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Games like Skies above the Great War

If Skies above the Great War is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Great War: Western Front™, Last Train Home and Rising Front — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its automation options reduce micromanagement, atmospheric and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Skies above the Great War: Skies above the Great War is a hybrid of action and grand strategy sandbox game set on the Western Front during the First World War. Manage your air forces or take control of any plane yourself in real time.

2024ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDWindows · macOS · Linuxby Puntigames
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Players who liked Skies above the Great War also play

Steam players who put hours into Skies above the Great War also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. The Great War: Western Front™

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and a challenging mood with Skies above the Great War.

    Top pick for Skies above the Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Skies above the Great War.

    The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.

    2023Strategy34.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Last Train Home

    WHY THIS

    Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Skies above the Great War.

    Second-strongest match for Skies above the Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Skies above the Great War.

    The Great War is over - the fight continues. Command a legion of soldiers, desperately trying to make their way home amidst the chaos of civil war. Lead them through the unforgiving wilderness onboard an armored train. Manage your crew and resources and try to survive.

    2023Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Rising Front

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Skies above the Great War.

    Third-strongest match for Skies above the Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Skies above the Great War.

    A FPS WW1 & Revolutionary War battle simulator with a focus on Workshop Content, rag-doll physics, intelligent AI, massive battles, procedural AI cover system, real-time building system and FPS combat!

    2026ActionStrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Blue Max: Aces of the Great War

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Skies above the Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Skies above the Great War.

    Fly high in 8 historic fighter planes such as Albatross DIII, Fokker DVII, and more! Shoot down enemy planes or fly skillfully over enemy territory for surveillance as you engage in captivating gameplay featuring multiple mission options and several historical locations.

    2021ActionStrategySimulation6.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Steel Division: Normandy 44

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Skies above the Great War.

    Ranked #5 for Skies above the Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Skies above the Great War.

    Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.

    2017ActionStrategySimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with Skies above the Great War.

    Ranked #6 for Skies above the Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Skies above the Great War.

    Design warships the way you want them, command fleets, win the naval arms race for your nation!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game

    WHY THIS

    Shares an epic mood with Skies above the Great War.

    Ranked #7 for Skies above the Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Skies above the Great War.

    Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron game. The game features a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century. Play from the outbreak of the Great War up until the onset of the Cold War.

    2011Strategy9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Rise of Flight United

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Skies above the Great War.

    Ranked #8 for Skies above the Great War fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Pilot legendary aircraft of the early years of aviation, French Spad 13, German Albatros D.Va and Russian built Nieuport 17, in the free-to-play Rise of Flight United! This WWI aviation sim that has something for every flight-sim fan, from single player skirmish and career to multiplayer dogfights, but one thing is for certain, the...

    2013SimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Skies above the Great War at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Skies above the Great War on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Skies above the Great War.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Skies above the Great War on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Skies above the Great War.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Skies above the Great War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Skies above the Great War.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Skies above the Great War on Steam right now. Shares Action with Skies above the Great War.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Skies above the Great War on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Skies above the Great War.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Skies above the Great War on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Skies above the Great War.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Skies above the Great War on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Skies above the Great War.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Skies above the Great War on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Skies above the Great War.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Skies above the Great War.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Skies above the Great War.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Skies above the Great War.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Skies above the Great War.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Skies above the Great War.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Skies above the Great War.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Skies above the Great War.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Skies above the Great War

Does Skies above the Great War work on Steam Deck?
Skies above the Great War is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does Skies above the Great War cost?
Skies above the Great War is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Skies above the Great War?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Skies above the Great War are The Great War: Western Front™, Last Train Home, Rising Front.
Who developed Skies above the Great War?
Skies above the Great War was developed by Puntigames.

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