Games like Airborne Empire
If Airborne Empire is your kind of game, the closest matches are Blacksmith Master, Pioneers of Pagonia and Stronghold: Definitive Edition — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its charming writing and dialogue, atmospheric and chill. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
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Blacksmith Master
WHY THIS
Shares resource gathering, base building, management and an atmospheric mood with Airborne Empire.
Top pick for Airborne Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airborne Empire.
Manage your own medieval smithy in Blacksmith Master and supervise the entire process from mining ores and gems to designing and selling finished products. Forge everything from weapons and armor to tools and cooking utensils to fund your craft and become the Blacksmith Master.
Pioneers of Pagonia
WHY THIS
Shares city building and a relaxing mood with Airborne Empire.
Second-strongest match for Airborne Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airborne Empire.
Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.
Stronghold: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Airborne Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airborne Empire.
Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.
The Wandering Village
WHY THIS
Shares city building, resource management and a chill mood with Airborne Empire.
Ranked #4 for Airborne Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airborne Empire.
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
Cataclismo
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Airborne Empire.
Ranked #5 for Airborne Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airborne Empire.
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
WHY THIS
Shares base building, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Airborne Empire.
Ranked #6 for Airborne Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Airborne Empire.
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
Clanfolk
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Airborne Empire.
Ranked #7 for Airborne Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airborne Empire.
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares crew management and base building with Airborne Empire.
Ranked #8 for Airborne Empire fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Airborne Empire.
Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Airborne Empire at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~83% under Airborne Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Airborne Empire.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Airborne Empire on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Airborne Empire.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Airborne Empire on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Airborne Empire.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Airborne Empire on Steam right now. Shares Action with Airborne Empire.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Airborne Empire on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Airborne Empire.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Hollow Knight
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Airborne Empire on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Airborne Empire.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Airborne Empire on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Airborne Empire.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Airborne Empire.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
93, Kuindzhi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Airborne Empire.
Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Airborne Empire.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Airborne Empire.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Airborne Empire.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Airborne Empire.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Airborne Empire.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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Frequently asked about Airborne Empire
- Does Airborne Empire run on Steam Deck?
- Airborne Empire is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Airborne Empire cost?
- Airborne Empire is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Airborne Empire?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Airborne Empire are Blacksmith Master, Pioneers of Pagonia, Stronghold: Definitive Edition.
- Who developed Airborne Empire?
- Airborne Empire was developed by The Wandering Band LLC and published by Stray Fawn Publishing, The Wandering Band LLC.
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