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Aces of Thunder
Experience the thrill of aerial combat with Aces of Thunder, the ultimate flight simulation game with high fidelity graphics that looks perfect both with and without VR HMDs.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“Great for short bursts of intense combat. Great VR experience. Only downside is the multiplayer "To Battle" fast action missions are usually full of AI bots and they don't seem to suffer from any of the aerodynamic and power limitations that the player does, so can be…”
— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs played“discaimer: i dont use vr and dont have a hotas setup or controller (using mouse and key due to hand and arm injuries) its pretty good considering the rather low price compared to its war thunder counterpart, yes i know WT is free but the planes are like $50 and up a pop. i got…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“really awful controls. Just war thunder but paid...”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update 0.1.2.15
Fixed trees and other objects flickering on the Stalingrad airfield when the tree render range is set above Default. Newly added DLC aircraft are now also available to bots. Fixed a number of race con
Update 0.1.2.14
Crash reporing daemon that prevented the game from starting up in some cases was reverted. Older crash reporting tool is used instead. In an unfortunate event of the game crashing, please send the rep
Public Service Announcement
We were made aware that for some PC players the game will not start — a situation we cannot monitor in any other way than with your help. Big thanks to Steam user scubbasteve9991 , who brought our att
Update 0.1.2.4
Ju 87 D-5 bomb presets have been reassembled to correctly display and use the bombload. Fixed a brief teleportation right after takeoff in the Pas-de-Calais mission. Fixed a rare crash when returning
Aces of Thunder — 40% Off in the Steam VR Sale
Both editions of Aces of Thunder — Standard and Deluxe — are now 40% off as part of the Steam VR Sale! A great chance to take to the skies in VR for the first time or expand your hangar. The sale runs
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Simulation |
| Player tags | Simulation · VR · Flight · Action · Combat · 3D · First-Person · Realistic · Historical · Military · World War II · War (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · VR Supported · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese |
| Achievements | 35 |
| Official site | https://acesofthunder.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 19H2 (64bit) Processor: Core i7-8700 / Ryzen 5 3600, equivalent or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia RTX 2060 / AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, equivalent or better DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 20 GB available space VR Support: OpenXR Additional Notes: VR headset optional