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Airborne Empire

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

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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!

25
playing now
87%
positive of 925 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

25 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 36% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 925 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 11 of 23 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

70112026-08-11 23:00 — 27 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 38 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 25 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 36 players2026-08-14 14:00 — 47 players2026-08-15 06:00 — 26 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 47 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 70 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 25 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 40 players2026-08-19 05:00 — 13 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 35 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 34 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 26 players2026-08-21 20:00 — 27 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 32 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 30 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 40 players2026-08-24 11:00 — 22 players2026-08-25 03:00 — 17 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 21 players2026-08-26 11:00 — 21 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 15 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 12 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 27 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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