Guns of Icarus Online
Released Oct 2012
Assemble your crew, take to the skies in the premier PvP airship combat game. Guns of Icarus Online is all about flying massive airships, shooting big turret weapons, and working as a team for supremacy of the skies. Everyone as one, victory or death, together.
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Released, but still in active development
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Active Development
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Evaluation
Guns of Icarus Online launched on October 29, 2012 and has been continuously supported ever since, with varying levels of developer involvement over the years.
After a period where Muse Games handed day-to-day management to community volunteers (acknowledged in their October 30, 2022 tenth anniversary post), the developer returned with a direct statement to the community on April 8, 2025, signaling renewed engagement and hinting at a new project. That project was revealed as Stars of Icarus at the PC Gaming Show on June 8, 2025.
Alongside that announcement, Muse Games shipped a meaningful update to Guns of Icarus Online on June 10, 2025 — "Back to the Skies 2.0.21" — which added a new weapon (Immortal Gaze Heavy Accelerator Mk. S), new cosmetic decals tied to Stars of Icarus branding, new dyes and badges, and unlocked a range of achievements that had become difficult to earn due to the smaller active player base. A balance patch followed on June 26, 2025, adjusting ships, weapons, and ammo based on community feedback.
Critically, the June 10, 2025 update included an explicit developer statement: "While our focus will be on Stars of Icarus, as long as we are around, we'll keep Guns alive as well." This directly communicates the developer's intent to continue supporting the game.
The most recent news posts, from February 9, 2026 and March 24, 2026, promoted Steam sales and cross-promoted Stars of Icarus, demonstrating ongoing developer engagement with the Guns of Icarus community. The last major content update was June 10, 2025. Given that major updates to this game have historically come at intervals of a year or more — with gaps between updates spanning multiple years during periods of reduced focus — the roughly 16 months since the last major content drop (as of October 2026) is within the established pattern for this title. The developer has not announced that Guns of Icarus Online development is ending, and their last communication was March 24, 2026.
Evidence
Back to the Skies 2.0.21 shipped a new weapon, new cosmetics, and achievement unlocks. Developer stated: 'While our focus will be on Stars of Icarus, as long as we are around, we'll keep Guns alive as well.'
Balance update adjusted multiple ships, weapons, and ammo types based on community feedback, indicating continued active maintenance.
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Developer
Publisher
Muse Games
Achievements
849
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Multiplayer
About this game
Guns of Icarus Online is the original PvP steampunk airship combat game that laid the groundwork for the expanded Guns of Icarus experience, Guns of Icarus Alliance. Slip the surly bonds of earth and take to the skies as a bold Captain, fearless Gunner, or cunning Engineer. Raising the stakes on team-based PvP combat with an emphasis on strategic competition and team play, Guns of Icarus Online is all about teamwork, tactics, and fast-paced action. With a good ship and the right crew, you can conquer the skies!
A vivid steampunk world
Lumbering, heavily-armored airships bristling with guns patrol the skies above a land ravaged beyond repair by an out-of-control industrial revolution.Build your own airship
Starting from a selection of basic hulls, players can mix and match hundreds of custom parts to create their own unique airship, then assemble a crew to fly it.Your ship is your life
Your ship is your collective life bar - when the ship goes down, the crew goes down with it. Every member of the crew plays an integral role in not only maintaining the integrity - “life” - of the ship, but also weakening the integrity of enemy ships as they work cooperatively towards a shared victory.The ultimate multiplayer team experience
You won’t be told to stay still and not die while a veteran preserves their Kill/Death ratio. In Guns of Icarus Online, you have to work together. It’s an entirely interdependent gameplay experience that cannot be won by a single crew member.Goggles, gears, and glory
A wide range of costumes and cosmetic options to show off your style are available in the in-game store. These items are cosmetic only - there is no pay-to-win in Guns of Icarus Online.Pit crew against crew
Form a party with up to 4 friends and crew a ship together to battle against other teams in massive airship battles with up to 32 players in a match with multiple game modes including Deathmatch, King of the Hill, Crazy King, Skyball, and VIP.Rise in the ranks
Earn titles and cosmetic upgrades through your achievements. Balanced, competitive matches reward strategic, skillful play, not level grinding.
The Industrial Revolution never ended. Raging out of control, the new machines consumed the world, staining the sky, scouring the land and poisoning the water. Humanity came the brink of extinction, all but destroyed by their own unrestrained ingenuity. A few pockets of civilization survived, sheltering in the crevices of the world, and it is time for a comeback.
Divided by wide expanses of toxic wasteland, a handful of these remnants have developed airship technology. Cruising through the sky, safely away from the poisoned earth, trade and industry could finally begin anew. However, with resources so desperately limited, war was inevitable.
We are Muse Games, an independent studio based out of New York City. Our debut game, Flight of the Icarus, was the seed that would later grow into our flagship title. After releasing the unique and eye-catching platform game CreaVures in 2011, we dedicated ourselves to re-engineering our debut title into a fully-featured cooperative online airship combat game.
We released Guns of Icarus Online in October 2012, right in the midst of Hurricane Sandy. Despite that challenging start, the game earned a loyal audience and built up a healthy community, passing the million player mark in January 2016. Since then, we have remained committed to supporting and expanding the Guns of Icarus experience. What was originally intended to be an expansion that would introduce AI opponents and player-vs-environment gameplay grew into a new standalone game - Guns of Icarus Alliance, the ultimate and definitive Guns of Icarus experience - which released in March 2017.
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Last evaluated Oct 8, 2026
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