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Airships: Conquer the Skies

David Stark · 2018-08-16

SteamGOG

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 16, 2018 (Mac), Aug 16, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 16, 2018 (Linux)

Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!

Airships: Conquer the Skies is an Action, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2018, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 6,608 reviews).

42
playing now
96%
positive of 6.6k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
54/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
28
Nexus mods (25k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

42 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Airships: Conquer the Skies trailer thumbnail

Airships: Conquer the Skies Launch Trailer

≈72,504 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 42 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 374 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~47/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 165k–397k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,617 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.49 at GOG (2016-12-28) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 6 of 64 observed days · $16.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30230220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

108332026-09-16 06:00 — 36 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 42 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 55 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 46 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 63 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 101 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 68 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 57 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 108 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 64 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 50 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 72 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 51 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 62 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 100 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 49 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 40 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 60 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 54 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 65 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 53 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 37 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 42 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2953Feb 2015Aug 2026Feb 2015 — avg 7 · peak 33Jun 2015 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2015 — avg 6 · peak 19Feb 2016 — avg 10 · peak 28Jun 2016 — avg 23 · peak 54Oct 2016 — avg 19 · peak 45Feb 2017 — avg 56 · peak 169Jun 2017 — avg 32 · peak 68Oct 2017 — avg 20 · peak 46Feb 2018 — avg 22 · peak 50Jun 2018 — avg 26 · peak 55Oct 2018 — avg 75 · peak 163Feb 2019 — avg 56 · peak 126Jun 2019 — avg 52 · peak 97Oct 2019 — avg 42 · peak 96Feb 2020 — avg 48 · peak 94Jun 2020 — avg 50 · peak 100Oct 2020 — avg 72 · peak 124Feb 2021 — avg 74 · peak 146Jun 2021 — avg 56 · peak 123Oct 2021 — avg 55 · peak 112Feb 2022 — avg 72 · peak 157Jun 2022 — avg 54 · peak 116Oct 2022 — avg 83 · peak 169Feb 2023 — avg 77 · peak 158Jun 2023 — avg 68 · peak 114Oct 2023 — avg 61 · peak 123Feb 2024 — avg 64 · peak 118Jun 2024 — avg 108 · peak 294Oct 2024 — avg 46 · peak 84Feb 2025 — avg 87 · peak 266Jun 2025 — avg 73 · peak 129Oct 2025 — avg 74 · peak 148Feb 2026 — avg 117 · peak 250Jun 2026 — avg 52 · peak 95Aug 2026 — avg 78 · peak 141
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$8.492015-02-262026-10-152015-02-26 — best price $9.992017-06-21 — best price $9.992018-12-13 — best price $11.992019-05-30 — best price $11.992019-11-13 — best price $12.742020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-04-21 — best price $14.992020-08-03 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-09-02 — best price $24.992021-11-29 — best price $24.992022-06-06 — best price $18.742022-10-03 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $14.992023-06-11 — best price $14.992023-09-18 — best price $19.992023-11-06 — best price $24.992024-05-01 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-02-06 — best price $24.992025-06-26 — best price $24.992025-10-06 — best price $24.992026-02-23 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-08-29 — best price $24.992026-09-04 — best price $24.992026-09-10 — best price $24.992026-09-16 — best price $24.992026-09-22 — best price $24.992026-09-28 — best price $24.992026-10-04 — best price $24.992026-10-10 — best price $24.992026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
66.9%
earned "Mandatory Change of Ownership"
3.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Achievements2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, German, French, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-08-17, latest 2023-07-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,0790%34

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

4XPvPWarTanksWargameBuildingMilitaryModdableReal-TimeCompetitive

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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