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Merchant of the Skies

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App ID 1040070
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Coldwild Games
Supported Systems Windows macOS Linux
Technologies Unity Engine
Last Changenumber 30198466
Last Record Update 23 July 2025 – 03:10:11 UTC ()
Release Date 17 April 2020 – 16:00:00 UTC ()
😎 82.58%
2k reviews
2
In-Game
💼 Trading 🏠 Base Building 💼 Management 🗺 Exploration 😌 Casual

Become the captain of a flying ship! Sell items, gather resources and build your own trade company in the clouds!

Additional Information

Developer Coldwild Games
metacritic_name Merchant of the Skies
controller_support full
community_visible_stats Yes
ReleaseState released
Publisher Coldwild Games
Store Release Date 17 April 2020 – 07:00:00 UTC ()
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community_hub_visible Yes
Social Media https://x.com/ColdwildGames
https://www.youtube.com/coldwildgames/
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Indie (23), RPG (3), Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 17 April 2020 – 16:00:00 UTC ()
Original Release Date 17 April 2020 – 07:00:00 UTC () (1587106800)
Store Asset Modification Time 15 December 2020 – 14:25:02 UTC () (1608042302)
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Detected Technologies (?) Unity Engine
Steam Deck Compatibility
  • Steam Deck:
  • All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
  • This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
  • This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
  •  
  • SteamOS:
  • This game runs successfully on SteamOS
  •  
  • category: Verified
  • steamos_compatibility: Compatible
  • test_timestamp: 30 April 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
  • tested_build_id: 6189049
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Early Access Release Date 30 July 2019 – 00:00:00 UTC ()
First seen on SteamDB 25 February 2019 – 08:58:48 UTC (), in changelist #5865243

Supported Languages

8 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes
French Yes
German Yes
Russian Yes
Spanish - Spain Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes
Thai Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes

Tags

💼 Trading 🏠 Base Building 💼 Management 🗺 Exploration 😌 Casual 🏦 Economy 🧱 Sandbox 🏠 Building 💡 Strategy 🏽 2D ⚗️ Experimental 🧸 Cute 🧘 Relaxing 🧷 Steampunk 🔀 Procedural Generation 👾 Pixel Graphics 🖥️ Simulation 📊 Resource Management 👤 Singleplayer 🎮 Controller

Categories

Single-player Steam Achievements Steam Trading Cards Steam Cloud Family Sharing Cloud Gaming Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)

Hardware Categories

Full Controller Support

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timestamp20 February 2024 – 18:24:59 UTC

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Steam charts

  • 2 players right now
  • 6 24-hour peak
  • 625 all-time peak 1 August 2020
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  • 0 24-hour peak
  • 19,464 all-time peak
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User reviews history

  • 😎 Very Positive
  • 82.58% SteamDB Rating
  • 1,908 86.1% positive reviews
  • 307 13.9% negative reviews

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Markers

Date Label 30-day Peak
17 April 2020 Steam Release -
4 July 2023 ⇄ Humble Bundle: July 2023 Humble Choice (#44) -

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Steam player counter indicates there are currently 2 players live playing Merchant of the Skies on Steam.

Merchant of the Skies had an all-time peak of 625 concurrent players on 1 August 2020.

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