Games like ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
If ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN is your kind of game, the closest matches are Project Wingman, Sacred Ember and Paper Planes — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cinematic, epic and intense. 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.
Get personalized picks →ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN is an action flight simulation released in 2019 by Bandai Namco Studios. Players engage in aerial combat across photorealistic skies, piloting jets that can be upgraded and acquired through multiplayer modes. The game features a cloud-cover system, missile warning indicators, and post-stall maneuvers. Reviewers highlight the missile warning system as iconic and immersive, while players describe the jet upgrades as fast and rewarding and the post-stall maneuvers as realistic and thrilling. The story continues the Ace Combat legacy with an anime-style war narrative. The game is verified on Steam Deck and holds an 89% positive rating from over 22,000 Steam reviews, priced at $59.99.
About 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!
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Project Wingman
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Shares a cinematic mood with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Top pick for ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Project Wingman is a flight action game that lets you take the seat of advanced fighter jets and become a true ace. Fight in various missions and gamemodes ranging from intense aerial dogfights to large scale ground assault in an alternate scorched earth setting.
Sacred Ember
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Second-strongest match for ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Sacred Ember is currently a simple PvP fighter jet dogfighting game with realistic flight physics.
Paper Planes
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Take your role as protector and defend your assets from enemy squadrons or engage in devastation as the attacker. Fly with the best Paper Plane pilots in the world in hand crafted parks with an abundance of enemies to destroy. Paper Planes is an Arcade team-flightsim, base defender and battleroyale.
Best Gun
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Ranked #4 for ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Best Gun is a light-hearted arcade flight action game featuring both single-player and multiplayer content. Fly (or walk) and take part in fights, mini-games, races, and more.
Red Wings: Aces of the Sky
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Shares a nostalgic mood with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Ranked #5 for ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Red Wings: Aces of the Sky is an arcade action game that puts you in the middle of WWI aerial battles. Accompany the legendary Red Baron and cheat death on your way to victory!
Ace Combat Assault Horizon - Enhanced Edition
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Shares a cinematic mood with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Ranked #6 for ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Simulation with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Never before has combat been so fast in-your-face.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7
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Ranked #7 for ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
In Call of Duty®: Black Ops 7, Treyarch and Raven Software are bringing players the biggest Black Ops ever across an innovative Co-Op Campaign, an electrifying Multiplayer experience, and the legendary Round-Based Zombies mode.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6
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Ranked #8 for ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Call of Duty®: Black Ops 6 is signature Black Ops across a cinematic single-player Campaign, a best-in-class Multiplayer experience and with the epic return of Round-Based Zombies.
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War Thunder
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Reviewers of ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
War Thunder is the most comprehensive free-to-play, cross-platform, MMO military game dedicated to aviation, armoured vehicles, and naval craft, from the early 20th century to the most advanced modern combat units. Join now and take part in major battles on land, in the air, and at sea.
STAR WARS™: Rogue Squadron 3D
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Shares an epic mood with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Reviewers of ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
It is a time of great rejoicing in the galaxy. Luke Skywalker, with the help of Wedge Antilles, has blown up the Death Star. But there is little time to celebrate. The mighty Empire is gathering strength for a determined, all-out assault on the Rebel forces.
Project Wingman
WHY THIS
Shares a cinematic mood with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Reviewers of ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Project Wingman is a flight action game that lets you take the seat of advanced fighter jets and become a true ace. Fight in various missions and gamemodes ranging from intense aerial dogfights to large scale ground assault in an alternate scorched earth setting.
Nuclear Option
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Reviewers of ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Simulation with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics on intense battlefields, facing land, air and sea threats. Wage war against AI or other players with an array of potent weapons. Wield tactical and strategic nuclear weapons, capable of annihilating anything in their path.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~92% under ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
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.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~75% under ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~67% under ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN on Steam right now. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~83% under ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN on Steam right now. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
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Priced ~83% under ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN on Steam right now. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
BeamNG.drive
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Priced ~58% under ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
A dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator capable of doing just about anything.
Schedule I
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Priced ~67% under ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN on Steam right now. Shares Action and Simulation with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Free alternatives
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
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.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
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TEKKEN 7
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Shares an intense mood with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Another title from Bandai Namco Studios Inc., the studio behind ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Discover the epic conclusion of the long-time clan warfare between members of the Mishima family. Powered by Unreal Engine 4, the legendary fighting game franchise fights back with stunning story-driven cinematic battles and intense duels that can be enjoyed with friends and rivals.
TEKKEN 8
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Shares an intense mood with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Another title from Bandai Namco Studios Inc., the studio behind ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
TEKKEN 8 is the latest addition to the TEKKEN series, the pinnacle of 3D fighting games. Join the fight with over 32 characters and bear witness to the next installment in this epic saga. Get ready for the biggest and best TEKKEN game ever made!
Tales of ARISE
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Shares a cinematic mood with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Another title from Bandai Namco Studios Inc., the studio behind ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
300 years of tyranny. A mysterious mask. Lost pain and memories. Wield the Blazing Sword and join a mysterious, untouchable girl to fight your oppressors. Experience a tale of liberation, featuring characters with next-gen graphical expressiveness!
Tales of Berseria™
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Another title from Bandai Namco Studios Inc., the studio behind ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Players embark on a journey of self-discovery as they assume the role of Velvet, a young woman whose once kind demeanor has been replaced and overcome with a festering anger and hatred after a traumatic experience three years prior to the events within Tales of Berseria.
SCARLET NEXUS
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Another title from Bandai Namco Studios Inc., the studio behind ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Choose between Yuito and Kasane, elite psionics each armed with a talent in psychokinesis and their own reason to fight. Complete both of their stories to unlock all the mysteries of a Brain Punk future caught between technology and psychic abilities.
SOULCALIBUR VI
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Another title from Bandai Namco Studios Inc., the studio behind ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Bring more than your fists to the fight! Featuring all-new battle mechanics and characters, SOULCALIBUR VI marks a new era of the historic franchise. Welcome back to the stage of history!
GOD EATER 3
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Another title from Bandai Namco Studios Inc., the studio behind ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Set in a post-apocalyptic setting, it’s up to your special team of God Eaters to take down god-like monsters devastating the world. With an epic story, unique characters, and all new God Arcs and Aragami, the latest evolution in ACTION is here!
CODE VEIN II
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
Another title from Bandai Namco Studios Inc., the studio behind ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN. Shares Action with ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN.
An epic adventure awaits, where you and your chosen partners explore a post-apocalyptic world, face fierce battles against powerful enemies, and uncover an epic story that transcends time.
Frequently asked about ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
- Is ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN cost?
- ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN is listed on Steam at 59.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN are Project Wingman, Sacred Ember, Paper Planes.
- Who developed ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN?
- ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN was developed by Bandai Namco Studios Inc. and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment.
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