A thousand years ago, the world of Sarnaut was split by a cataclysm into countless islands that drift through the Astral space. Before long, people invented flying ships to travel from island to island, and found artifacts and treasures everywhere. Treasure hunters began to form squadrons, and equipped their airships with various weaponry to protect themselves in their hunt for riches. Bands of Cloud Pirates, as people called them, began to fight each other for the right to plunder the skies for profit and glory!

Players can take command of a customizable airship and navigate the clouds to take part in exciting, fast-paced aerial battles. In Cloud Pirates, captains can blaze through science-fiction fantasy battlefields and cooperate with their squadron to outgun or outsmart the rivaling team.

Cloud Pirates is now available on Early Access ($9.99) with a brand new game mode – Gold Rush.

By playing the new Gold Rush mode, it enables pirates to gain a head start that will allow players to loot special resources. Players can form brotherhoods, the clans of the game, to loot or defend special aerial convoys and be rewarded in valuable “meteor ore.”

Future updates will allow brotherhoods to build incredibly useful sky fortresses.

These fortresses will play a pivotal role in Cloud Pirates high stakes action.

Cloud Pirates features:

• Customizable ships: As players’ progress, they will gain access to tons of unique upgrades and weapons that will grant their airships new, powerful abilities. Deck out ships with fearsome and deadly appearances through numerous visual customization options, and develop the captain and crew. Become the scourge of the skies!
• Team battles: Form a squadron and cooperate with other cloud pirates in strategic battles. Play to the strengths of the team: combine firepower to overwhelm the enemy, or simply outsmart them by beating the other captains to the capture point or loot. Team strategy must be adjusted for each game mode!
• Cunning tactics: Get in the thick of battle piloting a mighty Dreadnought or mount the sniper’s roost in a light Galleon. Players can try various abilities and surprise their enemies in each battle with new tactics specifically suited for that battlefield. A cunning captain leaves nothing to chance!
• The 12 Classes available in the Cloud Pirates are: 
  • Torpedo clippers: Swift ships packing one hell of a punch
  • Support clippers: Small, agile support ships that provide heals and buffs
  • Engineering frigates: A not so small or fragile support ship that can deploy defensive and offensive drones
  • Sniper galleons: Dishing out damage from afar, with powerful escape abilities just in-case
  • Reinforced galleons: Sporting an array of buffs and debuffs, it’s at home in the heart of the battle
  • Defensive galleons: Capable of trading punches, while buffing their allies, these ships are the backbone of any fleet
  • Support corvettes: Ships fully dedicated to boosting and healing allies
  • Stealth corvettes: Designed for every captain adept at sneaking behind enemy lines and destroying defenseless ships
  • Minelayer corvettes: Torpedo corvettes fitted with point blank area of effect abilities
  • Assault cruisers: Dishing out damage up close and personal, with a strong hull and shield
  • Interceptor cruisers: Vampire ships weakening its target to buff itself
  • Battleships: The paramount of ship customization, battleships can be fitted with various type of weapons and abilities, allowing you to get creative and surprise your opponents