A ribbon of light to trace with the stick, and drum and bass filling your ears.

On the gut pick, Aaero only gets ahead of 14% of games. And the criterion profile drops further still. Desert island, attachment, rediscovery, art style: all near the bottom, most of it on few votes. Fun too, which stings for a rhythm game. One line holds, and it's exactly the one you'd bet on: the soundtrack, right at the median, on a healthier vote count. That's the honest heart of this profile. Aaero is a game built around a licensed playlist, Noisia, Flux Pavilion, and that's the ground it stands on. Criteria designed to measure attachment or world building simply aren't measuring what it's trying to do.

In the rhythm space it plays in a crowded category, dominated by titles that had years to build a culture around themselves. Aaero passes quickly, like a set.

So, who's it for? For you if you love locking onto a beat, tracing the rail to the millimetre and replaying a track for the score. Much less if you're looking for a world to linger in.