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Airborne Empire
Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Usually I do not play citybuilders, but this has become one of my comfort games. Stating the obvious, the moving city concept is neat and an important part of resource gathering. And the first area of the game is about as large and elaborate as the entire previous game, there…”
— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played“This is one of those times I really wish Steam’s rating system wasn’t binary, because Airborne Empire is a solid 6.5/10. Airborne Kingdom slapped. You gathered resources, expanded your kingdom, explored—simple, addictive, cozy loop with a cool story. This one, though? Managing…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Shadowslyph's review sum up some very important key points. The game is fun for the first few hours, but the enjoyability drops off as you progress. For a game using the RPG tag... The story is mundane and does not give you any sense that you are building a kingdom. You can…”
— a player, Steam review · 63 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:26 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Balloon Party Update!
Hi everyone, We're back with a Balloon Party update! The game is 50% off for the occasion! New Town Center We have added a new menu when you start a new game to choose a Town Center. Besides the class
Patch Notes v1.0.11
Fixed rare bug where Gladiator submarine would never come out of water
Patch Notes v1.0.10
Fix bug where pushing edge buildings with roads might push them really far from the city making the game unplayable
Patch Notes v1.0.09
Fixed rare bug with Dragons of La Mesa quest getting stuck Added light on Flame Shrine so it illuminates its surroundings at night Added missing Attack Rate relic in the Barrens
Patch Notes v1.0.08
Fixed some text not being translated Fixed rare bug with Quests requiring to destroy pirate that was already destroyed
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Early Access · Colony Sim · Strategy RPG · Wargame · Sandbox · City Builder · Resource Management · Physics · RTS · Open World · Exploration · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime |
| Languages | English, German, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian |
| Achievements | 25 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.airborneempire.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB VRAM / AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB VRAM