Airships: Conquer the Skies
Released Aug 2018
Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!
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Steam $24.99
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Evaluation
Airships: Conquer the Skies is a solo-developed indie game that has been receiving consistent, substantive updates since its full release on August 16, 2018. The developer, David Stark, shipped the "Heroes & Villains" paid DLC on July 20, 2023, which added commanders, governors, diplomatic incidents, crew experience, and medal systems. Both DLC entries in the store are released — there are no unreleased DLC items.
Beyond the DLC, David Stark has maintained an active cadence of feature patches entirely on his own. Looking at the recent history: Version 1.2.7 (July 14, 2024) added ship and city list management and an AI fleet revamp. Version 1.2.8 (September 2, 2025) improved diplomacy AI and added a medal library. Version 1.2.9 (October 13, 2025) brought new heraldic charges and boarding improvements. Version 1.2.11 (March 25, 2026) added new weapons, flammability and sniping mechanics, and new ship design sets. Version 1.2.12 (May 10, 2026) added more heraldry content and modding tools. Version 1.2.13 (July 13, 2026) added new multiplayer features and fixes. A significant "Water!" feature patch (July 27, 2026) added ocean, coastal, and lake environments to combat, with detailed submersion effects. The most recent communication was a bug fix patch on August 15, 2026.
This is a consistent and sustained pattern of meaningful additions — new gameplay mechanics, content, game modes, and systems — being shipped at intervals of roughly 1 to 6 months across many years. No specific future content has been announced, and the developer has not indicated any intention to wind down development. As of today (September 18, 2026), the last developer communication was on August 15, 2026, well within the established update cadence.
Evidence
Feature patch adding full water/ocean environments to combat, with submersion mechanics and crew drowning — a significant new gameplay system.
Version 1.2.11 adds new weapons, flammability and sniping mechanics, new ship design sets, and modding tools.
Content
2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
David Stark
Achievements
34
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP
About this game
In Airships: Conquer the Skies you'll need to use all of your creativity and skill to design and build fearsome airships and land vehicles to give you the edge in massive aerial battles.
Construct your vehicles by piecing together a vast array of modules, choosing weapons, armour types, structures, equipment and resources in near endless configurations to allow you to prevail against even the toughest foes.
The vehicles are highly detailed, teeming with sailors moving around performing their individual tasks to stay in the fight. Your choices of vehicle layouts are crucial, exploring the design space of different crafts and their matching tactics to make sure your fleet emerges victorious.
Once your vehicles are ready for the fight, you’ll give high-level commands to your small fleet, swooping, soaring, ramming and boarding others to gain the upper hand in battle. Ships and terrain are fully destructible: they can catch fire, explode, break apart, and fall, so you’ll need to choose your tactics wisely.
Face off against giant aerial kraken, fleshcracker mechs, huge venomous spiders, clockwork wasps, and more. Defeat them and reap the rewards.
Play across three distinctly different modes: taking on (or creating your own) bespoke Missions; building a mighty empire in Conquest, or destroying your friends in Multiplayer matches online or via LAN.
Construct your vehicles by piecing together a vast array of modules, choosing weapons, armour types, structures, equipment and resources in near endless configurations to allow you to prevail against even the toughest foes.
The vehicles are highly detailed, teeming with sailors moving around performing their individual tasks to stay in the fight. Your choices of vehicle layouts are crucial, exploring the design space of different crafts and their matching tactics to make sure your fleet emerges victorious.
Once your vehicles are ready for the fight, you’ll give high-level commands to your small fleet, swooping, soaring, ramming and boarding others to gain the upper hand in battle. Ships and terrain are fully destructible: they can catch fire, explode, break apart, and fall, so you’ll need to choose your tactics wisely.
Face off against giant aerial kraken, fleshcracker mechs, huge venomous spiders, clockwork wasps, and more. Defeat them and reap the rewards.
Play across three distinctly different modes: taking on (or creating your own) bespoke Missions; building a mighty empire in Conquest, or destroying your friends in Multiplayer matches online or via LAN.
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Last evaluated Sep 18, 2026
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