Airships: Conquer the Skies similar games & best alternatives

Airships: Conquer the Skies

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), 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

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Galactic Civilizations III

  • Imperium Galactica II

  • Star Ruler

  • Voxel Turf

  • Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition

  • Interstellar Space: Genesis

Less competitive

Games that feels like Airships: Conquer the Skies but with less competition against others

  • Shortest Trip to Earth

  • Void War

  • FTL: Faster Than Light

  • Horizon's Gate

  • First Feudal

  • Battlevoid: Harbinger

Less dominating

Games that feels like Airships: Conquer the Skies but with less domination over others

  • Voidspire Tactics

  • Reassembly

  • Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander

  • Enemy Mind

  • Conquest of Elysium 4

  • BattleGroupVR

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Airships: Conquer the Skies but with less imaginative fiction

  • Rising Lords

  • Supreme Ruler Ultimate

  • Making History: The Great War

  • Age of History 3

  • Deadswitch Combat

  • Making History: The Second World War

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

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, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026