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Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire

Octeto Studios · PQube · 2024-10-10

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RPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 10, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 09, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 10, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 10, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

Sky Oceans: Wings For Hire is a homage to JRPG classics! Set in the open skies, experience adrenaline-filled turn-based dogfights as you take the role of captain and unite a party of rag-tag sky pirates setting upon an unforgettable, touching journey.

Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire is an RPG released in 2024, priced at $24.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (70% of 69 reviews).

69%
positive of 70 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
53/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
2.86★
PlayStation Store rating (78 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 14,302 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 70 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.24 at Steam (2026-07-30)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 57 of 93 observed days · $16.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820242026Week of 2024-10-10: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-17: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$7.632024-09-272026-10-152024-09-27 — best price $24.992024-10-13 — best price $19.282024-10-19 — best price $19.282024-10-25 — best price $21.222024-11-26 — best price $24.992024-12-06 — best price $19.992025-01-01 — best price $19.992025-01-23 — best price $13.592025-02-17 — best price $18.742025-03-13 — best price $12.792025-03-24 — best price $17.992025-04-23 — best price $17.992025-05-08 — best price $24.992025-06-26 — best price $17.492025-07-02 — best price $15.992025-07-17 — best price $24.992025-08-21 — best price $17.492025-09-25 — best price $24.992025-11-03 — best price $12.492025-11-22 — best price $12.972025-11-30 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $11.002026-01-08 — best price $17.992026-02-17 — best price $10.202026-03-03 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-04-30 — best price $9.992026-05-14 — best price $9.272026-05-20 — best price $24.742026-06-25 — best price $8.742026-07-11 — best price $24.992026-08-07 — best price $21.052026-09-03 — best price $24.992026-10-15 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-10-15 (Steam store data)

Player tags

JRPGAnimeFlightCartoonPiratesColorfulAdventureEmotionalNarrativeStory Rich

Census log

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

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