Aviator
Build your airline from the dawn of the Jet Age into the future. Rule the skies through the ages.
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Aviator Media Package
Includes high-resolution 3D globe screenshots, strategy map views, hangar screens, title logos, capsule artwork, trailer video, and factsheet.
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One-sentence description
Aviator is a strategic airline management game about building an airline empire from the dawn of the Jet Age through aviation history and into the future.
Short description
Aviator is a strategic airline management game currently in development. Choose a home city around the dawn of the Jet Age, buy aircraft, open routes, and build a regional carrier into a global airline empire. Manage shifting demand, fuel costs, fleet ageing, and ambitious rivals as aviation history moves forward, all with the thoughtful feel of a classical strategy game.
Full description
Aviator is a strategic airline management game currently in development, built in the spirit of classical strategy games. Beginning around the dawn of the Jet Age, players choose a home city and build an airline empire one aircraft and one route at a time. Buy planes suited to new opportunities, retire ageing airframes, connect ambitious cities, and balance business and tourism demand against slot prices, fuel costs, maintenance, and quarterly finances. Rival airlines pursue their own strategies and expansion plans, turning each market into a contest for passengers, prestige, and position. As aviation history progresses from regional prop planes through early jets, long-haul workhorses, and beyond, fleet decisions change with it. The result is a deliberate, systems-led management game about reading the market, taking calculated risks, and keeping a growing airline aloft as the world moves toward the future.
Aviator Factsheet
Aviator is a strategic airline management game set in the golden age of flight. Starting at the dawn of commercial aviation, players choose a home city, build an airline one airframe at a time, open routes between ambitious global cities, balance shifting demand, and outmaneuver rival carriers.
- Game Title
- Aviator
- Developer & Publisher
- Mood For Games
- Genre
- Strategy / Historical Simulation / Airline Management
- Target Platforms
- PC, Mac & Linux
- Release Status
- Coming Soon to Early Access
- Beta Demo Event
- Steam Next Fest (October 2026)
- Steam Store Page
- View Aviator on Steam ↗
- Promotional Video
- Watch Video on YouTube ↗
- Press Contact
- hello@moodforgames.com
Promotional Video
A transmission from the dawn of the Jet Age, featuring roaring engines, ambitious expansion, and the quest to connect the world.
Aviator — Official Promotional Video
Key Features
From Regional Prop to Global Jet Age
Begin with one plane, one home city, and one starting advantage. Expand your network across historical eras, managing fleets as airframes age, retire, and make room for modern jets.
Hybrid 3D Globe & Strategy Board
Morph smoothly between a 3D spinning globe and a flat tabletop strategy board. Inspect regional hubs up close or pan out to view your entire global aviation empire.
Living Economy & Shifting Markets
City opportunities react dynamically to available slots, slot pricing, growth, business demand, and tourism. Manage fuel volatility, route maintenance, and quarterly balance sheets.
Distinct Rival AI Strategies
Compete against rival airlines with unique identities, strategy profiles, cash piles, and expansion motives — from low-cost budget carriers to prestigious flag lines.
Planned Shared-Play Functionality
Local multiplayer and a smart moderator are planned ideas we aim to explore during Early Access. They are not currently available, and their scope may evolve during development.
Spiritual Homage to Classic Strategy
Inspired by classic 1990s airline strategy games such as Aerobiz Supersonic (SNES, 1993), built as a modern spiritual successor with deeper simulation and contemporary visual design.
Official Screenshots & Logos
3D Globe Strategy View
The hybrid 3D globe projection showing regional networks and city nodes across the Americas.
Flat Strategy Board
The tabletop world map view with route lines, rankings, and quarter management.
Aircraft Hangar & Fleet Market
Historical aircraft selection covering prop planes, early jets, and long-haul icons.
Aviator App Icon
High-resolution application icon (2000×2000 PNG).
Transparent Title Logo
High-resolution title mark for dark & light overlays.
Store Main Header
Official storefront main key-art banner (2184×1000 PNG).
Legal & Creative Notice
Aviator is an independent game developed by Mood For Games. It is inspired by classic 1990s airline management titles such as Aerobiz Supersonic (SNES, 1993) and is built as a modern spiritual successor. Aviator is independently developed and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or licensed by the creators or trademark holders of Aerobiz Supersonic. All trademarks belong to their respective rights holders.
Game Review Keys & Developer Interviews
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