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The Floating Isles of Aerin

Sky Story

Airship racing, island homesteads, and a pastel sky world built for the people who logged in to hang out, not to grind.

Play Free
Released2008StudioAerocoreGenreSocial MMORatingE10+
◆ The World

The islands are still up there

Sky Story was never about the endgame. It was about your island, your airship, the friends you flew with, and a soundtrack that has been living rent-free in a generation of heads since 2008.

Housing, crafting, racing, and festivals are all intact. We restored the seasonal event calendar from archived patch data, so the sky lanterns come back every autumn exactly on schedule.

260+
Islands to claim
48
Airship hulls
12
Seasonal festivals
◆ Explore the game

A world you decorate, race across, and never quite leave

Signature

Weekly circuits through the sky lanes

Tune a hull, learn the lines, and race through canyon gates and storm fronts. Ghost replays let you chase the leaderboard or your own best run.

48 hulls with real tuning trade-offsGhost replays and downloadable top timesSeasonal ladder with cosmetic rewards
The Paths

Nobody makes you fight

Paths are professions, not combat classes. Switch freely — your island keeps everything you have built.

Pilot

Skyfarer

Airship handling, racing lines, and the long-haul cargo routes between isles.

DifficultyEasy
Support

Windsinger

Weather shaping and buffs that keep a whole flight wing in the air longer.

DifficultyModerate
Crafter

Tinkerer

Hull design, furniture, and the automation that runs your island while you are offline.

DifficultyModerate
Companion

Beastward

Raise flying companions from eggs. They fight, carry, and occasionally cause problems.

DifficultyEasy
◆ Screens & Cinematics

Media

◆ Choose your shard

Live servers

Every shard runs on NostalgiaNet infrastructure with rollback netcode, cloud saves, and a free character transfer window each season.

Cirrus

Casual · Full housing
Healthy
No PvPFree island claimShared blueprints
PopulationModerate
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Nimbus

Racing · Ladder season
Healthy
Weekly circuitsGhost replaysHull tuning
PopulationHigh
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Aether

Creative · Unlimited build
Open
All materialsBuild contestsVisitor mode
PopulationLow
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Your island is exactly where you left it in 2008.

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