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Auralux: Constellations – Puzzle Game Review
Auralux: Constellations is a Puzzle/Strategy game from War Drum Studios LLC, first launched in 26th August 2016.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 5,086+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Auralux: Constellations Stand Out
Auralux: Constellations features a slow, graceful feel, easy to learn mechanics and vibrant minimalistic graphics, all pulsing to the rhythm of ambient music. This game is designed to provide a relaxing, cerebral experience yet will challenge even the most experienced RTS fans.
Every choice matters, and the only path to victory is through clever strategy. It’s Real-Time Strategy, deconstructed.
- 150 unique levels, with a dozen new twists to classic Auralux gameplay
- Play on the big screen with tvOS functionality!
- Online multiplayer for up to four players to wage planetary war against each other.
- New modes and maps including black holes, supernovas and wormholes!
- Keep your journey alive with Handoff support on iPad, iPhone and Mac!
"Auralux is real-time strategy in its purest form… It's simple. It's elegant. It's slow and engrossing." – Kotaku
"Auralux is a success. It distills the real-time-strategy game to its purest form." – The A.V. Club
"The later game introduces some very interesting mechanics though, such as black holes, gamma ray bursts, and orbiting planets… There is something for everyone." – Techgage
This Puzzle game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Auralux: Constellations is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 14th October 2016
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
- New constellation, Fracture! Your planets in this constellation will rupture and be rendered uneffective when attacked, bringing yet another strategic twist to the game.
- Multiplayer improvements! Better performance and fixed a matchmaking bug
- Units will now flow around suns, make the game feel more realistic
- Fixed a crash on startup that effected people with corrupted save data
Download & Availability
Auralux: Constellations is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Auralux: Constellations on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We love this game and that it is completely ad free. It is very polished and obviously the developer has put love and heart into it.
We love this game! Definitely have to grab the dlc for the speed up and all the levels! It holds up over the years and keep us competing for the best times.
Love this game! Played it with our dad for years! Absolutely recommend.
While using the free part of the game there are zero ads. That is amazing. We played this game when we were a kid in middle school. We recently remembered that this game existed and went back to play it again and we were obviously better at it so its been very nostalgic and fun to play.
Always have loved this game. Truly tests your combat, offense and defense skills. Super fun. A real classic.
Can you make levels crazy with fast speed.
Great game! Just hard enough and plenty of puzzles/combos to work through.
After we reinstalled the app, all of our purchases were gone. Ive reached out for support and Im not going to pay the amount that we paid again to unlock everything.
The best version of this game perfect.
Great way to upgrade the game and love that they kept the same music and all the new features add.
Beautifully done, if you like dynamic puzzles, download.
This is a great game, one that we have played through several times. Our only question is, will you ever make a 3rd Auralux game? If so, Id be in the front of the line.
Dude, if youre bored at work. This is the game to play. Plain, and simple.
Very fun way to use excess time. Only thing be that could be fixed is online modes but overall VERY fun game.
Played this probably six years ago. Great game, love to play it before bed. Couldnt be happier with it.
We used to play this game back in Middle School, and now im back with the new version playing in college! Its very relaxing, visually fun, and mentally stimulating. Plus theres no annoying ads thank goodness ! Devs have done an amazing job! Give this game a try.
Our mothers love this game. Bless bless. Praise.
Glad Apple has the option to go back and find old apps. This randomly popped up in our brain after a couple years of it not being on our phone. Used to play this game for hours sometimes when we were waiting or just bored. So simple but one of our favorite games. Love building huge masses of stars and sending them across the map.
Theres never been a better game created this one is flawless.
This game still rocks, nice music and no gatcha in app purchases. Recommend.
We like the game. The easy levels are quite easy once youve played once or twice. The normal ones are significantly harder, especially if you accelerate the clock. We have not yet played a hard setup but we expect it to be -real- hard. Excellent game, thank you.
This was exactly the kind of thing we were looking for. Really enjoy playing it. Controls are kinda annoying at first but you get used to it.
The strategy in Auralux is second to none. Just the riiiiight amount of complexity per level. We like how its sound effects and graphics didnt wear on our nerves after awhile like it does with other puzzle style games. 10/10 recommend.
We purchased the get all constellation pack and now its gone for no reason give us our money back or give us our constellation back.
This is best game ive ever played. Every few years we remember it and play all the levels all over again. Really hope they come out with new levels one day.
Love this, no ads, just pure strategy and tons of fun.
We love this game. Started playing it almost 2 years ago and Im so happy we did. Game is so calming and relaxing and satisfying when you finally crush a planet.
We downloaded the first Auralux when it was released many years ago, one they released Auralux 2 we downloaded it as well. We have played this game casually for years. It is a great way to relax and wind down or pass time waiting in line, offices, etc. It is something we would recommend to anyone.
Although we do feel the graphics could be more intense this game is an absolutely awesome one that deserves way more attention.
Its amazing in its simplicity its literally just dots but its sooo fun! Its a bummer that you have to pay for a lot of the content though. ):.
We first tried this game a number of years back on the first app (probably around 2013). We loved it then but we recall feeling like there werent enough maps. Im so happy to have rediscovered them and found that they kept it going and did not disappoint!! Multiplayer is game changing.
Easy to learn, free and no ads. Exactly what we were hoping for.
We need you guys need to make more levels we would be happy to pay $3.99 for more levels with bigger planets Dont think about it just do it and make everyone happy. Dont torture us we need more.
Make more games more levels more more more.
Auralux has been an app on our phone for too long to count. Its been mostly a go to game/distraction for us. Its an all time classic strategy game.
Great game, you do only get the first constellation for free, and it seems like you can play one or two from each of the others before having to spend money.
We love the physics and mechanics of this game. Reminds us of classic Galcon (one of our favs). Im amending this review from three to five stars. We intitiay considered the jump in difficulty too steep after clearing the levels in the free version. We have since played this game almost daily and, while there are some maps that feel are nearly impossible, we love the replay-value on most of them. Its a great game. We hope for a sequel.
Hands down our favorite mobile game and our absolute favorite soundtrack out of any mobile game we played. Its simple and it works, if you like strategy, youll like this.
The gameplay is setup to be easy to understand and execute on a small screen. Highly addictive.
Very fond of this game for years.
Great game! Really addictive strategy but low key too. Sound is really fun. Just try it.
We wish there were more easy levels or if we could switch the difficulty from easy to medium to hard, like most games have.
Randomly Rotating planets in their orbits rocks.
We first played this game on our home computer around 2013 and we loved it, so we were excited to download the app when it came out! We liked it when it first came out, but we enjoy the gameplay even more now. The graphics are so pretty, we love the integrated gestures, and we love the improved design, which is much less clunky than before. We dont play mobile games a lot, but this one is very good. We feel like Ender Wiggin in the game room :).
Ive played for over a decade and enjoyed it immensely.
So good and smooth highly recommended game for strategy lovers.
Im DYING for a 3rd game and we hope thats what the studio could be working on. We wasnt a fan of the pay wall for more content but this is a fantastic game.
Auralux is a fantastic game, the first one was on our phone for years and this game was a perfect sequel. That being said, its been 6 years since the last update, Ive beat basically all the stages, we need more! Is there more to come? Or maybe even a third game?? Edit: we opened this to leave a review only to realize we had written out this review 3 years ago and never actually sent. That being said, now its been 6 years, any news on a new update? Still holding out hope.
Easy. Dont have to pay unless you want to for other levels. Not required. Fun and time passing.
Actually better than the first game unlike some 2nd games also it is a really good real time strategy game. Basically if you liked the first one, this one is better and also 3D. One of the very few games that we were tempted to spend money on. (we never spend money on games. We also barely make reviews, this game hold a special place in our heart).
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.09
- Size: 107.74 MB
- iOS: 9.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, ES
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: War Drum Studios LLC
Last updated: 14th October 2016 | Genre: Puzzle, Strategy | Developer: War Drum Studios LLC