StrategyFit check
Is Airmen worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who want to build custom combat vessels rather than use fixed vehicles
- Small groups seeking cooperative ship construction and crew-based expeditions
- Strategy-action players interested in resource gathering, contracts, and component damage
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a tightly scripted campaign instead of open-world contracts and expeditions
- Players who prefer combat without construction, resource collection, boarding, or ship maintenance
- Solo players who do not want to manage vessel components and crew duties
Our take on Airmen
Its defining structure is the combination of first-person ship construction and component-level destruction: vessels are assembled piece by piece, then can lose specific systems during combat.
What is Airmen?
Airmen combines first-person ship construction with combat across airships, landships, and watercraft.
Players begin with an empty hangar and assemble vessels from more than 300 parts, choosing propulsion, weapons, and ship size from 3k to 30k mass. Expeditions across the Archipelago include deliveries, resource harvesting, mining, raids, contracts, and attacks on AI installations. Ships can be crewed alone or with friends. Combat includes aiming cannons, operating turrets, boarding enemy vessels, and damaging individual components such as engines and guns. Resources upgrade ships, while faction reputation and challenges provide additional progression. Fleets can also confront world bosses, and ships can be shared through the Steam Workshop.
How Airmen plays
- 01Modular ship construction
- More than 300 parts can be combined into airships, landships, and watercraft ranging from 3k to 30k mass.
- 02Cooperative shipbuilding
- Friends can work together while constructing a shared vessel.
- 03Component-based combat
- Individual ship systems can be destroyed, including engines that provide power for guns.
- 04Archipelago expeditions
- Open-world activities include deliveries, contracts, mining, harvesting, raids, and assaults on AI installations.
- 05Ship boarding
- Grappling hooks and close-combat weapons allow crews to board and take control of enemy ships.
- 06Steam Workshop sharing
- Players can publish their ships and download designs made by others.
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Airmen: platforms & release
Is Airmen worth it?
It is worth it if: players who want to build custom combat vessels rather than use fixed vehicles. Skip it if: players seeking a tightly scripted campaign instead of open-world contracts and expeditions.
Where can I download Airmen?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Airmen's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Airmen on?
Windows only.
