The Game Census
Merchant of the Skies cover art

Merchant of the Skies

Coldwild Games · 2020-04-17

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

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!

0
playing now
86%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 16% of 17,992 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 46k–103k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,284 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99
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 14 of 31 observed days · $7.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

902026-08-11 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$7.192019-07-312026-08-302019-07-31 — best price $7.192019-09-17 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $7.992020-01-13 — best price $7.992020-03-03 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-08-28 — best price $11.992020-11-28 — best price $9.892021-02-01 — best price $14.992021-04-30 — best price $9.892021-08-20 — best price $9.892021-11-02 — best price $9.892021-12-22 — best price $9.892022-05-19 — best price $9.892022-07-14 — best price $9.892022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-02-04 — best price $9.892023-06-05 — best price $14.992023-07-21 — best price $9.892023-09-05 — best price $14.992023-12-02 — best price $14.992024-01-15 — best price $14.992024-03-07 — best price $9.892024-05-30 — best price $8.992024-09-25 — best price $10.042024-11-27 — best price $8.992025-01-23 — best price $9.892025-03-03 — best price $14.992025-04-10 — best price $14.992025-06-26 — best price $8.992025-09-11 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $8.992026-03-08 — best price $14.992026-05-20 — best price $8.992026-07-17 — best price $8.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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.

Player tags

2DCuteCasualEconomySandboxTradingBuildingRelaxingStrategySteampunk

Census log

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

Players also track

Star Control®: OriginsSurvivalistSoftware Inc.Force of NatureWeapon Shop FantasyStartup CompanyAncient CitiesSuper Seducer 2 - Advanced Seduction Tactics

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗