Merchant of the Skies
Released Apr 2020
Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!
86% positive · 2,281 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Merchant of the Skies launched out of Early Access on April 17, 2020. In the launch post, the developer stated that the game "has all the content and features that we imagined when we started making it" and that no major updates were planned — though they offered a bonus content update if the game hit 25,000 sales. That bonus update arrived on December 18, 2020 (the Turtle Patch, version 1.6.7), which added a new ship and production limit features. Crucially, that patch post explicitly stated: "currently, I consider this to be the last content patch, unless something changes. We're taking a break from Merchant of the Skies, because we are starting to work on the next game." No further content updates for Merchant of the Skies have been posted since December 18, 2020. Coldwild Games has since launched multiple other titles — Lazy Galaxy 2 (March 2022), Stories from the Outbreak (March 2023), Druidwalker (June 2023), and Arcane Board (March 2025) — confirming the studio moved on as announced. The March 2026 mobile port announcement describes it as "the complete PC experience," reinforcing that the PC game's content was already finalized. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no roadmap commitments, and no developer statements indicating any further PC content is planned.
Evidence
Developer explicitly stated that version 1.6.7 (Turtle Patch) is 'the last content patch, unless something changes,' and announced they are moving on to develop their next game, Luna's Fishing Garden.
At full release, developer stated the game 'has all the content and features that we imagined' and that no major updates were planned, with a conditional bonus update if 25k sales were reached.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Coldwild Games
Achievements
12
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
About the game
In Merchant of the Skies you're the captain of an airship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade empire in the clouds!
Merchant of the Skies is a trading game with light base-building and tycoon elements. You start off as a captain of a small cloudship and work your way towards establishing your own trade company.
Merchant of the skies is an experimental game: it does not have a distinct genre, but tries to capture the feeling of traveling the world and establishing your own company. That means we try to incorporate exploration, base building, trading and some minor rpg elements into the game.
Features
- Become a trader! Find the best trade routes and profit from them
- Discover the world! Travel between flying isles and face different encounters
- Sandbox gameplay: do what you want at your own pace
- Gain experience and become more savvy when it comes to trading, then start your own goods production
- Establish trade routes to transport and sell goods without your direct involvement
- Get rich and build your own mansion from more than 200 different building blocks
Merchant of the Skies offers you a 6-8 hours campaign where you can help different characters and restore the world to its former glory, as well as a sandbox mode where you can forget about the plot and focus on building your own company, establishing caravan routes and developing your mansion.
Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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