Aurora Hills: Chapter 1

4.7
21.4K reviews
500K+
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Content rating
PEGI 7
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About this game

Welcome to Aurora Hills!

Nestled deep within the Appalachian Mountains, Aurora Hills was known for its thriving industry and its picturesque landscape. Owing to the region's natural resources, Aurora Hills was looking to become one of the most prosperous towns in the state.

All is not how it seems, however. A series of disappearances of residents and tourists alike have plagued the region over the past few years, sparking a mass exodus from the small town. Now, in October 1981, the town is a shell of its former self. The prosperity that once blessed Aurora Hills has all but evaporated.

Working as a park ranger, you must investigate what's going on with these disappearances and answer questions that have tormented residents for years. Why has there been an increase in disappearances over the past 6 months? Why are there no traces of the people who went missing? Perhaps most importantly, who, or what, could be behind all of this? It's up to you to venture forth, deep into the national park, to uncover the mysteries of Aurora Hills...



Developed by the creators of Meridian 157, Aurora Hills: Chapter 1 is the first part in series of point and click puzzle adventure games. Based in the year 1981 in a small West Virginian community, Aurora Hills follows the journey of Ethan Hill, a park ranger tasked with investigating strange disappearances from the region. Explore the rolling hills of West Virginia, find clues of the whereabouts of the missing people and solve intriguing puzzles to uncover the mystery of Aurora Hills!

Play as Ethan Hill, a park ranger detective investigating the unsolved mystery of the Aurora Hills disappearances! Solve puzzles and enigmas in this new point and click, hidden object, escape room style puzzle adventure game now for free!

Features:
• Custom soundtrack and sound effects designed for a creepy in-game atmosphere
• Challenging and clever puzzles
• A logical hint system for some of the most difficult riddles
• Available in 9 languages, including English, French, Russian, German, Chinese (Simplified), Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Japanese!
• New colour blind mode available for people who might have trouble with colour based puzzles
Updated on
Jul 29, 2025
Available on
Android, Windows*
*Powered by Intel® technology

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Ratings and reviews

4.7
19.1K reviews
Jenny Warren
January 1, 2025
Looks great. Camera can be used whenever you want. Unfortunately it is very short. It ends just as story really begins, which is extremely frustrating. Constantly using the back button e.g. leaving the toilet block to get all the way back down the track, take the other track, get the hose then go back to the toilet block is slow and boring. Need a quick means of travelling to places already visited.
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Kerry Swanson
July 24, 2025
the concept was good, but far too short a game, it took longer to download than it did to play. I remember playing this a long while back and I didn't realise until I installed again....that was well over a year ago and I'm wondering if there is ever gonna be a part 2?! just as it got a bit interesting it was over and left hanging. for the length of this 1st part I can't see why it would take them as long for part 2. I'll have forgotten all about it by the time they get round to releasing it!!
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Misha Koshutskyy
June 20, 2024
Novasoft does it again. Excellent new game with good puzzles, graphics, game mechanics and story. Unlike other similar games, Aurora Hills won't require you to tap around the dark corners of your screen to find a clue - these are usually obvious. Difficulty is low to medium. Not much is revealed in chapter 1 with regards to story but it is well intriguing. Cannot wait for the next chapter.
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What’s new

• Minor bug fixes