Airborne Kingdom

A lovely, mildly experimental city sim with some sinister undertones it never tries to explore.

A smart, hypnotic city builder that won't leave you tearing out your hair.

Airborne Kingdom is a perfectly fine city builder that puts a nice spin on the genre by focusing on weight and balance to ensure the survival of your community. The act of gathering resources and building structures feels easy, although some may wish for a bit more depth in the overall management of the city's population. A few gameplay quirks might also frustrate, with a camera that feels way too slow and a UI that's just a tad confusing at times. If you're after a city builder that feels a bit different, though, then this might just be the one for you.

If you are tired of the usual City Building games and you are looking for a game that has a very different look and a few new mechanisms, Airborne Kingdom is recommended.

‎I have always liked this type of game a lot, and I must admit that ‎‎Airborne Kingdom has pleasantly surprised me‎‎ by including some novel factors such as buoyancy, inclination or propulsion, elements that give a twist to a classic genre that we have been enjoying for years. Despite having an excessively minimalist technical section as I mentioned before, ‎‎in general it is a very complete and entertaining game that I am convinced will please all fans of the genre.‎

Overall, Airborne Kingdom tries to add some tight resource elements into the city management genre, and while it works in the early game, the late game gets bogged down by needing to constantly hunt down resources while trying to remain afloat. While the story is rudimentary at best, the art style and music are outstanding.

Airborne Kingdom is an excellent city-building and resource management game, with a theme as original as the concept of flying kingdoms. With a fluid and comfortable gameplay for the controls and an amazing narrative construction, it is one of the best recent games in the genre.

Airborne Kingdom’s unique nomadic city-builder premise is held up by brilliant multi-layered strategic decisions that not only make it intriguing to strategy veterans but very approachable to newcomers through its organic tutorials.

The number of city-building sims on the Switch is admittedly quite thin, so when a new one comes along, particularly one with a unique hook, it's sure to raise eyebrows...

Airborne Kingdom is not a long game, it can become repetitive quite easily and it lacks the depth city building fans are accustomed to. Yet the way the different elements are tied together, turns this game into a memorable experience.