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Merchant of the Skies
Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Solid. Could do with a few QoL features, a bit tedious. Charming though.”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Decent game. If you set up farms early on, it takes away a lot of the late-stage grinding.”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“Neutral rating – the game looks cute and polished, but it's a bit too barebones and grindy in terms of gameplay. [h1]The good:[/h1] ➕ Nice pixel graphics, the Majestic Carrot is adorable :) ➕ The game is pretty easy once you figure out the basics. ➕ Time only passes while your…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:13 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
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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 | Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Trading · Base-Building · Management · Exploration · Casual · Economy · Sandbox · Building · Strategy · 2D · Experimental · Cute (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Portuguese - Brazil |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 SP1+ Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: shader 3.0 supporting card (i.e. Intel HD Graphics 4000) DirectX: Version 9.0a Storage: 512 MB available space Additional Notes: DX9 (shader model 3.0) support