Games like Airborne Empire
Games like Airborne Empire include SPORE™, Kingdoms and Castles, Banished, Cities: Skylines, and Manor Lords. We matched them by the tags players give Airborne Empire on Steam (City Builder, Open World, RPG, Exploration, and Resource Management): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

SPORE™
Shared: Open World · Exploration · Colony Sim

Kingdoms and Castles
Shared: City Builder · Resource Management · Colony Sim

Banished
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Strategy

Cities: Skylines
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Resource Management

Manor Lords
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Resource Management

Foundation
Shared: City Builder · Resource Management · Strategy

Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Shared: Open World · RPG · Strategy

Slime Rancher
Shared: Exploration · Open World · Adventure

The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
Shared: RPG · Open World · Sandbox

Against the Storm
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Resource Management

Dwarf Fortress
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Strategy

Norland
Shared: City Builder · Strategy · Colony Sim

Fallout 4
Shared: Open World · Exploration · RPG

Dawn of Man
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Open World

Cities: Skylines II
Shared: City Builder · Sandbox · Resource Management

Crimson Desert Enhanced
Shared: Open World · Exploration · RPG

Flotsam
Shared: City Builder · Colony Sim · Resource Management

Oxygen Not Included
Shared: Colony Sim · Resource Management · Sandbox

Mount & Blade: Warband
Shared: Open World · RPG · Strategy

Frostpunk
Shared: City Builder · Resource Management · Colony Sim

Space Haven
Shared: Colony Sim · City Builder · Strategy

House of Legacy
Shared: City Builder · Open World · RPG

Kenshi
Shared: Open World · RPG · Sandbox

Dorfromantik
Shared: City Builder · Casual · Resource Management