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Airport CEO
Build and manage an international airport!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
79 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Played this like crazy until my airport got too big and the game starting bugging like crazy until it was unplayable. I have to caution against the game because while it is super fun for a while, it becomes extremely…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A amazing game that never gets old so many things to do and you don't have to worry about being the best at it either I would highly recommend it if your a aviation enjoyer or if your just looking for a fun CEO building…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Yes very good, can play on budget pc with 60fps”
20 of the 103 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“There’s an insane amount of bugs, especially with the pathfinding for passengers and vehicles. How the hell have they still not managed to fix this mess after all these years?”
“Played this like crazy until my airport got too big and the game starting bugging like crazy until it was unplayable. I have to caution against the game because while it is super fun for a while, it becomes extremely…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“I wanted to give this a positive recommendation. But the devs have stopped developing the game years ago, even though there are still several aspects that are unfinished. In many ways this shows more promise than…”
“great game but this game is extremly backtracking unfriendly, it is 5 times more effort to demolish and reinstall some stuff and services than it is to completely build a new area”
“Worst tutorial ever. I prefer SimAirport, much more approachable.”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“I wanted to give this a positive recommendation. But the devs have stopped developing the game years ago, even though there are still several aspects that are unfinished. In many ways this shows more promise than…”
“It's a fun game, dont get me wrong, but it feels so unpolished even though it released in 2021. And with a lack of updates theres no new things that make the game worth the money. You can just speedrun all the R&D…”
“a lot of potential, but not good currently. very limeted realism, buggy, missing features and not fun(at least for me), wayfinding ist bad, runways are not customizable, no runway crossings while taxi... a lot of…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Played this like crazy until my airport got too big and the game starting bugging like crazy until it was unplayable. I have to caution against the game because while it is super fun for a while, it becomes extremely…”
“I wanted to give this a positive recommendation. But the devs have stopped developing the game years ago, even though there are still several aspects that are unfinished. In many ways this shows more promise than…”
“Very nice game, good mechanics and works smooth on my laptop until the late game where it slows down a bit.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I wanted to give this a positive recommendation. But the devs have stopped developing the game years ago, even though there are still several aspects that are unfinished. In many ways this shows more promise than…”
“a lot of potential, but not good currently. very limeted realism, buggy, missing features and not fun(at least for me), wayfinding ist bad, runways are not customizable, no runway crossings while taxi... a lot of…”
“fun game, has it's issues with depth but it's fun for quite a while”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“i enjoy the game, however if the devs did one last big update, fixed a heap of issues, added features and overall finished up with the game it would be great”
— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs played“I am terrible because I am a perfectionist... and I think that's what got me through 80 hours or so already. It's enjoyable, simple, but difficult if you don't "look up the formulas". Just play, suffer, and enjoy.”
— a player, Steam review · 118 hrs played“Like what many others have said. The game is buggy as hell and the devs seem to have given up fixing it. The main bug seems to lies with pathfinding and terminal segregation - 2 interrelated issue. I've progressed past the medium jets and want to setup one for the big jets using…”
— a player, Steam review · 72 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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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.
Airport CEO 1.1-3 released
Hello there, airport CEO! Thank you for playing Airport CEO! Long time no see, but it’s absolutely amazing to see that this game still to this day have hundreds if not thousands of daily CEOs building
Airport CEO 1.1-1 released
Hello airport CEOs! First off, thank you so much for all of the wonderful feedback on last week's major release! It's fantastic to see that the work we put into this game is still so highly appreciate
Airport CEO: Helicopters
Innovative rotor configurations, sleek cockpit designs, and formidable thrust! These are just a handful of features that define the helicopters in Airport CEO, a new type of vessel that can now traffi
Airport CEO 1.1-0 released
Hej hej, airport CEO! Today we are happy to announce Airport CEO 1.1-0, a new major content update to Airport CEO primarily featuring the new Airport CEO: Helicopters DLC! Part of 1.1-0 are also a sub
Airport CEO 1.0-46 released
Hello, airport CEO! It's time for another small maintenance update. Well, while it may be small in content it actually boasts a significant underlying change with a significant upgrade to the game's e
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Flight · Resource Management · Moddable · Management · Simulation · Singleplayer · Building · Immersive Sim · Strategy · Sandbox · Automation · Capitalism (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Dutch, Turkish, Czech, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Polish |
| Achievements | 35 |
| Official site | https://www.airportceo.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i5 2.4 GHz or AMD 3 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Any (at least 2 GB dedicated VRAM) DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 4 GB available space Sound Card: Any