Choose Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China
Choose Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China if you want an Adventure and Casual game with Steam Leaderboards, Online PvP, and PvP. Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China launched in 2017.
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China vs Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China and Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races both land in Action, Indie, Simulation on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Indie, Simulation on Steam. Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China (2017) is 8 years older than Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races (2025). Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China (14.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races
Choose Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races if you want an Early Access game with Shared/Split Screen, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, and Gamepad Recommended. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races launched in 2025.
Both Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China and Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races sit in Action, Indie, and Simulation on Steam and both list Multi-player, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China |  Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2025 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure, Simulation, Casual | Action, Indie, Simulation, Early Access |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Unrated |
| Price | 14.99 USD | 14.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 73.6% positive (242 reviews) | — |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | ACE MADDOX | Hard Shark Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, Simulation on Steam.
- Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China (2017) is 8 years older than Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races (2025).
- Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races is currently ~0% cheaper on Steam than Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China (14.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races has co-op; Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China does not.
Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China vs Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races — FAQ
- Should I play Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China or Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races first?
- If you want chronology, Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China (2017) came out before Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China and Sky Combat: WWII Warplane Races similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie, Simulation on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.