Airborne Empire
Open-world city builder with a flying city and pirate battles
The Wandering Band LLC · Published by Stray Fawn Publishing, The Wandering Band LLC · Released Apr 17, 2026
ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulationStrategy
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 940
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 17 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 24
- peak 24h 25
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 2 months ago
- Jun 25, 2026
What is Airborne Empire?
In this open-world city builder, you expand a flying city while managing its lift, balance, propulsion, resources, and residents' needs. Travel between kingdoms to trade, research technology, and complete quests that reconnect settlements as sky pirates threaten them. Build defenses for your city and attack pirate outposts.
For you if...
- +you like exploring while growing a mobile city
- +you want city building and exploration without combat
- +you enjoy defending your city from pirate raids
Not for you if...
- −you want intricate city management with varied buildings
- −you expect quick travel between distant quest locations
What players say
87% of 940 reviews are positive · 88% of 17 in the last 30 days
Players praise the flying-city concept, music, and visual style. Opinions on combat differ, and common complaints include repetitive fights and quests, slow travel, and city management that some find too simple.
Screenshots and trailer
Airborne Empire system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 1600
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB VRAM / AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB VRAM
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 11
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-10700 / AMD Ryzen 7 3700x
- Graphics
- NVIDIA 2060 Super RTX 8 GB VRAM / AMD RX 5700 8 GB VRAM
- Notes
- SSD Recommended
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Achievements
- 25
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default configuration is not performant
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, German, Simplified Chinese, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian.
Tags
- City Builder
- Open World
- RPG
- Exploration
- Resource Management
- Casual
- Colony Sim
- Family Friendly
- Strategy
- Sandbox
- Adventure
- Combat
- Real-Time with Pause
- Relaxing
- RTS
- Management
Recent updates
- Jun 25, 2026 · Balloon Party Update!
- Jun 18, 2026 · Patch Notes v1.0.11
- May 20, 2026 · Patch Notes v1.0.10
- May 7, 2026 · Patch Notes v1.0.09
- Apr 28, 2026 · Patch Notes v1.0.08
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