforms
Android

Watch the trailer on YouTube — Æther Orrery (opens in a new tab)

  • Æther Orrery title screen
  • Cards on the rings of the orrery, the hand ready below
A row of glowing glass siphons full of falling cards

Æther Siphon

Catch the right card as it falls.

Cards slide down the workshop's siphons. Catch the one you need, slot it into a contract, and complete every contract with as few catches as possible.

Platforms
Android

Watch the trailer on YouTube — Æther Siphon (opens in a new tab)

  • Æther Siphon start screen
  • Columns of cards in the siphons, contracts to fill below
Æther Tableau logo beside a glowing five-by-five grid of cards

Æther Tableau

Poker squares on a brass table.

Place 25 cards one at a time in a five-by-five grid where every row and every column is a poker hand. A card never moves once placed, so every choice counts twice.

Platforms
Android · Web browser

Watch the trailer on YouTube — Æther Tableau (opens in a new tab)

  • Æther Tableau start screen
  • A half-filled poker grid in Æther Tableau