Up in the Air

Up in the Air

SMU Guildhall · February 21, 2020 · Casual, Indie, Free to Play, Colorful, Funny

Up in the Air is free to play — no purchase needed. We track it so you know if that ever changes.

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Mostly Positive79% · 61
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Up in the Air price

Up in the Air is free to play — there is no purchase price, on Steam or anywhere else we track. We keep watching it, so if it ever stops being free the price history on this page will show when that happened and what it changed to.

About Up in the Air

Up in the Air is a zany, open-world game in which you play a balloon dog exploring a demented carnival populated by crazy children. Players must use a variety of power-ups, from water balloons to ground pound, to fend the kids off and collect carnival tickets. Players can burn Big Weenie, knock over a castle, trap children in a cardboard jail, master hopscotch, become radioactive, turn off the sun, or get popped by a cactus. If they are particularly unlucky, they could even find the notorious child Chunkles and his gaping maw.

Key Features:

  • Open world sandbox-style gameplay set in an amusement park
  • An achiever's dream with dozens of challenging mini-games
  • Fun hidden puzzles and prizes throughout the park
  • Casual, silly gameplay and mild, subversive humor that will appeal to kids and adults

Notes:

  • Up in the Air is published by SMU Guildhall and developed a small student team at SMU Guildhall over a development cycle of 16 weeks.
  • Proceeds from your purchase of Up in the Air on Steam supports the students. They thank you for your support.
  • Additional development to extend the game is not currently planned beyond its academic completion.
  • Learn more at upintheairgame.com

A special note from SMU Guildhall:


Up in the Air is now free to play! The game was made by students at SMU Guildhall who are graduating in May, 2020 during the height of the Covid-19 outbreak. This is a difficult time for everyone. We decided to make Up in the Air and our other recent releases free for two reasons: 1) With a challenging job market, we wanted to show off the students' hard work to as wide an audience as possible. 2) Everyone stuck at home could use some fun, free entertainment.

If you are one of the gamers who supported our students and purchased the game, we thank you. Proceeds go directly to the students to help offset some of the extra development costs of making and publishing the game.

Up in the Air — game info

Platforms
Windows
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Partial controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jul 29, 2025
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6 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 1, 2025
By far one of the most annoying games I have ever played and that was the point making a game with ♥♥♥♥♥♥ annoying AF kids. I cracked a laugh when that fata$$ blonde kid started chasing me like a lunatic shaking the ground lol. As always SMU students are among the best. Well polished project guys, good luck in your careers!
1 found this helpful
Not recommended Sep 5, 2026
cannot kill the children
Recommended Dec 14, 2025
goooooooooooooooooooooooooood gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaame
Recommended Nov 10, 2025
Игра "Up in the Air" — это атмосферная инди-приключенческая головоломка с оригинальной механикой. Геймплей основан на управлении воздушным шаром, что даёт уникальное ощущение свободы и динамики. Сюжет скрыт, но атмосфера пустыни и загадочные локации создают мистическую обстановку. Графика минималистичная, но стильная, а звуковое сопровождение усиливает настроение. Однако сложность управления и отсутствие чётких указаний могут вызвать раздражение. Игра подойдёт тем, кто ценит нестандартные геймплейные решения и готов разобраться в нюансах.
Not recommended Aug 17, 2025
I enjoyed this to begin with but at about 90 minutes in the issues piled up to much, the game is labelled as "An achiever's dream with dozens of challenging mini-games" but the achievements are really broken making it more of a nightmare for a completionist, the general game play and mechanics were fun though and it was a fairly relaxing play for the start. Difficulty ☐ Tell My Wife I L... ☐ Engage the gamer position ☐ A Chill Challenge ☑ Are we still on the tutorial? ☐ Easier than regretting the amount of hours I have on Dota The difficulty is fairly easy, the hardest thing being the pathing of the children mobs when trying to put them in the rides, once you unlock the inflate skill you can basically play the entire game floating around should you chose to play that way. Enjoyment ☐ Absolute euphoria ☐ Worth your time ☑ Its aight ☐ Beats day time TV ☐ Ayoo there's paint drying over there Reviewing based of my first hour, yes the game was fun, the variety of mini games were short enough to not get boring, they are fairly simple tasks but spread out across a free roaming map with collectables and interactions kept it from falling flat. But after the issues piled up I lost a bi…

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