$24.99Aloft Turn islands into flying homes
Aloft is a cozy survival sandbox set on floating islands, and farming fans get a garden in the clouds. You plant crops, cook them into buff-giving meals, and keep cute animals that repay good care with rare resources. Your whole farm flies with you.
Is Aloft worth it?
Aloft is worth it if…
- you like farming as part of exploring, building and light survival
- you want cute animals to care for that give useful resources
- you like cooking crops into meals with practical buffs
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A garden that flies with you
Your farm is an island that doubles as a skyship, with helm, rudder and sails. Collect seeds on your travels and plant crops in your garden back home, then cook them into meals that give buffs. Windmills plus cables and pulleys automate machines and production, and strong winds supercharge crafting and sailing speed if your sails hold. You decide what to grow, what to cook and when to fly on for more seeds.
Animals that pay rent
Bring animals home from other islands and look after them properly. Well-kept animals will even protect you when mushroom creatures show up. It is husbandry with a practical upside: pet them, feed them, keep them healthy, and your floating smallholding gets both company and crafting materials.
Heal islands, harvest more
Each island is a living ecosystem that suffers from overharvesting and a spreading fungi corruption. You fight mushroom creatures, brew antidotes, save animals and restore biodiversity. Healed islands grant new special resources and resist corruption better. Survival here rewards positive action rather than punishing mistakes, so farming fans can treat weeding the world as an extension of tending the home plot, just with more combat and ancient ruins.
Good to know before you fly?
Can you play it solo or with friends?
Both. You can play as a peaceful solo experience or with up to 7 other players. You can even bring your entire island base into another player's world, so two farms can sit side by side as a small village of sky explorers.
Do you keep the same farm while exploring?
Yes. Any island can become your skyship and personal home, which you build and customize. Once it has a helm, rudder and sails, you sail the whole base to new islands instead of shuttling goods back and forth.
What do you do besides farming?
You gather resources, craft tools, find lost knowledge in ancient ruins, and cure corrupted islands. An in-game island creator also lets you design islands and share them with the community to appear in other worlds.
