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Merchant of the Skies

Coldwild Games · 2020-04-17

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 17, 2020 (Linux), Apr 17, 2020 (Mac), Jul 30, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 17, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 07, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Jul 30, 2020 (Xbox One)

Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!

Merchant of the Skies is a 2020 Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy game priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 2286 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

2
playing now
86%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
4.31★
PlayStation Store rating (68 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Merchant of the Skies is a 2020 simulation video game developed by Coldwild Games, who published it along with AbsoDev. It blends elements of tycoon games and economic simulation.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 62% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (244 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 49,477 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 46k–103k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,286 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99-40%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.19 at Steam (2019-07-31) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 37 of 73 observed days · $1.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21321320192026Week of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 6 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
933Aug 2019Aug 2026Aug 2019 — avg 18 · peak 90Nov 2019 — avg 7 · peak 28Feb 2020 — avg 8 · peak 35May 2020 — avg 26 · peak 83Aug 2020 — avg 71 · peak 625Nov 2020 — avg 8 · peak 25Feb 2021 — avg 12 · peak 33May 2021 — avg 6 · peak 16Aug 2021 — avg 6 · peak 16Nov 2021 — avg 9 · peak 47Feb 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2023 — avg 8 · peak 27May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Aug 2023 — avg 42 · peak 121Nov 2023 — avg 13 · peak 28Feb 2024 — avg 27 · peak 205May 2024 — avg 10 · peak 24Aug 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Nov 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Feb 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$7.192019-07-312026-10-142019-07-31 — best price $7.192019-11-07 — best price $9.992020-01-09 — best price $7.992020-03-03 — best price $14.992020-08-03 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992021-02-01 — best price $14.992021-06-16 — best price $9.892021-10-28 — best price $9.892021-12-22 — best price $9.892022-06-08 — best price $14.992022-11-18 — best price $10.492023-02-04 — best price $9.892023-06-13 — best price $9.892023-08-25 — best price $9.892023-12-02 — best price $14.992024-01-23 — best price $14.992024-04-09 — best price $8.992024-09-25 — best price $10.042024-12-12 — best price $8.992025-02-13 — best price $8.992025-04-10 — best price $14.992025-08-06 — best price $8.992025-11-05 — best price $14.992026-03-08 — best price $14.992026-06-01 — best price $8.992026-08-25 — best price $14.992026-09-05 — best price $14.992026-09-13 — best price $14.992026-09-21 — best price $8.992026-09-29 — best price $8.992026-10-07 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2122026-06-02 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 5 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-14 — 6 pageviews2026-06-18 — 2 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-26 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 11 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 4 pageviews2026-07-16 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 3 pageviews2026-07-28 — 4 pageviews2026-08-01 — 4 pageviews2026-08-05 — 14 pageviews2026-08-09 — 10 pageviews2026-08-13 — 7 pageviews2026-08-17 — 7 pageviews2026-08-21 — 8 pageviews2026-08-25 — 5 pageviews2026-08-29 — 10 pageviews2026-09-02 — 11 pageviews2026-09-06 — 3 pageviews2026-09-10 — 9 pageviews2026-09-14 — 2 pageviews2026-09-18 — 8 pageviews2026-09-22 — 3 pageviews2026-09-26 — 5 pageviews2026-09-30 — 7 pageviews2026-10-04 — 3 pageviews2026-10-08 — 11 pageviews2026-10-11 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
87.3%
earned "Energizer"
35.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,61118%12
Xbox One (Xbox)33115%12
PS5 (PlayStation)17226%12
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

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

2DCuteCasualEconomySandboxTradingBuildingRelaxingStrategySteampunk

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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