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Airships: Conquer the Skies

Airships: Conquer the Skies

Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!

Released Aug 16, 2018 Developer David Stark Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Vehicular Combat4XWarModdableWargame
View on Steam ↗ $24.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

95.9%positive5,947 reviews
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“just played it nonstop for 10 hours after getting it. its really, really, good”

— a player, Steam review · 42 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Very fun game with a lot of replay ability that is only hampered by the limited nature of its skirmish mode”

— a player, Steam review · 35 hrs played
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Really good game, kind of like Highfleet merged with HoI4, it has diplomacy and research, very neat and interesting game.”

— a player, Steam review · 48 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:19 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

75playing at last check
8224-hour peak
1,313all-time peak
0 250 500 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 295 avg · Aug 2018

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.

34achievements
3.2%median completion
0.0%rarest: Crush Depth
66.9% of players 46.9% of players 46.0% of players 33.7% of players 29.9% of players 23.1% of players 23.0% of players 21.2% of players 14.4% of players 14.0% of players 10.8% of players 10.1% of players 9.1% of players 7.1% of players 6.0% of players 3.5% of players 3.3% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.0% of players 0.7% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.2% of players 0.0% of players 0.0% of players 66.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
66.9%Mandatory Change of Ownership — Capture an enemy ship.
46.9%Smash the Skies — Completely destroy an enemy ship by ramming it.
46.0%Forced Landing — Force down an enemy airship.
Rarest badges of honor
0.0%Crush Depth — Lose a ship to sinking.
0.0%Mile Deep Club — Push an enemy ship underwater.
0.2%Coronatus Interruptus — Sabotage a coronation three times in the same game.

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.

$24.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$24.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US24.99 USD
EU24.50 EUR
UK20.99 GBP
Australia36.50 AUD
Canada32.50 CAD
Japan2,800 JPY
Brazil73.99 BRL
China92.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$14 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$28

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 16, 2026
Version 1.2.13.1 - Hotfix

Fixed a crash bug in LAN conquest games introduced in the last version. Sorry about that.

Jul 13, 2026
Version 1.2.13

Changes, New Features and Balancing Newly started or resumed multiplayer conquest games are now paused so you can have a look around before time starts ticking. Option to allow multiplayer conquest to

May 11, 2026
Version 1.2.12.1 HOTFIX

Fixed a bug that made the game crash from ultimatums. Really sorry about that! It should work again now.

May 10, 2026
Version 1.2.12: Heraldry, Fixes, Modding

New Stuff Four new geometric heraldic charges: Mascle, Rustre, Triangle, and Fret The Fret charge gives you trade income from defensive pacts and alliances. Two new heraldry layouts: Counterchanged pe

Mar 25, 2026
Version 1.2.11

New Stuff You can now paint legs, wheels, tentacles, guided missile launcher domes, and almost all weapon barrels. Four new ship design sets for Worm Cultist empires. New weapon: Bombardment Turret: R

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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.

GenresAction, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsVehicular Combat · 4X · War · Moddable · Wargame · Building · Alternate History · PvP · Military · Grand Strategy · Naval Combat · Real-Time (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op
LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean
Achievements32
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.zarkonnen.com/airships/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: 1.8 Ghz+ Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: 128 MB VRAM+ Storage: 1 GB available space Additional Notes: Not currently compatible with Intel HD graphics controllers