Merchant of the Skies
Airship trading game with floating islands and automated trade routes
Coldwild Games · Released Apr 17, 2020
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 86% of 2,286
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 2
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 5 years ago
- Dec 18, 2020
What is Merchant of the Skies?
A trading and light base-building game set among floating islands, where you captain a cloudship, buy and sell goods, gather resources, and set up production sites and automated trade routes. In the campaign, you help characters restore the world; sandbox mode focuses on growing your trade company.
For you if...
- +you enjoy traveling between islands at your own pace
- +you like building production sites and automated trade routes
- +you want a short campaign or a sandbox mode
Not for you if...
- −you want complex economic strategy beyond buying and selling
- −you expect a long campaign with varied quests
What players say
86% of 2,286 reviews are positive
Players praise the pixel art, island exploration, and progression from small trades to automated routes. Common complaints include repetitive quests and trading, cumbersome inventory management, and limited guidance early on.
Screenshots and trailer
Merchant of the Skies system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7 SP1+
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo
- Graphics
- shader 3.0 supporting card (i.e. Intel HD Graphics 4000)
- Memory
- 1024 MB RAM
- Storage
- 512 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0a
- Notes
- DX9 (shader model 3.0) support
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 12
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Portuguese - Brazil.
Tags
- Trading
- Base Building
- Management
- Casual
- Exploration
- Economy
- Sandbox
- Building
- Strategy
- 2D
- Experimental
- Cute
- Relaxing
- Steampunk
- Procedural Generation
- Pixel Graphics
Recent updates
- Dec 18, 2020 · Merchant of the Skies - 1.6.7 - Turtle Patch
- Nov 30, 2020 · Content Update info & New game announcement
- Jul 30, 2020 · Merchant of the Skies - Octopus Patch and Console Release
- Jul 15, 2020 · Merchant of the Skies content update and console launch on July 30!
- May 11, 2020 · Merchant of the Skies - 1.6.5 - memory leak
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