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ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
Become an ace pilot and soar through photorealistic skies with full 360 degree movement; down enemy aircraft and experience the thrill of engaging in realistic sorties! Aerial combat has never looked or felt better!
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “satisfying arcade aerial combat” (67 of 106 reviews) and “engaging dramatic campaign narrative” (23); the most common complaint is “restrictive and frustrating mission design” (15). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
67 of the 106 reviews raise this.
“Really good actually. Great dog fighting action and the Air to ground is pretty neat too!!! Really good visuals and high action dog fighting. Hell yes I enjoy this game. Pretty top tier arcade style jet fighter sim.…”
“Graphics are almost photorealistic. Game is fun and there are lots of missions, but the realism is not this game's place. It is like a shooter, not so much like a simulator. You get like 80 missiles of this and 40 of…”
“Its a addictive arcade shooter, & very fast pace. This is the dogfighting game to get if you're looking for a good fighter jet game. It may seem like the controls are hard, but don't let the controls scare you. Once you…”
23 of the 106 reviews raise this.
“No other experience with other flight simulators or AC but that was a solid campaign. Interesting characters (tbh i only started caring halfway through) and challenging enough. Great to pick up once in a while”
“A really fun installment in the Ace Combat series! Builds upon the stories of AC4, AC5, and ACZero”
“Fun game. Nice graphics. Good soundtrack. Good story. Bad: Wingman gets too chit chatty. I doubt real wingman would talk this much. It takes away from the atmosphere while playing because you are focused on taking out a…”
17 of the 106 reviews raise this.
“Really good actually. Great dog fighting action and the Air to ground is pretty neat too!!! Really good visuals and high action dog fighting. Hell yes I enjoy this game. Pretty top tier arcade style jet fighter sim.…”
“Graphics are almost photorealistic. Game is fun and there are lots of missions, but the realism is not this game's place. It is like a shooter, not so much like a simulator. You get like 80 missiles of this and 40 of…”
“game is good, enjoyed a flight fighter. graphics are detailed. would recommend it to others”
12 of the 106 reviews raise this.
“Fun game. Nice graphics. Good soundtrack. Good story. Bad: Wingman gets too chit chatty. I doubt real wingman would talk this much. It takes away from the atmosphere while playing because you are focused on taking out a…”
“OST is exceptional, one of the best. Visuals are amazing and gameplay is dynamic and engaging, offering many different plane builds. Story is strong enough to hold stakes up and create motivation but could be better.…”
“Great plane based arcade shooter .Fantastic soundtrack .Great Single player campaign . That you want to return to .Decent multiplyer but given age of a this title not many players online nowadays .Get this game on…”
11 of the 106 reviews raise this.
“Graphics are almost photorealistic. Game is fun and there are lots of missions, but the realism is not this game's place. It is like a shooter, not so much like a simulator. You get like 80 missiles of this and 40 of…”
“I love this game, I've replayed it several times between my playstation and PC. Story makes no sense, but the jet combat is amazing! Highly recommend on sale for sure, can't wait for AC8!”
“suprisingly how much fun i got, for a price that a got from sale and in 2026 graphics look still stunning for the a game this old, yet i found it kinda short and some misson kinda annoy me alot specialy the defending…”
15 of the 106 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“This game simply does not understand the meaning of a fun mission. You do not have one fun and unrestricted mission in this game. I primarily wanted to play this game not for the multiplayer but for the campaign. If I…”
“suprisingly how much fun i got, for a price that a got from sale and in 2026 graphics look still stunning for the a game this old, yet i found it kinda short and some misson kinda annoy me alot specialy the defending…”
“Ace Combat 7 has a deep long history and lore behind it that newcomers will find extremely confusing. For people like me who's first experience was this game, it's just an arcade-simulation mixture of fighter jet…”
14 of the 106 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Fun game. Nice graphics. Good soundtrack. Good story. Bad: Wingman gets too chit chatty. I doubt real wingman would talk this much. It takes away from the atmosphere while playing because you are focused on taking out a…”
“I love this game, I've replayed it several times between my playstation and PC. Story makes no sense, but the jet combat is amazing! Highly recommend on sale for sure, can't wait for AC8!”
“suprisingly how much fun i got, for a price that a got from sale and in 2026 graphics look still stunning for the a game this old, yet i found it kinda short and some misson kinda annoy me alot specialy the defending…”
12 of the 106 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“A friend got this for me for Christmas a few years ago. I finally installed it. Graphics hold up well. Gameplay-wise, it's exactly what I want from an arcade flight game. My only complaints: optimizing it for 3440 x…”
“The negatives: - You can't change sens for controllers. - The missions are extremly annoying. I just want to fly and destroy stuff. There are many mission restrictions that are annoying and will cause u to fail the…”
9 of the 106 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Fun game. Nice graphics. Good soundtrack. Good story. Bad: Wingman gets too chit chatty. I doubt real wingman would talk this much. It takes away from the atmosphere while playing because you are focused on taking out a…”
“This game gave me carpal syndrome. I mean Admiral Torres got it worse cause he got submerged for two years and all he can subtitute on is Houshou Marine(-desu). I thought getting an S-rank is easy, but you need to…”
“Arcadey yet still tough to get a hang of. Story/campaign seems fun and immersive so far. This game is made for the Thrustmaster ecosystem however it works very well with NXT Gladiators if you follow a simple guide to…”
7 of the 106 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Had this on PS4 so rebought on PC so could play in SteamVR but then realised that it doesn't have the three VR Missions included, however discovered the UEVR Compatibility mod and this may just be the greatest VR game…”
“Arcadey yet still tough to get a hang of. Story/campaign seems fun and immersive so far. This game is made for the Thrustmaster ecosystem however it works very well with NXT Gladiators if you follow a simple guide to…”
“A friend got this for me for Christmas a few years ago. I finally installed it. Graphics hold up well. Gameplay-wise, it's exactly what I want from an arcade flight game. My only complaints: optimizing it for 3440 x…”
Counted across 106 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 87.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Atone for your sins at the the space elevator because that's just how war is now, you fascinating creatures. Sunkist: *woofs in JPEG*”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“Highly recommend purely off gameplay perspective, Im not even the target demographic and I thought this was fun and the missions have a variety to them although the best one is just "destroy everything". The story is there, but its not the selling point imo. If you see on sale,…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“While this installment has engaging gameplay, great visuals, and continues the tradition of excellent soundtracks, it does not continue the tradition of excellent narrative and characters. Taking away squadron commands was also an unfortunate mistake, further compounding the…”
— a player, Steam review · 186 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Achievement stats
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Simulation |
| Player tags | Flight · Jet · Military · War · Shooter · Arcade · Cinematic · PvP · 3D · Action · First-Person · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese * , Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 49 |
| Official site | http://ace-7.bn-ent.net/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 (64-bit OS required) Processor: Intel Core i3-7100 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750Ti(2GB) DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 50 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 11 sound card Additional Notes: Estimated performance: 1080p/60fps with graphics settings at "Low". Framerate might drop in graphics-intensive scenes. - 64-bit processor and operating system are required.