Games Like Flight of the Icarus

Own the skies in steam-powered airships! Guns of Icarus Alliance is a team-based online game that pits co-op crews against both rival teams and an AI that learns your tactics. Players become part of the story as each battle shapes history in an ever-changing steampunk world.

Why similar: Indie 65.3%, Steampunk 28.4% ★, Action 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive multiplayer airship combat experience that directly expands on the team-based mechanics and steampunk aesthetic of the seed game.

Assemble your crew, take to the skies in the premier PvP airship combat game. Guns of Icarus Online is all about flying massive airships, shooting big turret weapons, and working as a team for supremacy of the skies. Everyone as one, victory or death, together.

Why similar: Steampunk 95.5% ★, Action 2.8%, Indie 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: The original multiplayer classic that focuses heavily on the cooperative management of airships during chaotic aerial battles.

Welcome to Suthseg! As the newly commissioned airship captain, forge a mercantile empire across the archipelago, until the great powers of Europa turn their attention toward it. Build up a fleet, chart trade routes, establish industries, and explore the frontier at your airship's helm!

Why similar: Steampunk 79.2% ★, Action 20.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical airship combat with trade, faction management, and exploration in a vast steampunk world.

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

Why similar: Action 50.6%, Indie 49.4%

Why You'll Like It: An intense, tactical airship combat game that features a gritty dieselpunk aesthetic and deep ship-management mechanics.

Become the captain of an airship and explore the world of the skies, gather resources and build powerful weapons, uncover ancient secrets and fight beneath your ship's sails.

Why similar: Steampunk 76.7% ★, Indie 12.2%, Action 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: An open-world sandbox game that emphasizes airship navigation, combat, and base-building in a floating archipelago.

Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!

Why similar: Steampunk 100% ★

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the strategic design and construction of airships to engage in complex, physics-based combat.

A first-person survival game set on a post-apocalyptic, ecologically ruined Earth. Play solo or with up to 3 friends as you build, upgrade, and fly a high-tech airship. Scavenge resources, craft tools, and face dangers on the surface as you hunt for a cure to save humanity.

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic survival game where you maintain and pilot a high-tech airship to explore a ruined world.

SAIL THE STARS. BETRAY YOUR QUEEN. MURDER A SUN. Sunless Skies is a Gothic Horror roleplay game with a focus on exploration and exquisite storytelling.

Why similar: Steampunk 91.5% ★, Indie 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A gothic, steampunk-themed exploration game where you captain a locomotive through the stars, focusing on survival and narrative.

Airmen is a first person ship building and battling game featuring airships, landships and watercraft. Crew your ship solo or alongside friends on dangerous expeditions into the archipelago to complete contracts, collect resources, and upgrade your ships.

Why similar: Steampunk 71.5% ★, Action 15.9%, Indie 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer game that allows for deep ship-building and cooperative crew management during intense aerial combat.

Take to the skies in this fast paced, arcade aerial combat game featuring arena style gameplay. Fly solo in single player or compete against other players in online multiplayer modes.

Why similar: Action 56.7%, Indie 43.3%

Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused aerial combat game that emphasizes arcade-style flight maneuvers and dogfighting.

Desert Skies takes survival to the air! Build an airship and fly on an adventure through the deserts of the Wild West. Look for places to land and scavenge for loot, expand your airship and craft new equipment, but beware the dangers lurking beneath the sands!

Why similar: Action 58%, Indie 42%

Why You'll Like It: A survival game set in a steampunk world where you must build and pilot a flying base to escape a persistent threat.

Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine simulator – in space, with survival horror and RPG elements. Steer your submarine, complete missions, fight monsters, fix leaks, operate machinery, man the guns and craft items, and stay alert: danger in Barotrauma doesn’t announce itself!

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: Offers intense cooperative crew management and ship maintenance in a hostile environment, capturing the 'keep the ship from falling apart' gameplay loop.

When the Empire begins its reign of destruction in a thirst for natural resources, it’s up to Max Brawley, a retired Gatling Gear pilot, to stop them.

Why similar: Steampunk 53.1% ★, Action 25.7%, Indie 21.2%

Why You'll Like It: A twin-stick shooter featuring steampunk mechs and intense combat that aligns with the action-heavy nature of the seed.

Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!

Why similar: Indie 58.7%, Action 41.3%

Why You'll Like It: Requires intense crew management and aircraft maintenance to survive dangerous missions, mirroring the high-pressure environment of Icarus.

The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.

Why similar: Action 52.4%, Indie 47.6%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, arcade-style aerial combat game featuring highly customizable aircraft and intense dogfighting.

Steel Empire is a steam punk shoot'em up game featuring a frantic combat filled with powerful enemies and insane obstacles. Enjoy a beautiful world and retro game-play as you dodge and shoot your way through classical stages to fight the evil empire!

Why similar: Steampunk 71% ★, Action 23%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic steampunk shoot-'em-up that perfectly captures the visual style and era of the seed game.

ARCADE-ACTION WWII air combat -Player takes on the role of the two pilots, Jack and Amelia, as they attempt to take down Nazi aerial menace across a rich campaign of missions, each with numerous objectives and enemies as well as side objectives.

Why similar: Action 58%, Indie 42%

Why You'll Like It: Aerial combat set in a historical context with a focus on mission-based flight and tactical engagement.

Be a pioneer of aerial warfare in Warplanes: WW1 Sky Aces. Fight above the battlefields of World War I and become the ultimate Sky Ace!

Why similar: Action 56.7%, Indie 43.3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides accessible flight combat with a focus on historical aerial warfare and pilot progression.

An immersive sim-lite in a fictional historical setting. You are on the world's first airship about to crash down and have to find the culprit. Sneak around, break into cabins, interrogate passengers, find evidence - but be careful not to incriminate yourself!

Why similar: Steampunk 84.9% ★, Indie 9.8%, Action 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: An immersive sim set on a steampunk airship that focuses on narrative, choices, and exploration.

Project Wingman is a flight action game that lets you take the seat of advanced fighter jets and become a true ace. Fight in various missions and gamemodes ranging from intense aerial dogfights to large scale ground assault in an alternate scorched earth setting.

Why similar: Action 62.1%, Indie 37.9%

Why You'll Like It: High-octane aerial combat that captures the intensity of dogfighting and large-scale aerial warfare.

Dieselpunk Wars is a vehicle building game, focused on combat with advanced physics and damage simulation. Use over 300 elements to build a war machine of your dreams. Construct vehicles that ride on the ground, soar through the skies, or dive underwater. Prepare for combat and test your skills!

Why similar: Steampunk 100% ★

Why You'll Like It: A vehicle-building and combat game that captures the industrial, steampunk aesthetic of the seed game.

Sky Rogue is a fwooshy rogue-lite action flight simulator! Blow things up over land, sea, and air, on an infinite number of procedurally-generated islands. Go toe-to-toe with enemy aces or assault giant flying aircraft carriers, but watch out for volleys of missiles; when you die, you're dead.

Why similar: Indie 50.7%, Action 49.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features procedurally generated flight combat with a focus on arcade action and replayability.

Now Available on PC, Mac and Linux!

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D multiplayer aerial combat game that emphasizes team-based dogfighting and strategic maneuvers.

Airships: Lost Flotilla is a steampunk autoshooter where you fight your way through waves of enemies on your way to a safe harbour. Destroy your foes, harvest wreckage, and upgrade your ship.

Why similar: Steampunk 84.2% ★, Action 15.8%

Start with nothing... End with everything! All you have is a basic ship, barely fit for combat, with it you'll start your journey and empire. A open world space sandbox, inspired by and expanding the classics.

Why similar: Action 58.3%, Indie 41.7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines space flight simulation with real-time strategy and ship management, appealing to fans of complex vehicle control.

A neon-noir story in a rain-drenched cyberpunk metropolis. It’s your first night on the job working for the Cloudpunk delivery service. Two rules: Don’t miss a delivery and don’t ask what’s in the package.

Why similar: Indie 50.3%, Action 49.7%

Why You'll Like It: Exploration-focused game set in a futuristic city with a heavy emphasis on flying vehicle navigation.

Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!

Why similar: Steampunk 79.7% ★, Action 10.3%, Indie 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based combat game featuring steampunk robots that captures the charm and aesthetic of the genre.

Steampunk Tower 2 is an action-strategy game set in the alternative Steampunk universe. In Lord Bingham’s military service there is a new secret weapon under your command, the gigantic aircraft Carrier transporting the Battle Tower.

Why similar: Steampunk 78.5% ★, Action 12.8%, Indie 8.7%

You are playing for an African pirate and you need to destroy as many planes as possible off the coast of Africa, and also collect humanitarian cargo, and dodge of rockets

Why similar: Action 53.6%, Indie 46.4%

Reign of Bullets is a shoot ‘em up with epic loot and lots of guns. Upgrade your ship and customize your weapons to build the ultimate fighter plane.

Why similar: Action 54.2%, Indie 45.8%

Air Guardians is a flight combat game set in the distant future. A world government is attempting to seal their grip on power, and an air force of advanced fighter craft is called upon to fight them. Fly through several different levels, with cut scenes between missions and in game narration.

Why similar: Action 56.7%, Indie 43.3%

Tragedy of Prince Rupert is a fast-paced 2D action shooter with a historical hot air balloon (Montgolfiere).

Why similar: Steampunk 62.3% ★, Action 20.9%, Indie 16.9%

Shoot down swarms of planes to survive your adventure through the clouds. Make smart upgrade decisions along the way to not get submerged by the hundreds of enemies coming your way.

Why similar: Action 100%

Fly through the theaters of World War II with fighters planes from across the world. Intercept, Raid, Defend, Survive in theatres of World War II. Vincemus is an arcade semi-realistic air combat shooter, The game is avalable on WindowsOS and MacOS.

Why similar: Action 60%, Indie 40%

Welcome to the ancient North, once the cradle of culture and peace, but is now corrupted by magic and inhabited by nasty bandits sowing destruction in airships.Choose to be a vicious Buccaneer or an infamous Viking and take a glider to the skies. Your goal is to drop enemy vessels and secure dominance of the ancient North.

Why similar: Indie 50.6%, Action 49.4%

WindForge is a side-scrolling block-building game where you explore hostile skies in an ever-changing Steampunk world. Everything you see can be created or destroyed, creating an RPG without barriers that rewards creative problem solving and improvisation.

Why similar: Steampunk 71.1% ★, Indie 15.6%, Action 13.3%

Take on the role of the Lieutenant Commander, ace fighter pilot, as you search for a new home, battle a mysterious enemy, and rescue humanity from a fiery end.

Why similar: Action 52.8%, Indie 47.2%

In this "starship command simulator" you will fight your way to the center of a randomly generated galaxy where a massive star is about to go supernova and destroy all life. Can you find a way to stop it?

Why similar: Action 52.6%, Indie 47.4%

A light horror roguelike adventure through a post apocalyptic world, with airships.

Why similar: Action 74.5%, Indie 25.5%

Air Combat Arena is an arcade-style flight combat game. In the game you can pilot various planes play against other players on various maps.

Why similar: Action 55.5%, Indie 44.5%

The Battle of Sol is an intense space action game where you participate in epic capital ship battles, thrilling dogfights, space station raids, and much more as you liberate humanity's solar system from enemies determined to bring us to its fiery end.

Why similar: Action 59.6%, Indie 40.4%

"Edge of Twilight - Return to Glory" is a 3rd person action adventure game presenting a unique post-apocalyptic, Steampunk fantasy world that has been split into separate realms of Day and Night.

Why similar: Action 56.9%, Indie 43.1%

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

Why similar: Steampunk 100% ★

Survive the skies in Echoes of Elysium, a co-op airship survival RPG. Build and customize your floating fortress, gather resources, and explore a vast procedural clockwork world with up to 6 friends. Battle land and skyborne threats while uncovering mysteries in a paradise on the brink.

Why similar: Action 100%

Nimbus INFINITY is a high-speed mech action game, set in the future of a war-torn Earth that has just begun to heal. Equip mechanical Battle Frames with weapons to customize your battle style, and soar through variant battlefields while discovering the story of a new generation.

Why similar: Action 74.5%, Indie 25.5%

Engage in multiplayer VR gunfights that capture real gun play like no FPS you've played before. Pilot and fortify Hover Junkers as you physically walk, duck, dodge and aim in cross ship combat.

Why similar: Action 56.3%, Indie 43.7%

Sky to Fly: Faster Than Wind is a stunningly beautiful steampunk-themed runner about saving a sky-city from cruel pirates. Play on 20+ different levels, upgrade your ship and discover the mysteries of the malicious marauders.

Why similar: Steampunk 78.5% ★, Action 14.6%, Indie 6.9%

Fly a star-fighter against a bloodthirsty armada. Gather weapons, resources, and upgrades to help you push back the relentless assault while protecting the galaxies' civilians!

Why similar: Action 100%

Flight of the Paladin is a fast-paced top-down shooter where you play as a knight of valor and light vanquishing the nightmarish creatures of darkness. Featuring multiple game modes, Steam Achievements and Leaderboards!

Why similar: Action 58.8%, Indie 41.2%

Space Battlecruiser is an arcade style, top down space shooter where you control a heavily armed capital ship. Battle against squadrons of fighters, fleets of warships, heavily defended space stations, and powerful command ships. Learn to master weaponry and special abilities like the Energy Shield.

Why similar: Action 53.6%, Indie 46.4%

Operate an advanced mining ship in a fully destructible and open-world environment!

Why similar: Action 60.3%, Indie 39.7%

Hammerfight is about 2D battles of flying machines equipped with various slashing, piercing and blunt weaponry.A unique combat system is based on realistic physics simulation, and it ties the movements of the rider to the movements of your mouse. As you wave the mouse, your rider swings his warhammer, smashing the foe into the wall!

Why similar: Action 38%, Steampunk 34% ★, Indie 28%

Airheart is a dieselpunk airplane action rogue like game, where every colorful level is built on top of the previous one, all the way up to the stratosphere. Welcome to Granaria, a flying city in the clouds. Meet Amelia - a young pilot and fisherwoman wishing to reach the abundant world's edge.

Why similar: Steampunk 62.5% ★, Action 20.7%, Indie 16.8%

Death In Abyss is an intense flight shooter that challenges you to utilize your maneuverability and explosive firepower to survive against the deep-sea hostilities. In your descent, the nightmares can only get worse.

Why similar: Action 100%

Iron Grip: Warlord invigorates tower defense with first-person shooter elements to give a new twist to the genre.It puts you in the heat of the battle, fighting off hordes of AI-controlled invaders. Play alone or with friends, in a diverse and challenging struggle to save all of Atelia.

Why similar: Steampunk 47.1% ★, Action 31.3%, Indie 21.6%

You are ready to challenge pilots from all around the world. Shoot your way through intense levels with swiftly increasing difficulty in a game world completely built with handcrafted models. Invest your score in upgrades or save it to gain interest with the risk of losing it all.

Why similar: Action 55.4%, Indie 44.6%

A fast paced multiplayer dogfighting game that focuses on creative weapons and game mechanics that reward skillful flying.

Why similar: Action 62.2%, Indie 37.8%