Choose Airships: Lost Flotilla
Choose Airships: Lost Flotilla if you want a Casual game with Stereo Sound and Mouse Only Option. On Steam, it's Steam Deck Verified, so handheld play works out of the box. Airships: Lost Flotilla launched in 2025.
Airships: Lost Flotilla vs Sword vs Horde
Airships: Lost Flotilla and Sword vs Horde both land in Action, Indie on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Indie on Steam. Sword vs Horde (2024) is 1 year older than Airships: Lost Flotilla (2025). Sword vs Horde is currently ~56% cheaper on Steam than Airships: Lost Flotilla (3.99 USD vs. 8.99 USD). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Sword vs Horde
Choose Sword vs Horde if it's currently about 56% cheaper on the Steam Store. Sword vs Horde launched in 2024.
Both Airships: Lost Flotilla and Sword vs Horde sit in Action and Indie on Steam and both list Color Alternatives, Camera Comfort, and Custom Volume Controls, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Airships: Lost Flotilla |  Sword vs Horde | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2025 | 2024 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Casual | Action, Indie |
| Platforms | Windows, Linux | Windows, Linux |
| Steam Deck | Deck Verified | Unrated |
| Price | 8.99 USD | 3.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 94.7% positive (207 reviews) | 7 reviews |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | David Stark | Zimmerbyte Games Lukas B. Zimmermann |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie on Steam.
- Sword vs Horde (2024) is 1 year older than Airships: Lost Flotilla (2025).
- Sword vs Horde is currently ~56% cheaper on Steam than Airships: Lost Flotilla (3.99 USD vs. 8.99 USD).
- Airships: Lost Flotilla is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; Sword vs Horde has no Deck rating yet.
Airships: Lost Flotilla vs Sword vs Horde — FAQ
- Should I play Airships: Lost Flotilla or Sword vs Horde first?
- If you want chronology, Sword vs Horde (2024) came out before Airships: Lost Flotilla (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Airships: Lost Flotilla and Sword vs Horde similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Airships: Lost Flotilla run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Airships: Lost Flotilla is rated Deck Verified by Valve. Sword vs Horde doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.