Developer: ItsBen321
Player Statistics
Updated: November 8, 2026 7:22 PMAverage players
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SkyShard: City Battler player count by month
The peak so far in November 2026 is 2 players, 1 on average.
| Month | Average players | Change | Peak players |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 (so far) | 1 | — | 2 |
From SteamStat's own samples of the Steam player count since tracking began. Change compares a month's average with the month before.
At a glance
SkyShard: City Battler has 0 players in-game right now, 0% of its 24-hour peak of 2. The record since SteamStat started tracking it is 2 players, set on November 7, 2026. 108 Steam reviews rate it “Very Positive” (97% positive). Released on May 25, 2026 by ItsBen321. Current price: $14.99.
Description
Wizards are waging war among the skies to conquer a shattered world. Lay claim to your skyshard and build a city full of magical buildings and enchanted weapons!
Building and Battling
SkyShard is a fantasy city-building auto-battler where you’ll need to outsmart your opponents by assembling the most powerful city you can. It will take a combination of careful resource management and planning to acquire the right buildings for your town, along with clever positioning of your buildings to unlock surprising and potent effects.
As your town grows, other players will attack with their own skyshards, and you’ll need to survive 16 rounds to win. Sometimes they’ll surprise you with a humbling defeat, but that’s the best way to learn! With asynchronous PVP, there’s absolutely no time pressure. You can take as long as you like to arrange your city perfectly.
Only the wisest wizards can achieve a perfect victory or climb the leaderboard and achieve the rank of Archmage!
Endless Buildings and Synergies
In the world of SkyShard, you’ll encounter buildings from a variety of factions, each with their own special abilities, and embracing them all can give you a big advantage.
The Tinker faction uses gnomish technology to make buildings operate at peak efficiency, but it can definitely backfire.
Magic harnesses explosive powers that can deal lots of damage to entire neighborhoods.
Nature is all about gaining health and staying alive, even against the most aggressive enemies.
You’ll encounter even more factions with 170+ unique buildings that have diverse and formidable effects to discover.
Truly Independent
We made SkyShard to be a game that puts players first. We’re two meager strategy-gaming YouTubers, ItsBen321 and RegisKillbin, who got tired of games always making decisions that were focused on monetization and forced engagement
So we decided to put our money and time where our mouths are, and make our own game!
We might make some mistakes along the way, this is our first game after all, but we’ll always be around on YouTube and Twitch, listening to players, and working to make the game better and keeping players updated on our thoughts, plans, challenges, and triumphs.
Now you get out there and build an amazing city, while we go and build an awesome game!
Supported languages: english
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System Requirements
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 SP1 (64‑bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i3‑6100 @ 3.7 GHz ‑‑ or AMD FX‑6300
- Memory: 4000 MB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated Intel HD 530 / Radeon R7 (OpenGL 3.3+ or Vulkan 1.1)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 1000 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX‑compatible
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64‑bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5‑6500 @ 3.2 GHz ‑‑ or AMD Ryzen 5 1400
- Memory: 8000 MB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD RX 470 (4 GB VRAM)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 1000 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX‑compatible
User Reviews
Game has a lot of units and combos but no system that guides the player to learn about some basic patterns and how to build them, so the learning curve is too steep for a casual gamer. Matchmaking doesn't seem to take into account your rank as I keep matching against players who are in the Archmage rank even though I just got into the Enchanter rank (3 ranks difference) making it impossible to finish any runs at all. Units, Heroes and quests also seem very imbalanced.
Good game
Every run feels different, but consistent enough that skill shines through. More units would be great, but the existing set is already enough for a ton of fun grinding.
Played a lot of the demo. Still play a game or two a day.
Game is complex, random enough to stay fresh for a long time and most importantly fun.
Even though it is an early access it has enough to keep me satisfied and I honestly recommend it.
As someone who traditionally does not play this genre, SkyShard is very easy to get started with but continues to surprise you with its depth and interesting gameplay. It continues to surprise me with how ridiculously fun & addictive it is to play, and I strongly encourage anyone to try it out. I would buy it for $100 if I could!
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Additional Information
| Developer | ItsBen321 |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Age rating | None |
| Release date | May 25, 2026 |
| User reviews | 97% positive (108) |
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