{"id":1557461,"date":"2026-04-20T03:26:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T03:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9JGiTb78KGmL7HZbZSaXmF"},"modified":"2026-04-20T03:26:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T03:26:49","slug":"the-sequel-to-flying-city-builder-airborne-kingdom-just-hit-1-0-with-a-huge-update-and-a-50-discount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-sequel-to-flying-city-builder-airborne-kingdom-just-hit-1-0-with-a-huge-update-and-a-50-discount\/","title":{"rendered":"The sequel to flying city-builder Airborne Kingdom just hit 1.0 with a huge update and a 50% discount"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Airborne Kingdom<\/a> was one of the early pioneers of what I’ve dubbed the “weird city builder” trend, one that takes the genre out of its realistic, SimCity<\/a>-esque roots and plonks it on the back of a dinosaur<\/a> or in a world populated by beavers<\/a>. In Airborne Kingdom’s case, the gimmick was building a flying city, and it executed that well enough to receive a score of 80% in our Airborne Kingdom review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’d lost track of what developer The Wandering Band had been up to since, because Steam’s torrent of new games never ceases. But it turns out what it’s been doing is making Airborne Empire<\/a>, which takes the foundations of Airborne Kingdom and builds it out with a larger world and some light RPG elements. After four years of development and just over a year in Steam early access, Airborne Empire has formally released with a substantial 1.0 update<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The launch patch adds several major new features to Airborne Empire, chief among which is a new area to explore. Kingsfell is a snowbound region where landmasses are surrounded by icebergs and riven with frigid waterways. Here, players will discover new stories and locations, and encounter “new environmental conditions” as their city soars through the sky.<\/p>\n

Alongside the addition of Kingsfell, the game’s narrative has been expanded with new quests to pursue and characters to meet. These will see players make new allies and “uncover lost civilisations”, which is always a neat way to spend an afternoon. Your journey now has a proper ending too, in the form of a confrontation with a pirate queen that The Wandering Band says will form the “ultimate challenge” of your city’s defences.<\/p>\n

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