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Puntigames · Published by Puntigames · Official site ↗
Content notice: You can perform dogfights in the historical setting of World War One. There are no explicit death scenes but planes can be shot down.
Mostly Positive — 73% positive (150 reviews) · 10 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
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.
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Action, Indie, Strategy · 2024 · More £5 - £15 games
Dive into Skies above the Great War, where you can either manage your air forces in a grand strategy sandbox or take control of any plane yourself in real-time combat.
About this game
Skies above the Great War is set on the Western Front during the First World War. You take the lead of the air forces, either on the allied or the german side. And because every single aircraft is fully simulated in real-time you can take over the control of any aircraft at any moment and join the fight yourself.
FEATURES:
- Take direct control of any plane at any time and prove yourself in easily accessible but challenging dogfights with detailed damage models.
- Provide your airfields with machines and pilots and send them on missions that support your overall war strategy on a persistent 10.000 square kilometers wide gameworld fully simulated in real time.
- From reconnaissance missions to front patrolling, strategic bombing and balloon hunting, it is up to you to use your resources wisely and stand up to the enemy.
- Hire manufacturers such as Fokker or Sopwith to produce airplanes and even to let them develop new models that are able to compete with the constantly advancing technology of your enemy.
- Manage your airfields and squadrons to make them as effective as possible.
- Individualize your squadrons and every single aircraft with custom paintings and insignias.
- Each pilot comes with his individual portrait and a given talent that needs to be transferred into skill. So train them and order them wisely to your squadrons so they can take up their duty in the skies.
- From time to time a name or two will pop up among the ranks of talented newcomer pilots that might be familiar to those interested in history.
- Want to skip one or more of the features above? Just hand it over to the AI and play the game exactly as you like.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7, 10, 11
- Processor: middle class dual-core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8 series or AMD equivalent
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: any
Recommended
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7, 10, 11
- Processor: middle class quad-core
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX series or AMD equivalent
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 3 GB available space
- Sound Card: any
Supported Languages
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Indonesian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Swedish, Czech, Turkish, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Arabic, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean
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Patch NotesOfficial
patch 2.1
With the latest engine version and several additional fixes, the game now runs even more smoothly (at least on my end). You can now switch between Vulkan rendering and DirectX 12. So if you run into visual or performance issues, try changing it in the options menu (you’ll need to restart the game afterward). In the graphics options, you can now adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation. Feel free to experiment and tailor the visuals to your liking. In the settings, you can now adjust the size of the bullet hitboxes at any time. This lets you decide how easy or difficult it is to hit enemies. Two-seaters now have a blind spot directly behind them, so they can no longer shoot through their tail assembly. This makes them much more tactical to fight against. Of course, I’ve also fixed additional bugs that I found. I hope this resolves most of the issues and makes the game enjoyable for more of you. As always... have fun!Read full article on Community Announcements (Puntigames)Patch NotesOfficial
patch 2.0
I finally found the time to really sit down with the game again and patch it into a very, very good state. Even though it’s still not perfect, this is a huge step forward.Performance and memory issues are solved. The game now runs much more smoothly and no longer slows down over time (at least on my test machine).New 3D cloud model (thanks to “SunshineClouds 2.0” by Bonkahe).Improved lighting and post-processing color correction, making everything look much nicer.Added Steam Trading Cards, Badges and Store Items.The AI now behaves more logically and has far fewer problems on the campaign map.Lots of small fixes for issues I came across.If possible, please let me know briefly whether everything is running smoothly for you and whether there’s anything that still urgently needs to be fixed.Thank's and have fun!Read full article on Community Announcements (Puntigames)Patch NotesOfficial
patch 1.92
Ported to the latest engine version for more stability and better performance. Ported to the Jolt Physics engine for better results and performance. The ui now scales with higher resolutions. Gone are the tiny fonts and ui elements. The font for the pilot names has also been changed to be more readable. As always minor fixes and improvements Have fun!Read full article on Community Announcements (Puntigames)Patch NotesOfficial
hotfix 1.81
small fixes to the patch, including... reduced lag when squads appear on the map painting the aircraft, copying and favoring paintings now works again pilots now heal fasterRead full article on Community Announcements (Puntigames)Patch NotesOfficial
patch 1.8
Ported to the newest eninge version for more stability. The way the textures of the aircraft are loaded into the game has been changed, which should significantly reduce RAM-related slowdowns. I'm looking forward to your feedback on how it works for you now! The free camera can now be locked to the selected aircraft. Aircraft now catch fire more easily and have a certain probability of going up in flames when they crash. There is now a slider at the start of the campaign that allows you to adjust the campaign duration. The newspaper articles should now all appear as intended. More differnet pilot names so that they are not repeated so often. As always minor fixes and improvements If something does not work as expected you can switch back to version 1.7 via Steam. Have fun!Read full article on Community Announcements (Puntigames)
