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Desert Skies

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Desert Skies

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!

Open World Survival Craft Action Indie Adventure Survival
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Floating on a creaky wooden airship above a vast desert filled with treasures and dangers, players will journey deep into the Wild West as they survive the harsh landscape and save a young America from a monstrous threat.

Fly

Ride the winds over the desert biomes in your hot air balloon powered airship. Build a propeller engine and a helm to pilot your airship.

Explore

Land to explore abandoned towns, attacked outposts, underground caves and more.

Run!

Explore quickly and quietly, for whenever you land the Seeker hunts you from beneath the sands!

Loot

Search each location for the items you need to survive, build and craft.

Build

Build your airship into a multi story floating fortress packed with crafting stations.

Fight!

Craft weapons and turn the tide on the Seeker!

Harvest

Harvest resources from the desert to help you on your adventure.

Craft

Craft items, tools, weapons and more.

Win!

Your goal isn't just survival, but victory! Can you survive long enough, can you build and craft yourself strong enough, to reach the heart of the desert, solve the mystery of the creatures' origin and fight your way to victory?

The Desert Skies Story

It's the American Wild West gone horribly wrong.

It began with rumours of terrifying creatures attacking people at the far frontier. Then the first town was wiped out. Now years have passed and everyone has fled east, leaving behind a ghost land.

You were part of an expedition organised by famed scientist Nikola Tesla to investigate the creatures and their origin. A fully stocked hot air balloon kept you all safely off the desert floor, until a sandstorm destroyed most of the airship and took the rest of your team with it.

Now you're the sole survivor, out of supplies and clinging to what's left of your airship as it drifts down towards the sand. You've spotted some wagons in the desert ahead and have just enough fuel to make it there. You might find supplies, and if you can scavenge enough to get back into the air then you might be able to limp from location to location and rebuild enough to fly far west, solve the mystery and stop the monsters...

But that means landing. The creatures are attracted to noise, and on the desert floor they can hear you scream.

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Early Access 1.16.1 - Bug Fixes and Optimisations Early Access Update 1.16 - New Open World Early Access Update 1.15 - Caves
System requirements Windows

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7+
  • Processor: 2.6 GHz Dual Core or equivalent
  • Memory: 1 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD 4600 or equivalent
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Desert Skies is Early Access and requirements may change as more content is added and optimisations performed

Recommended

Recommended:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS *: Windows 7+
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GTX 550 or equivalent
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: Desert Skies is Early Access and requirements may change as more content is added and optimisations performed
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
White_Rabbit_Games
Controller support
partial
Features
Single-player, Partial Controller Support, Family Sharing
Languages
English
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

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Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (1)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesNoNo
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Value Score

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Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 43th percentile. Priced as Market at $19.99.

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Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 63%
Value Ratio Top 57%

Early Access Abandoned

Time in EA
267 days
Updates
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Desert Skies worth buying right now?
Wait — $19.99. Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
When does Desert Skies go on sale?
Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
Is Desert Skies free to play?
Desert Skies costs $19.99 on Steam.
What genre is Desert Skies?
Desert Skies is a Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access game.
Who developed Desert Skies?
Desert Skies was developed by White_Rabbit_Games and published by White_Rabbit_Games.
What platforms does Desert Skies support?
Available on Steam for Windows.

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