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Skyward Collapse
How do you balance -- and indeed encourage -- a war between factions without letting either side obliterate the other? How do you rule over gods, creatures, and men who refuse to obey you? How do you build a landscape of villages when bandits and mythology are conspiring to tear it down?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
42 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“I really like this game for it's somehow chaotic gameplay which makes it unique in the strategy genre. It is turn based and best comparable to a very complex board game. This is also how it is presented. You as a player…”
“Skyward Collapse is a turn based god/strategy game. The goal of the game is to balance two opposing factions by supplying them with resources and buildings. You must cause enough chaos between the two factions to get…”
“Probably one of the more strict-definition "God" games out there, in that you're the kind of deity who a) exists and b) does what he can for his people but c) can't order them to do ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ because Free Will. That…”
8 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“I really like this game for it's somehow chaotic gameplay which makes it unique in the strategy genre. It is turn based and best comparable to a very complex board game. This is also how it is presented. You as a player…”
“I absolutely love this game. Very original and wel executed. A few more factions would have made this an instant classic for me. No idea how this game can get so many negative reviews but it is right up my alley. Been…”
“This has been a quite unique gaming experience for me. The game is highly recommendable! Nice concept, good gameplay, fine music, and high replayability.”
8 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“Skyward Collapse is a turn based god/strategy game. The goal of the game is to balance two opposing factions by supplying them with resources and buildings. You must cause enough chaos between the two factions to get…”
“Was enjoyable for a couple games. Don't expect this one to hold you several hundred hours, but if you can deal with that, it's a unique premise worth playing around with. Higher difficulties are actually much easier and…”
“Another elegant, bizarre genre/mechanics mashup from Arcen. It's a 4x highscore strategy game...sort of. It's pretty easy to cruise through lower difficult levels, but once you turn it up to hard or higher, you will be…”
7 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“This is a very unique game, combining automatic turn based combat with godlike with city manager, it is hard to place this in any particular catagory. The game itself is nice, although there are some features that are…”
“I really don't get the point of this game. It's like you're supposed to be fighting yourself, and you're supposed to keep yourself from winning. That's about as interesting as trying to play chess with yourself. While…”
“Creative. It's a game about balance of two nations aginst war. Never ever heard of a concept and this game does it pretty well. graphics are deffinaly good I'm personally used and like bad graphics. gameplay itself acts…”
4 of the 96 reviews raise this.
“a game that i really want to work for me. the idea is fresh and premise sounds interesting. look and feel seems quite ok on screenshots and videos. the problem is, it does not actually come together all that well.…”
“I am super sad to see all these negative reveiws. I can understand why some may not enjoy this, and I'll try to cover those through my groggy head. So, forgive my miss spells and other nonesense. But I speak from my…”
“I absolutely love this game. Very original and wel executed. A few more factions would have made this an instant classic for me. No idea how this game can get so many negative reviews but it is right up my alley. Been…”
54 of the 96 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Perhaps I had too high of expectations for this game, but unfortunately, it didn't live up to them. In more ways than one, Skyward Collapse feels more like a mobile game than one which, it seems to me, was developed for…”
“My biggest problem with this game is that the ai does not do anything. both sides will stagnate and not do anything if left alone, and you are tasked with growing them to defend against bandits while stoping them from…”
“If being a God is like this game, it's pretty lame. Let's be honest: it's not the worst game ever, it's a game that is just average in everything. The graphics are pretty simple, and I understand that top notch graphics…”
18 of the 96 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Perhaps I had too high of expectations for this game, but unfortunately, it didn't live up to them. In more ways than one, Skyward Collapse feels more like a mobile game than one which, it seems to me, was developed for…”
“a game that i really want to work for me. the idea is fresh and premise sounds interesting. look and feel seems quite ok on screenshots and videos. the problem is, it does not actually come together all that well.…”
“It is really hard to get into complex game like this for me. The tutorialisation was done in a light way maybe too light... There is a lot happening even in the simple tutorial and I feel like the tutorial did not do…”
14 of the 96 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Perhaps I had too high of expectations for this game, but unfortunately, it didn't live up to them. In more ways than one, Skyward Collapse feels more like a mobile game than one which, it seems to me, was developed for…”
“If being a God is like this game, it's pretty lame. Let's be honest: it's not the worst game ever, it's a game that is just average in everything. The graphics are pretty simple, and I understand that top notch graphics…”
“Look there are a lot of nice details to this game. However between akward controls and poor graphics, it just is totally not worth the effort you have to put into it, just to play. I'd like to se the designers future…”
13 of the 96 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Perhaps I had too high of expectations for this game, but unfortunately, it didn't live up to them. In more ways than one, Skyward Collapse feels more like a mobile game than one which, it seems to me, was developed for…”
“Was enjoyable for a couple games. Don't expect this one to hold you several hundred hours, but if you can deal with that, it's a unique premise worth playing around with. Higher difficulties are actually much easier and…”
“I was a bit torn if I should recommend or not recommend this game. It has a "one-more-turn" gameplay that kinda pulls you in, and an very interesting concept. It's a intriguing challenge building up the two factions…”
10 of the 96 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I really like this game for it's somehow chaotic gameplay which makes it unique in the strategy genre. It is turn based and best comparable to a very complex board game. This is also how it is presented. You as a player…”
“Looks and plays rough. Feels pretty limited for a 'god' sim strategy game. You more or less try to keep one faction from destroying the other and see how long you can last. It's kind of a basic idea and imo needs…”
“Was enjoyable for a couple games. Don't expect this one to hold you several hundred hours, but if you can deal with that, it's a unique premise worth playing around with. Higher difficulties are actually much easier and…”
Counted across 96 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 46.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“This is a fascinating but poorly understood game which is effectively the only inhabitant of the genre it created. Lots of people don't really like it, as can be seen from the mixed reviews here, but for me it's a perennially good game. I'll play a round or two then put it aside…”
— a player, Steam review · 48 hrs played“This is probably the first Arcen game that didn't hit the mark. All of their games so far have been fresh and quite fun, but have also always been flawed. None of them have been perfect, but they were innovative, and always try a different formula of game and were ultimately fun…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“It's an interesting premise; I rushed to it because I missed playing god games. Unfortunately, it doesn't manage to be a very good god game, leaning more towards the TBS side, and it's not a great TBS either. If you're anything like me, you'll probably love it for the first 20…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
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.
AI War 2 has left early access!
Chris here! By any sane metric I can think of, AI War 2 shouldn't exist. And yet it's more than I ever imagined it could be. When we first set out to make this game three years ago, it was far less am
After Two Long Years, AI War 2 Hits Early Access!
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/32938991/c6c568d45e0ac9b20ce2930db75c67179ce89f29.jpg It's been quite a saga, if you've followed along all this time. All that extra
Skyward Collapse Linux Support in v2.500, plus new Complete Edition!
Version 2.500 brings official linux support to both the game and its expansion for the first time, as well as a 64bit OSX build. There are also a couple of bugfixes in here, as well. Not only that, bu
Skyward Collapse Linux Support in v2.500, plus new Complete Edition!
Version 2.500 brings official linux support to both the game and its expansion for the first time, as well as a 64bit OSX build. There are also a couple of bugfixes in here, as well. Not only that, bu
Skyward Collapse Free 2.0 Upgrade Launches Alongside Nihon no Mura Expansion
We at Arcen are proud to announce the latest version of our title Skyward Collapse has now gone gold. As is typical for our titles, the massive 2.0 update is free, while a paid expansion pack wi
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Simulation · Indie · Turn-Based · God Game · Fantasy · Mythology · Isometric · Procedural Generation · Turn-Based Strategy · Grid-Based Movement · Resource Management (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 80 |
| Official site | http://arcengames.com/skyward-collapse/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP2 or later Processor: 1.6Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Resolution at least 720px high, and 1024px wide. Hard Drive: 500 MB HD space