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Airport CEO cover art

Airport CEO

Apog Labs · 2021-03-04

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (Mac)

Build and manage an international airport!

Airport CEO is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2021, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 8346 reviews).

168
playing now
83%
positive of 8.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
28h
to beat · rushed 26h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

168 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Airport CEO trailer thumbnail

Airport CEO Release Trailer

≈433,312 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 168 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 314 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~39/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 168k–377k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,379 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.25-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.24 at Steam (2023-03-16) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 50 of 88 observed days · $0.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21021020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

338712026-09-15 12:00 — 159 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 179 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 74 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 227 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 300 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 88 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 136 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 206 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 102 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 230 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 219 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 102 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 104 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 223 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 234 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 114 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 206 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 165 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 105 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 269 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 261 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 113 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 168 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
6840Aug 2017Aug 2026Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2017 — avg 202 · peak 483Feb 2018 — avg 178 · peak 390May 2018 — avg 104 · peak 214Aug 2018 — avg 163 · peak 327Nov 2018 — avg 119 · peak 260Feb 2019 — avg 166 · peak 350May 2019 — avg 123 · peak 254Aug 2019 — avg 186 · peak 392Nov 2019 — avg 308 · peak 705Feb 2020 — avg 344 · peak 798May 2020 — avg 337 · peak 725Aug 2020 — avg 303 · peak 596Nov 2020 — avg 355 · peak 709Feb 2021 — avg 274 · peak 554May 2021 — avg 244 · peak 512Aug 2021 — avg 226 · peak 426Nov 2021 — avg 312 · peak 648Feb 2022 — avg 259 · peak 541May 2022 — avg 186 · peak 357Aug 2022 — avg 204 · peak 412Nov 2022 — avg 215 · peak 437Feb 2023 — avg 180 · peak 346May 2023 — avg 235 · peak 452Aug 2023 — avg 228 · peak 463Nov 2023 — avg 322 · peak 739Feb 2024 — avg 210 · peak 410May 2024 — avg 300 · peak 579Aug 2024 — avg 294 · peak 514Nov 2024 — avg 295 · peak 774Feb 2025 — avg 205 · peak 386May 2025 — avg 229 · peak 447Aug 2025 — avg 215 · peak 433Nov 2025 — avg 200 · peak 449Feb 2026 — avg 202 · peak 413May 2026 — avg 170 · peak 321Aug 2026 — avg 194 · peak 368
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$6.242017-09-292026-10-142017-09-29 — best price $14.392018-06-25 — best price $11.192018-11-21 — best price $11.992019-07-13 — best price $11.192019-11-26 — best price $13.292020-03-14 — best price $13.992020-09-24 — best price $13.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-07-08 — best price $24.992021-12-04 — best price $24.992022-03-07 — best price $24.992022-10-11 — best price $12.492023-01-20 — best price $12.492023-05-05 — best price $12.492023-07-25 — best price $24.992023-09-26 — best price $24.992023-12-13 — best price $6.242024-03-13 — best price $24.992024-05-06 — best price $24.992024-07-29 — best price $24.992024-11-21 — best price $6.242025-03-11 — best price $6.242025-06-09 — best price $6.242025-10-23 — best price $6.242026-01-01 — best price $24.992026-03-27 — best price $6.292026-06-08 — best price $6.242026-08-28 — best price $24.992026-09-07 — best price $24.992026-09-17 — best price $6.252026-09-27 — best price $6.252026-10-07 — best price $6.252026-10-14 — best price $6.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
64.4%
earned "Taking off"
8.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing5 DLC

12 supported languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Dutch, Turkish, Czech, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Polish

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2020-01-30, latest 2023-10-19 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,3761%35

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DFlightSandboxBuildingModdableStrategyTop-DownRealisticAutomationCapitalism

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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