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Airborne Kingdom

The Wandering Band LLC · 2022-03-07

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 09, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Nov 09, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 17, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 17, 2020 (Mac), Nov 09, 2021 (Xbox One), Nov 09, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

The sky city builder awaits. Create your own flying kingdom and lead it on a quest across an expansive world. Explore the varied landscape, build up a floating metropolis, aid struggling people below, uncover lost secrets and, ultimately, bring back the Airborne Kingdom legend.

8
playing now
87%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Airborne Kingdom is a city-building video game developed by The Wandering Band. Players build and maintain a mobile, flying city. It was released for Windows and macOS in 2020, and Freedom Games published ports to consoles in late 2021.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 103 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (560 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 48k–108k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,399 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$24.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Fanatical (2025-12-11) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 89 of 133 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
49849820222026Week of 2022-03-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1822026-08-07 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 19:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$4.872020-12-172026-08-262020-12-17 — best price $19.992022-05-10 — best price $19.992022-07-30 — best price $19.882022-11-01 — best price $24.992022-12-13 — best price $24.992023-02-02 — best price $14.992023-04-01 — best price $24.992023-05-16 — best price $20.432023-07-24 — best price $12.492023-09-18 — best price $12.492023-10-30 — best price $12.492023-12-05 — best price $8.982024-01-19 — best price $24.992024-02-29 — best price $24.992024-03-30 — best price $12.252024-05-03 — best price $12.492024-06-07 — best price $21.762024-07-16 — best price $24.992024-08-17 — best price $17.542024-09-27 — best price $10.002024-11-16 — best price $19.882024-12-21 — best price $8.192025-01-14 — best price $9.992025-02-28 — best price $24.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-05-09 — best price $8.002025-06-26 — best price $7.692025-08-04 — best price $17.542025-09-18 — best price $24.992025-11-03 — best price $24.992025-12-04 — best price $6.122026-01-19 — best price $4.992026-03-04 — best price $17.542026-04-13 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $6.242026-08-26 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2112026-05-28 — 7 pageviews2026-05-31 — 14 pageviews2026-06-03 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 2 pageviews2026-06-12 — 5 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-18 — 8 pageviews2026-06-21 — 7 pageviews2026-06-24 — 3 pageviews2026-06-27 — 8 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 3 pageviews2026-07-06 — 6 pageviews2026-07-09 — 7 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 9 pageviews2026-07-18 — 3 pageviews2026-07-21 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 5 pageviews2026-07-27 — 5 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-02 — 11 pageviews2026-08-05 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 3 pageviews2026-08-11 — 4 pageviews2026-08-14 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 8 pageviews2026-08-20 — 11 pageviews2026-08-23 — 5 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
60.7%
earned "A Small Community"
28.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,6087%30
Xbox One (Xbox)1,2039%30
PS4 (PlayStation)15511%31
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

3DEconomySandboxBuildingColorfulRelaxingStrategyStylizedSteampunkAtmospheric

Census log

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

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