Merchant of the Skiesandroid
AstralRide · Simulation

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Cozy offline trading sim. Sail floating islands by airship, grow your fortune.
One-time purchase. No ads, no in-app purchases. 87% Very Positive on Steam — 1,426 reviews. A world of floating islands drifts above the clouds. You are its merchant. Chart your own course through a living sky, discover trade routes between island settlements, and build a trading empire at your own pace. No missions pushing you forward. No timers ticking down. Just the open sky, your airship, and endless possibility. This is a cozy trading simulation where you set the rules. What you will do: - Master trading routes: find the most profitable paths, exploit dynamic markets, and compound your wealth across the islands - Explore a procedural world: every playthrough reveals new secrets, quirky characters, and unique encounters at every island - Build and automate: buy islands, set up production chains, deploy caravans for passive income while you explore - Design your sky mansion: 200+ customizable blocks to build and showcase your skyborne headquarters - Play fully offline: no internet required, no session limits, play anywhere at any time - Enjoy a complete story: a rich campaign to restore the world, followed by unlimited sandbox mode with no endpoint - Trade strategically: prices shift with supply and demand across a living market system - Discover island stories: meet traders, outcasts, and wanderers scattered across the sky - Build your legacy: grow from a single ship to a full merchant empire spanning the islands - No interruptions: one-time purchase, yours forever, no pay-to-win mechanics For fans of cozy trading simulations, tycoon builders, and sandbox strategy games.

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As of Jul 24, 2026stale (55d)
Rating 4.62
Ratings 230
Price $7.99
Version 1.1.4
Updated Jun 2, 2026
Released Apr 13, 2026
Installs 1,000–3,647
In-app purchases No

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Version history

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v1.1.4Jun 2, 2026
- Korean Language Final Readproof localization update<br>- Google Play Cloud Save Safeguard update

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Sampled 25
Positive 17 (68%)
Negative 5 (20%)
Mentions pricing 6 (24%)
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★★★★positiveRené NK · 2026-08-14 · v1.1.4
solid game.
★★★★★positiveSchyler Beatty · 2026-08-07 · v1.1.4
Such an aesthetically pleasing game. I love the attention to detail. The controls feel intuitive and Uncle is charming.
★★★★★neutralMentions pricingBalázs Balogh · 2026-07-24
The concept and art are good, but the game is rough around the edges. The writing is simplistic at best and feels machine translated. Some mechanics feel weird and going against the basic goals of a trading game. You can't dump cargo to free up space. You can only buy and sell a few select things at every port, they simply won't buy other things you might have, regardless of price. Overall the game felt a bit opaque in its design and didn't always make sense.
★★★★★positiveNick Madrigal · 2026-07-09 · v1.1.4
yah
★★★★★neutralMichael Buffington · 2026-07-08 · v1.1.4
Fun game, but buggy and awkward port to Android. - There's an error on the first time you launch the app regarding linking your Google account. - It's difficult to distinguish what the resource icons are. they're too low-res to distinguish what they are supposed to be. - There's lots of "mouse hover" effects that have been replaced with "press & hold" effects for Android, which isn't a natural mobile user-experience. - My progress on the wealth goal keeps resetting? No idea why.
★★★★★positiveMentions pricingMatt W. Coleman · 2026-07-03 · v1.1.4
Very enjoyable game, pretty easy to pick up and play for a short or long time. The mansion was hard to build because of my fat fingers - but cool concept. Would love to see some additional expansion to what all you can sell (maybe a in game license from a guild). Probably better priced at $5, but still reasonable.
★★★★positiveGOD · 2026-06-20
Kinda Confusing at first but overall I give it a 7/10
★★★★negativeMentions pricingJordan Benton · 2026-06-10 · v1.1.3
The game will not launch. It gives an error, "MERCHANT OF THE SKIES HAS NOT COMPLETED THE GOOGLE VERIFICATION PROCESS" and I'm unable to play the game. Google says this doesn't fall within their refund guidelines & to contact the developer, who has not bothered to respond. Buy at your own risk.
★★★★★positiveJohnnie Karrmarshall · 2026-06-05 · v1.1.4
peaceful and calm. good art.
★★★★positiveMentions pricingGiovanni Gonzalez · 2026-05-31 · v1.1.3
I just finished the botanical garden. It took me about a week to finish since I work full time. I feel like for the price it is a bit lacking in terms of content. It is a fun game don't get me wrong! But I could see myself finishing this on a weekend without trying. A price tag of around 5 USD sounds more fair. Wait for sale or purchase Star Trader Frontiers :) It's a tad challenging at first but becomes easier as you progress. Overall a good buy, but definitely needs more content to justify it
★★★★★positiveJOHN CAMPBELL · 2026-05-30 · v1.1.3
Loved this. A lovely story through the game, but definitely replayable. Not always very obvious what needed done but that's OK as it had me exploring. Lots of elements, and some that remind me of my favourite childhood film (laputa).
★★★★negativeLexcer, James Lopena · 2026-05-30
I want refuns
★★★★★neutralMentions pricingScott Keegan · 2026-05-28 · v1.1.3
Fun overall, but too thin for the price. Some ideas: - More story, maybe focusing on Nea's new shipwright business, or other elements from the epilogue. - Visual changes to islands when trade posts grow. - More ships! -Visual customization of ships - Caravan management UI improvements. - More to do on settled islands. Inn minigames, perhaps? - More structure types on owned islands. Maybe residential and commerical? Decent merchant/trading game overall, which is surprisingly rare these days.
★★★★★positiveStefanos Mandalianos · 2026-05-27 · v1.1.3
Amazing game. Would love to see a second game of even an update!!
★★★★★positiveAlex G. · 2026-05-23 · v1.1.3
I have this game on Steam, and I'm glad to see it imported to phones. I always thought it would be a great phone game. I've spent many hours on Steam playing this game.
★★★★★negativeJen Sepp · 2026-05-21 · v1.1.3
The game idea seems to be interesting, but it is my feeling that the UI needs some work, particularly for a game under the "premium" and paid category. Just a few of the many things I've found, how you buy and sell things is not intuitive and the buttons are tiny, the upgrade screen asks you to confirm you are making that choice before you can even read a description, the text is so tiny it's often hard to read it unreadable.. and more that I don't have the characters to share.
★★★★★positiveMentions pricingCassius Connor · 2026-05-20 · v1.1.3
Absolutely lovely little phone game! Excellently designed and executed in terms of idea and flow of gameplay, and was absolutely worth the $8 I paid for it. There's a lot of micro-transaction driven slop on the app store, and it's genuinely so heartening to see people put love and effort into making such a solid little game.
★★★★★positiveAlexander Barnard · 2026-05-17 · v1.1.2
I haven't opened the game yet but I like the turtle icon. Worth it!
★★★★★negativeszatkus · 2026-05-15 · v1.1.2
the game lost the save file after a couple of hours of play
★★★★★negativeGabriel · 2026-05-15 · v1.1.2
Very nice art, beautiful game, but way too difficult from the beginning, no clear progress path and gets boring very fast. Doesn't seem to have a real background story as well, the lore feels rushed. OK game overall but I wouldn't have paid for it if I had tried it first, sorry.
★★★★★positiveGrimsi Groggs · 2026-05-14 · v1.1.2
fun trading game, easy to learn and manage while still being pretty darn fun
★★★★★positiveBasli Sohaib · 2026-05-12
ONE of the best games , pls make part 2
★★★★★positiveMargaret · 2026-05-10 · v1.1.2
I really love this game! It took a little while for me to get the hang of it -- it starts out hard and gets easier -- but I got completely hooked and finished it in one night. 😁 Super satisfying when you start to figure it out. I encountered one serious bug right at the very end on my S20 where the scroll didn't reset to the right position, and I had to google it so I could finish, but other than that it worked perfectly, zero issues. I'd love to see it expanded, maybe a New Game+ mode?
★★★★★positivejohn lambert · 2026-05-08 · v1.1.2
an enjoyable slow pace management game
★★★★positiveCastañeda Mark Aeron O. · 2026-04-23
I love the game, I saw it in a YouTube video and I bought it. Base from the video I can use a controller into it but when I connect my controller to my phone it works but the problem is that there's no indicator of what button should I use so it's confusing to use a controller. I hope this problem will be fix because I love playing my games with a controller.