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Midair
Midair is a fast-paced jetpack shooter set in a breathtaking new sci-fi universe. Use movement to your advantage, outwit your enemy from every angle, build defenses, and fully customize the way you play. Break the mold of traditional shooters and jetpack your way into a challenging new experience!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
53 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“TL;DR: Midair is a true successor for Tribes 1 & Tribes 2 Classic for the FPS-Z genre. Far better than Tribes: Ascend and not using the money grabbing tactics that Hi-Rez used. By purchasing Early Access, you are buying…”
“I'm sorry Tribes... people were too stupid to appreciate your glory and Ascend was too greedy to make you what we needed.”
“No I won't check the checkbox that I received this product for free! I backed this baby on kickstarter, I bought it for my brother, and I'm so proud of the game it has grown up to be! As of May 3rd, 2018 YOU can get it…”
21 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“TL;DR: Midair is a true successor for Tribes 1 & Tribes 2 Classic for the FPS-Z genre. Far better than Tribes: Ascend and not using the money grabbing tactics that Hi-Rez used. By purchasing Early Access, you are buying…”
“If you like Tribes or skill-based shooters, this is the game for you. This game fixes pretty much all the gripes I had with Tribes: Ascend. There are new vehicles and more features on the way, and it will be exciting to…”
“I don't get it. Why is this rated so low? - It's a free game. - The unlock tracks are fine, and paying to unlock is a way to monetize (which is needed...this game was launched free!!) (spoiler hidden) - The lightweight…”
8 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“Slowly advances towards its goal of being the new Tribes. It is far from being there yet but still has potential. It just came out and players are already extremely strong (many T:A veterans). +Tech tree is cool and…”
“I don't get it. Why is this rated so low? - It's a free game. - The unlock tracks are fine, and paying to unlock is a way to monetize (which is needed...this game was launched free!!) (spoiler hidden) - The lightweight…”
“Just to add some balance: This is great! After several hours with it, I like this even more than Tribes Ascend. Super impressed. It feels really solid and smooth and the movement is perfect. It's got nice maps, models,…”
7 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“TL;DR: Midair is a true successor for Tribes 1 & Tribes 2 Classic for the FPS-Z genre. Far better than Tribes: Ascend and not using the money grabbing tactics that Hi-Rez used. By purchasing Early Access, you are buying…”
“Slowly advances towards its goal of being the new Tribes. It is far from being there yet but still has potential. It just came out and players are already extremely strong (many T:A veterans). +Tech tree is cool and…”
“I don't get it. Why is this rated so low? - It's a free game. - The unlock tracks are fine, and paying to unlock is a way to monetize (which is needed...this game was launched free!!) (spoiler hidden) - The lightweight…”
7 of the 105 reviews raise this.
“No I won't check the checkbox that I received this product for free! I backed this baby on kickstarter, I bought it for my brother, and I'm so proud of the game it has grown up to be! As of May 3rd, 2018 YOU can get it…”
“Just to add some balance: This is great! After several hours with it, I like this even more than Tribes Ascend. Super impressed. It feels really solid and smooth and the movement is perfect. It's got nice maps, models,…”
“Alright, this was a touch decision to not reccomend it. Why? Let's begin... First off, I'm coming from Tribes 2 with this review (Can you believe people STILL play T2?!?) If I compare it to anything, It's T2. The last…”
29 of the 105 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“Problem #1: Physics are stiff and counter-intuitive, and level layout makes it difficult to glide around Tribes-style. You have to "GIT GUD" before you manage to do so, which is why this game is turning off new players,…”
“Came in expecting Tribes. Left wanting to play an actual Tribes game again. Bad performance, server lag randomly spiked multiple times in matches (despite all players having good pings), and crashed three times while…”
“Do not download the game, do not play the game. Got banned for not being good enough at the game. the game is dead. Its basically just elitist tribes veterans with 20 years experience on private servers, and there is no…”
27 of the 105 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“This game had potential, but it is shot down by horrific design decisions by the devs. I'll break the problems down in 3 sections. Firstly: Weapons, classes and abilities are locked at the start. What does this mean? It…”
“As someone who has been waiting years for a successor to Tribes 1/2: this is not the successor to Tribes that you're looking for. There's a half dozen issues working in concert here to completely ruin the feel of the…”
“Problem #1: Physics are stiff and counter-intuitive, and level layout makes it difficult to glide around Tribes-style. You have to "GIT GUD" before you manage to do so, which is why this game is turning off new players,…”
26 of the 105 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“This game had potential, but it is shot down by horrific design decisions by the devs. I'll break the problems down in 3 sections. Firstly: Weapons, classes and abilities are locked at the start. What does this mean? It…”
“As someone who has been waiting years for a successor to Tribes 1/2: this is not the successor to Tribes that you're looking for. There's a half dozen issues working in concert here to completely ruin the feel of the…”
“Problem #1: Physics are stiff and counter-intuitive, and level layout makes it difficult to glide around Tribes-style. You have to "GIT GUD" before you manage to do so, which is why this game is turning off new players,…”
20 of the 105 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“This game had potential, but it is shot down by horrific design decisions by the devs. I'll break the problems down in 3 sections. Firstly: Weapons, classes and abilities are locked at the start. What does this mean? It…”
“Progression system is counter-productive to the growth and retention of the game. Far worse than Tribes: Ascend's, which I would have thought the developers would have learned a thing or two from Hi-Rez's mistakes. The…”
“I really think midair should have movement mechanics similar to tribes ascend, hi-rez made a new movement system because the old one was terrible. The inventory station thing.. Why would we have to use it to change the…”
18 of the 105 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Do not download the game, do not play the game. Got banned for not being good enough at the game. the game is dead. Its basically just elitist tribes veterans with 20 years experience on private servers, and there is no…”
“I got this game in instant access. It's... well it's good, but if you're not into your only option to play a good Tribes 1 successor being in pickup games which force you to get on IRC or Discord then you're better off…”
“Downloaded the game after finding out it might be like Tribes. Done the tutorials and found out that the servers are literally dead. And by dead I mean: No one is playing it. NO ONE. Save time, bandwith and disk space…”
Counted across 105 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 55.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“FOR TRIBES PLAYERS: For all the nostalgic lovers of tribes1 and tribes2 (classic), playing midair is a no-brainer. It is simply the closest thing we got to those legendary titles. I don't agree on every choice the devs made, and I still miss some things from those, but it still…”
— a player, Steam review · 61 hrs played“A really fun and deep game with an obscene skill curve and ceiling. It has had a rough time with server issues and development problems but the game itself is great.”
— a player, Steam review · 171 hrs played“This would be an amazing game if it didn't lock all of the playstyle customization behind a level grind. They somehow made a free to play economy even worse than Tribes Ascend.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPrice tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Latest official news
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Midair 2 Comes to Steam Next Fest
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Midair (2018) Retirement
Hello Midair (2018) Community, This notice is to let you know that this page - Midair - will be retired from Steam in the coming days. Support for Midair ended in 2019 and the original development stu
Midair No Longer In Development | Sequel in Closed Beta
To Midair Fans, This title - the original Midair developed by Archetype Studios - is not in active development and does not support online multiplayer play. However, you can still download and enjoy f
Dev Log #26 - 1.0.4 Build Highlights and Patch Notes
1.0.4 brings about new maps, updates to existing maps, new server admin features, and more. Check out the full list of updates on the blog .
Dev Log #25 - Build Highlights, 1.0.2.9415 Patch Notes
The 1.0.2.9415 patch contains some content and Quality-of-Life updates. Dev Log #25 will explore these features, available for download now. As always, a big thank you to the community members who are
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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 | Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Action · Free to Play · FPS · Multiplayer · Indie · Massively Multiplayer · Shooter · First-Person · Futuristic · Team-Based · Co-op · Sci-fi (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-4340 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: nVidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB / AMD Radeon HD 7850 2GB Storage: 5 GB available space