Steam app 342560 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 19:52 UTC
Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!
717 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
140 months, February 2015 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 437 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 280 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Airships: Conquer the Skies was released on 16 Aug, 2018.
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34 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Jul 2023 to Aug 2026 · times in UTC
Fixed a crash when playing conquest multiplayer via LAN.
Patch notesExperienced players of the game will know that when you intercept an enemy fleet above water, a strange thing happens: an island suddenly appears underneath the warring airships during combat mode. Well, no more! I have finally added bodies…
ZarkonnenFixed a crash bug in LAN conquest games introduced in the last version. Sorry about that.
Patch notesChanges, New Features and Balancing Newly started or resumed multiplayer conquest games are now paused so you can have a look around before time starts ticking. Option to allow multiplayer conquest to be paused by any one player. Sponson…
ZarkonnenFixed a bug that made the game crash from ultimatums. Really sorry about that! It should work again now.
Patch notesNew Stuff Four new geometric heraldic charges: Mascle, Rustre, Triangle, and Fret The Fret charge gives you trade income from defensive pacts and alliances. Two new heraldry layouts: Counterchanged per Fess and Counterchanged Quarterly…
ZarkonnenNew Stuff You can now paint legs, wheels, tentacles, guided missile launcher domes, and almost all weapon barrels. Four new ship design sets for Worm Cultist empires. New weapon: Bombardment Turret: Rapidly fires heavy bombard shots but…
ZarkonnenThe inevitable hotfix the day after a major feature release. Fixes a crash caused by a spy action trying to create a new empire.
Patch notesAirships: Conquer the Skies is part of the PvP Games Fest this week. To celebrate, I've been working on a new feature that uh exactly isn't PvP: a new co-op mode for conquest! In this new mode, Empire Co-op, multiple players can control the…
ZarkonnenFixed another bug relating to loading ships from mods. Your mod list settings may have changed due to this.
Patch notesAfter several months of poking away at things, here's a large bugfix update, plus some new features for modders: Changes / Features Unilaterally cancelling receiving tribute now costs you reputation. Per-ship AI control button. Removed…
ZarkonnenFixed a major cause of desyncs! Game setup now remembers hero and incident settings. Guardian sprites summoned by heroes now go home again after a while. You no longer get incidents that can spawn heroes when heroes are turned off. Saved…
ZarkonnenAxe heraldic charge now works.
Patch notesCrash hotfix patch.
Patch notesBoarding Ongoing boarding combats are now auto-resolved when one side leaves/surrenders a combat. You are warned when you are likely to lose ships this way. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7946146/f66c1f9ee0243cf61d41f3e6e0439703f7929cee.png Also…
ZarkonnenI am very pleased to announce that the two premier side-view killing machine construction games on Steam have teamed up for a bundle! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/59685/Forts_x_Airships_Conquer_the_Skies/ The Forts and Airships…
ZarkonnenFixed a desync bug.
Patch notesFixed a crash when looking at the settings tab on a loaded game.
Patch notesTransferring money in diplomacy now has a stronger effect on the AI, but the AI is much less willing to give you money. When making a diplomatic offer, the AI will check if it's willing to give you some money along with it, and…
ZarkonnenFixed a crash caused by looking at a map overlay from the perspective of an empire that disappears. Added more logging for diagnosing desyncs.
Patch notes{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/7946146/38865527a4b6db483a58a1a651bc7f6bdcfc07d4.gif I just released a major content update for Airships: Lost Flotilla, the sister game to Conquer the Skies. It's basically all the stuff I wanted to add after releasing…
ZarkonnenAI empires no longer form huge alliance networks on higher difficulty levels. They do still ally, but they don't all clump together. Increased the size of forests on the map to make it look nicer. Various small bug fixes: rare crashes…
ZarkonnenAs requested, here's an in-depth explanation of what caused the AI in Airships: Conquer the Skies to build outdated ships. I've tried my best to keep it relatively non-technical. So in the game, the AI builds airships (and landships and…
ZarkonnenI think I've finally tracked down and fixed the long-running bug where the AI would fail to upgrade its ships or use new technologies it researched. Many thanks to everyone who sent in example saves. If there's interest, I can also write up…
ZarkonnenSignificant performance improvements to conquest mode: larger games should now run much more smoothly. Fixed a bug where the AI would fail to upgrade very outdated ships because even their upgrade was outdated. (Finally!) Off-road fleets…
ZarkonnenNow Airships: Lost Flotilla is out I've finally been able to turn my attention to some long-standing bugs in Airships: Conquer the Skies: Made AI significantly better at managing money: it no longer builds and then instantly scraps supply…
ZarkonnenCelebrate the Release of Airships: Lost Flotilla with a Special Bundle! 🎉 I’m excited to share that Airships: Lost Flotilla is officially out now! To celebrate, I’ve put together a special bundle featuring both Airships: Conquer the Skies…
antenirulfSteam introduced a change to their launcher that broke the game on Linux. Version 1.2.7.4 fixes it again.
Patch notesAirships: Conquer the Skies is part of the Planes, Trains, and Automobiles Fest which starts today. As part of this festival, the main game, the DLC and the soundtrack are discounted by 25%. Also, I've made a small update for the demo of my…
NourinThe game now hides shortcut info when on Deck, in accordance with Valve's requirements for Deck compatibility. Also, if you are on Linux and the game incorrectly thinks it's on Deck, you can disable Deck support by adding the following line…
Patch notesOh look, another hotfix! Added missing buildings to an AI fleet. Updated Russian translation. (Thanks, Meowskyi!) Fixed clockwork zombie appearance. Fixed large dome decals.
Patch notesLoading no longer hangs if you are not subscribed to any workshop items. Oops.
Patch notesVersion 1.2.7 is out, bringing a number of new features and improvements. Ship and City Lists There are two new tabs in the Empire view that show you a list of all the ships and cities in your empire. The lists are sortable, and I've added…
ZarkonnenAirships: Conquer the Skies has a special 50% off deal on Steam this week, so if you've been thinking about getting the game, this is the optimal time. I'd also like to again point you towards Airships: Lost Flotilla, an autoshooter set in…
ZarkonnenFixed an issue on Linux that prevented people from being able to see ingame news and register their coat of arms.
Patch notesHi all! 👋 So as you may have noticed if you were carefully reading the discord, I've been working on a new game, and I'm finally ready to announce it - and show you a demo. 🎉 It's called Airships: Lost Flotilla, and it's an autoshooter set…
antenirulfFixed leg rendering when lighting is turned off. Fixed font rendering in game setup. Fixed a crash on systems that don't handle unicode file names properly. Fixed text formatting of hero change message. Fixed turtle bonus defences…
ZarkonnenThis update fixes a crash specifically on Mac.
Patch notesVersion 1.2.6.1 fixes a crash when checking workshop items during startup. Unfortunately, the fix means that startup now takes longer, but I'll see if I can speed it up again.
Patch notesAdded map overlays for trade, research, and tribute treaties. The ship editor now uses the last used paint for placing new modules. The research complete dialog no longer forces you to pick a new research immediately. Added one new AI fleet…
ZarkonnenNew Arachnophobia Mode setting: No spider monsters turn up in new single player games. All spiders are shown without legs. Tarantulas are more collision resistant. The AI no longer thinks it can use guided missiles like bombs. The letters ё…
ZarkonnenIn time for Halloween, and because I felt like it, here's two new monsters for the game: Giant tarantulas, huge, tough spiders. Parasitical wasps that can turn your crew into clockwork zombies. (And an interestingly horrible new event for…
ZarkonnenAdded setting for enabling/disabling spy actions in conquest. (You still use spies to see enemy cities either way.) Fixed tentacles losing track of crew or trying to grab already grabbed crew. You are now notified when an enemy's new…
ZarkonnenDiplomacy and AI Empires consisting of a single town can now apply to join an existing larger empire. The joined empire must be at war with anyone the town is at war with. When evaluating attack targets, the AI now looks at enemy fleets…
ZarkonnenThe heroes introduced in the Heroes & Villains DLC can be modded, changing them or adding new ones. You can download a simple example mod here, for you to study and modify. You can also look at the already existing heroes in…
ZarkonnenEdit: I forgot three things: 1/2 and 1/4 speeds are available again in multiplayer. There's now a cheat menu option for getting heroes of your choice. Age of monsters/piracy/madness now spawns monster nests at the start rather than…
ZarkonnenFixed a combat desync bug. The governor icon is no longer drawn on top of the plague icon in the map. Fixed fleet ship list layout for long ships with medals. Gust of Wind and Sudden Storm are now weaker at the edges of the map, making them…
Patch notesWelcome to the inevitable post-release bugfix update! The DLC now works on Macs! Trebuchets no longer block airflow. AI should no longer send so many insults and delegations. Reduced frequency of heroes appearing slightly. Added settings…
ZarkonnenI am very pleased to announce that Heroes & Villains, a DLC for Airships: Conquer the Skies, is now available! In Heroes & Villains, you can recruit commanders for your airships and governors for your cities, and use their special abilities…
ZarkonnenAlongside the DLC release, the baseline version of Airships is also getting an update with some new things and rebalancing. Landships are now available at tier 0, using wheels instead of tracks. Of course, these landships need to be…
ZarkonnenEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
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| Airships: Heroes and Villains | WindowsmacOSLinux | 20 Jul 2023 |
| Airships: Conquer the Skies - Soundtrack | WindowsmacOSLinux | 17 Aug 2018 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
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| Launch | Airships.exe | windows | ||
| Launch | Airships | linux | ||
| Launch | Airships.app | macos |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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