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Airborne Empire

The Wandering Band LLC · Stray Fawn Publishing · 2026-04-17

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 13, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 08, 2026 (Mac)

Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!

Airborne Empire is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2026, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 932 reviews).

17
playing now
87%
positive of 932 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

17 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 17 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 41 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (171 reviews).
  • · Top 16% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 19k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 932 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $14.99 at Steam (2026-04-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15515520252026Week of 2025-01-13: 155 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-27: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-10: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-24: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5462026-09-15 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 27 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 33 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 41 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 27 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 32 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 25 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 24 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 12 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 7 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 31 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 20 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 18 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 17 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
28618Jan 2025Aug 2026Jan 2025 — avg 286 · peak 658Feb 2025 — avg 69 · peak 213Mar 2025 — avg 56 · peak 147Apr 2025 — avg 39 · peak 143May 2025 — avg 20 · peak 65Jun 2025 — avg 25 · peak 71Jul 2025 — avg 31 · peak 76Aug 2025 — avg 18 · peak 79Sep 2025 — avg 43 · peak 132Oct 2025 — avg 24 · peak 68Nov 2025 — avg 20 · peak 68Dec 2025 — avg 33 · peak 70Jan 2026 — avg 30 · peak 70Feb 2026 — avg 19 · peak 57Mar 2026 — avg 18 · peak 60Apr 2026 — avg 168 · peak 696May 2026 — avg 60 · peak 213Jun 2026 — avg 37 · peak 94Jul 2026 — avg 32 · peak 87Aug 2026 — avg 33 · peak 86
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$14.992025-01-132026-08-172025-01-13 — best price $26.992025-01-27 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $23.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-03-24 — best price $23.992025-04-07 — best price $29.992025-05-29 — best price $23.992025-06-12 — best price $29.992025-06-27 — best price $22.492025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-07-17 — best price $22.492025-07-31 — best price $29.992025-08-30 — best price $20.992025-09-13 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $20.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-10-13 — best price $20.992025-10-27 — best price $29.992025-11-27 — best price $20.992025-12-11 — best price $29.992025-12-18 — best price $20.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-01-10 — best price $20.992026-01-24 — best price $29.992026-02-23 — best price $20.992026-03-09 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $20.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-04-17 — best price $14.992026-05-01 — best price $29.992026-06-01 — best price $17.992026-06-15 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $14.992026-07-09 — best price $29.992026-08-03 — best price $14.992026-08-17 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
70.5%
earned "Ready to Defend"
8.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeStereo SoundSteam Cloud

9 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4763%25

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RTSFlightEconomyPhysicsSandboxWargameColony SimOpen WorldAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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