Choose Airships: Conquer the Skies
Choose Airships: Conquer the Skies if you want an Action game with Online Co-op, LAN Co-op, and Color Alternatives. On Steam, it has co-op, so you can bring a friend. 4,738 Steam reviews back the pick.
Airships: Conquer the Skies vs DOCTRINEERS
Airships: Conquer the Skies and DOCTRINEERS both land in Strategy, 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 Strategy, Indie on Steam. Airships: Conquer the Skies (2018) is 8 years older than DOCTRINEERS (2026). Airships: Conquer the Skies has co-op; DOCTRINEERS does not. 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 DOCTRINEERS
Choose DOCTRINEERS if you want the Keyboard Only Option side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2026) and ships with the modern feature baseline. DOCTRINEERS launched in 2026.
Both Airships: Conquer the Skies and DOCTRINEERS sit in Strategy and Indie on Steam and both list Multi-player, Online PvP, and LAN PvP, 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: Conquer the Skies |  DOCTRINEERS | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2018 | 2026 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Indie | Strategy, Indie |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Unrated |
| Price | 24.99 USD | Price unknown |
| Steam reviews | 96.5% positive (4,738 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player |
| Developers | David Stark | Discontinuity Games |
Side by side
- Both share Strategy, Indie on Steam.
- Airships: Conquer the Skies (2018) is 8 years older than DOCTRINEERS (2026).
- Airships: Conquer the Skies has co-op; DOCTRINEERS does not.
- Airships: Conquer the Skies is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; DOCTRINEERS has no Deck rating yet.
Airships: Conquer the Skies vs DOCTRINEERS — FAQ
- Should I play Airships: Conquer the Skies or DOCTRINEERS first?
- If you want chronology, Airships: Conquer the Skies (2018) came out before DOCTRINEERS (2026). 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: Conquer the Skies and DOCTRINEERS similar?
- They overlap on Strategy, 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: Conquer the Skies run on Steam Deck?
- Yes — Airships: Conquer the Skies is rated Deck Playable by Valve. DOCTRINEERS doesn't have a Deck rating yet, so its Deck behaviour is currently unverified.