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Cartel Pilots Wanted
Fly cargo missions in a crew of up to four, maintaining your planes across cartel-controlled tropical islands.
Online co-op for up to 4 players.
- 4 online
Store pages
Playing together
- Online co-op4 players
- Local co-opNot confirmed
- Not confirmedFriends on different platforms, such as PC and PlayStation, can play together.
- YesA friend can join or leave while you are already playing, without starting over.
- Not confirmedFriends play free with a Friend's Pass or similar.
- Steam DeckNot testedValve has not rated it yet
About the game
You take delivery contracts across a group of tropical islands after becoming caught up with a cartel. Load your plane, choose where to fly and bring the cargo to its buyer. Aircraft need maintenance, and upgrades give you something to work toward between jobs. Storms complicate the trip, while loose crates and bottles respond to every turn and hard landing.
Up to four players can work together online in this upcoming flight simulation. You can share a plane, hand over the controls during a flight and let a passenger operate the flaps. Friends can join a session already underway. The announced design leaves room for quiet flying between cargo mishaps, with repairs and careful loading helping you finish the next delivery.
How it feels
Kind of game
Everyone runs a station on one ship or vehicle, and the crew lives or dies by its call-outs.
- A big part
- Now and then
- Tension and danger
- Story
- Working in sync
- Fighting
- Getting better
- Planning ahead
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- About
- Crime, Island exploration, Everyday work
Rated on our own feel scale. 3 sources back these ratings.
Screenshots
From the Steam store page. Open one to see it full size.
If you liked Cartel Pilots Wanted
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Why it scores 78%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Ship crew
- About
- Island exploration
- Notable in both
- Calm and coziness, Laughter and chaos, Time to hang out, Exploring
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How Sea of Thieves differs
- Scarier than Cartel Pilots Wanted
- 4 online
- Crossplay
Both put you in a crew where everyone has a station. Both are about exploring islands. Both have long calm stretches.
But scarier than Cartel Pilots Wanted.
Dear Passengers
Why it scores 77%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Ship crew
- About
- Crime and Everyday work
- Notable in both
- Laughter and chaos, Physical comedy
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How Dear Passengers differs
- Less exploring than Cartel Pilots Wanted
- Not out yet
- 4 online
Both put you in a crew where everyone has a station. Both are about crime and revenge and everyday jobs and businesses. Both get loud and silly when plans go wrong.
But less exploring than Cartel Pilots Wanted.
Jump Space
Why it scores 71%
What they share
- Kind of game
- Ship crew
- Notable in both
- Laughter and chaos, Time to hang out, Exploring, Unlocks and progress
- Sessions
- Repeatable runs
- Co-op
- Online co-op for up to 4 players
How Jump Space differs
- Needs more teamwork than Cartel Pilots Wanted
- Less slapstick than Cartel Pilots Wanted
- More jumping and climbing than Cartel Pilots Wanted
- More fighting than Cartel Pilots Wanted
- Early access
- 4 online
Both put you in a crew where everyone has a station. Both are easy to play while you chat. Both play in runs or missions you repeat.
But needs more teamwork than Cartel Pilots Wanted.
All co-op facts
Last checked 24 October 2026. The small numbers link to the page that states each fact.
Co-op
- Fewest players online
- Not confirmed
- Local co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on one screen
- Not confirmed
- Split or shared screen
- Not confirmed
- Separate-device co-op
- Not confirmed
- Most players on separate devices
- Not confirmed
- Free base co-op
- Not confirmed
- Confirmed free setups
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay
- Not confirmed
- Crossplay between
- Not confirmed
- Only one of you needs to buy it
- Not confirmed
- Voice chat by distance
- Not confirmed
Sources
4 pages
store.steampowered.comStore page, read 24 October 2026
Backs Online co-op, Release status, Steam app ID, Genres, About, Sessions, Story, Unlocks and progress, Fighting.
- Online co-op: The publisher describes cooperative smuggling and lists online co-op.
- Release status: Not yet available, with timing still to be announced.
- Steam app ID: OldYacht and its publishers identify this product as app 4614080.
- Genres: The maker describes a pilot job simulation.
- About: Cartel deliveries, island travel and aircraft upkeep support these themes.
- Sessions: Provisional. Delivery contracts repeat with aircraft upgrades between jobs.
- Story: Provisional. The cartel recruitment supplies a premise rather than an established story campaign.
- Unlocks and progress: Provisional. Aircraft upgrades carry the delivery work forward.
- Fighting: Provisional. The maker discloses melee and firearm violence, while deliveries remain central.
steamcommunity.comOfficial news, read 24 October 2026
Backs Most players online, Friends can join mid-game, Kind of game, Working in sync, Laughter and chaos, Physical comedy, Time to hang out, Planning ahead.
- Most players online: September 16, 2026 devlog supports groups of up to four. Larger groups are not announced.
- Friends can join mid-game: September 16 devlog explicitly allows joining a friend already in progress.
- Kind of game: Provisional. Pilots hand over controls while passengers operate flaps in the shared aircraft.
- Working in sync: Provisional. Shared loading and cockpit handoffs need occasional cooperation, with spare aircraft available.
- Laughter and chaos: Provisional. September 16 and October 13 show loose beer, yoke shoves and escaping livestock.
- Physical comedy: Provisional. Cargo slides, bounces and falls through open doors as the aircraft moves.
- Time to hang out: Provisional. Passengers can drink beer in flight between delivery tasks.
- Planning ahead: Provisional. Cargo weight affects takeoff and fragile loads lose value if damaged.
indiegames-inside.dePress, read 24 October 2026
Backs Calm and coziness, Tension and danger, Getting better, Exploring.
- Calm and coziness: Provisional. Preview updated October 15, 2026 describes relaxed flights between jobs. No played evaluation is claimed.
- Tension and danger: Provisional. The preview describes storms and damage interrupting routine deliveries.
- Getting better: Provisional. Assisted controls reduce the flight learning burden.
- Exploring: Provisional. The preview describes travel between remote islands and airfields.
store.steampowered.comStore data, read 24 October 2026
Backs Steam Deck.
- Steam Deck: Valve has not rated the game for Steam Deck.