Airships: Conquer the Skies similar games & best alternatives

Airships: Conquer the Skies

PC (Microsoft Windows), Linux, Mac • 2018

Should you play it?

Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!

What works
  • Extensive ship and base customization
  • Engaging tactical combat
  • Active developer and modding community
  • High replayability with multiple modes
  • Immersive steampunk fantasy setting
Things to keep in mind
  • Limited multiplayer population
  • Some ui clunkiness
  • Campaign mode could be deeper
  • Performance issues in large battles
  • Minimal narrative and diplomacy

What to play next

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Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • Gremlins, Inc.

  • Airmen

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  • From the Depths

  • Reassembly

  • Making History II: The War of the World

  • Volcanoids

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  • Galactic Civilizations IV
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • Airmen

  • Voxel Turf

  • Wrestling Revolution 3D
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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

Airships: Conquer the Skies: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Fellowship, Status, Cooperation. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Creativity, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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