AirlineSim on Steam: Help us out by wishlisting!

Hi everyone!

As you might have seen in Martin’s recent dev-log, we’re in the middle of preparing AirlineSim’s release on Steam!

A first draft of the Steam page is now up and running, so we wanted to seize the opportunity and share further details about why we decided to release AirlineSim on Steam and how you can help us out by wishlisting!

Wishlisting: What’s that about?

If you’re new to Steam, the wishlist feature might not sound very familiar.

It’s quite simple though: If you have an account on Steam, you can wishlist the game by visiting the AirlineSim store page and clicking on the green “add to your wishlist” button in the “coming soon” banner.

Why is wishlisting so important? Well, it allows you to keep track of the game, notifying you about any releases for example. It helps us out a lot, too, as wishlisting a game can impact its visibility on Steam by determining where it shows up on the platform.

If you’d like to help us out, you can wishlist the game here! (Please note that the store page is still under development and will see a few further changes over the next few weeks.)

AirlineSim on Steam: Our goals

In case you’re wondering “What’s all that for?”, here’s a quick overview of our goals!

One of our objectives approaching the Steam release was to explore a new platform for AirlineSim, making it available to a broader audience by reaching more potential players and creating a solid foundation for the future development of our game.

You might have noticed that we’re releasing the game in Early Access, which brings us to our next objective: Developing and enhancing the game going forward, making it more accessible and desktop-friendly and implementing new features such as updated in-game maps and other potential UX improvements.

Any questions?

As you can see, there’s quite a lot going on moving forward! If you have any questions regarding AirlineSim’s release on Steam, feel free to reach out.

We really appreciate your support!

Hi. Excuse me… What is this about? This is the first time I am reading anything about Airlinesim on Steam. I just don’t get it.

I have 1955 airplanes among my 8 companies. Do you guys want to say that my playing since January 2021 was for nothing and that the game would move over to Steam? This was always an enthusiastic game!

When I came back home from my 15 hours long shift as ramp supervisor (overtime included, but not time spent travelling to/from my job), I had a look at my companies, at what is going on. And just because you want to get more money. I should register on Steam and let my companies bankrupt? No, thanks.

Should this happen, I would probably stop playing Airlinesim. Why don’t you just get ads? None of my colleagues at ramp knew this game. This is the way this game should focus onto. Our brains are really thinking all around while playing this game, I think.

V.S.

It’s my understanding Steam will be only a marketing platform and nothing else will change, you still will access the game the way you are used to, pay for it the way you are used to, etc. But I could be wrong … In such case it would indeed be disturbing.

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@rubiohiguey2000 is correct. The Steam release serves the sole purpose of making AS accessible to a broader audience and increase the amount of players. Nothing changes for existing players, nobody is forced to use Steam.

In fact, we are very much in favor of both old and new players continuing to use the browser-based version, especially for payment, since Steam takes a 30% cut of all revenue.

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My 2 cent, I think this is a GREAT move! I have seen people online suggesting this game, and it has been comments saying things like:
“this looks like a scam, the subscribe system is so old school no modern game would use it”

Having it on steam, getting reviews would be really be good for the game!

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