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B-17 Flying Fortress : The Mighty 8th Redux
The classic game remastered. Feel the power of flying a 10-men crew on a B-17 over occupied Europe in WWII. Plan the mission, choose your men and take action in every post onboard, from pilot to bombardier and machine gunners. Get ready for a high-flying adventure in this all-time classic remake.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“I'd recommend this to anyone that enjoys an authentic simulation of aircraft of this era. I've always wondered what it would be like on one of these bombers. There's a sharp learning curve, though... there wasn't enough easily-followed tutorials and it requires some…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“I haven't played the original version and even didn't know this game exists until recently. But the movie Memphis Belle (1990) makes me instantly buying this series. In current state its very buggy. I saw one of our squadron suddenly does sharp drop to ground during orbit phase.…”
— a player, Steam review · 46 hrs played“Idk how anyone is even playing this game. Ive tried multiple times to even navigate the main menu and I have no cursor visible or any keys that work to navigate anywhere past the menu screen. Dont waste your time waiting for the refund and dont buy this garbage in the first…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:55 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Dev Blog #9: Environment
For the past few months we’ve been hard at work on what we hope will be a major refresh to the environment rendering. We’re nearing the end of our work, but we’ve got a few things that need to be tidi
Update 1.0.20.1 - Thunderbird
This is a small patch update addressing some issues with difficulty. A special shout-out goes to Matty (@esmatty), Tom (@Crabby) and Erik (@Stadl0r) for all of their help with this build. Fixes Damage
Update 1.0.20 - Thunderbird
This build contains major improvements to two key flight AIs. A special shout-out goes to Matty (@esmatty), Tom (@Crabby) and Erik (@Stadl0r) for all of their help with this build. much less of a crap
Update 1.0.19 - Sir Baboon McGoon
Features - Crew are now promoted - Fighters spawn using old airtower method if specified in RiverAndRoadsDB.lmf (CreateEnemyFightersInTheAir = 0) Fixes - Cabin smoke now much more visible - Fix for mi
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Action, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Action · Simulation · Strategy · Action-Adventure · Flight · Wargame · 3D · Cinematic · Tactical · World War II · War · Character Customization (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.microprose.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or later Processor: Intel® Core™ i5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 1070 or AMD equivalent DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 1 GB available space