Black Skylands
Open-world top-down shooter with airship battles among floating islands
Hungry Couch Games · Published by tinyBuild · Released Aug 15, 2023
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 4,509
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 66% of 15 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 11
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 3 years ago
- Sep 22, 2023
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
What is Black Skylands?
This single-player action-adventure game takes place in a steampunk sky. As Eva, a young marshal defending her people from the Falcons and Swarm, you travel between floating islands by airship, fight in the air and on foot, gather resources for upgrades, and reclaim islands.
For you if...
- +you like exploring a pixel-art world at your own pace
- +you enjoy upgrading weapons and airships between fights
Not for you if...
- −you prefer guided levels to open-world exploration
- −you want airship fights without frequent ground combat
What players say
84% of 4,509 reviews are positive · 66% of 15 in the last 30 days
Players praise the pixel art, sky-island exploration, and airship combat. Many find the island-clearing loop repetitive and wish ship battles played a larger role. Some report bugs that block progress.
Screenshots and trailer
Black Skylands system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Intel i3 2125 3.30 GHz or later
- Graphics
- GT 750M
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 28
- 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
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese.
Tags
- Pixel Graphics
- Open World
- Sandbox
- Top-Down Shooter
- Indie
- Base Building
- Simulation
- Atmospheric
- RPG
- Singleplayer
- Steampunk
- Survival
- Character Customization
- Action
- Procedural Generation
- Crafting
Recent updates
- Sep 22, 2023 · Patch - Bug Fixes & Performance Improvements
- Dec 20, 2022 · Christmas has come to Black Skylands!
- Oct 28, 2022 · Patch 0.4.4
- Oct 13, 2022 · The AERIAL UPDATE is Now Available!
- Oct 7, 2022 · AERIAL Update Coming on October 13th!
1 DLC available.
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