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ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN cover art

ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN

Bandai Namco Studios Inc. · Bandai Namco Entertainment · 2019-01-31

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ActionSimulation

Franchise: Ace Combat · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Jan 31, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 11, 2024 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 18, 2019 (Xbox One), Jan 18, 2019 (PlayStation VR), Jan 18, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

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!

586
playing now
88%
positive of 57k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3
twitch viewers (latest)
81/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (104 ratings)
13h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

586 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is a 2019 combat flight simulation game released by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The first new entry in the Ace Combat series since 2014's Ace Combat Infinity, the game was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in January 2019, and for Windows in February 2019. A Nintendo Switch port was released in July 2024.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 586 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5,354 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~669/week).
  • · Review velocity up 87% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 1.4M–3.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 56,575 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$8.41-86%
GreenManGaming$8.45-86%
Humble Store$9.59-84%
WinGameStore$9.59-84%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$58.99-2%
Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.17 at GameBillet (2025-10-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 98 of 137 observed days · $55.82 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.8k2.8k20192026Week of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2,846 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 945 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 936 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 627 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 621 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 733 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 545 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 400 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 325 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 871 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 760 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 700 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 667 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 898 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 645 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 814 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 548 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 576 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 220 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 453 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,200 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 192 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 378 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 369 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 329 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 520 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 312 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,248 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 213 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 960 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 416 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 394 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 39 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

9563962026-08-06 21:00 — 542 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 483 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 829 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 526 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 655 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 850 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 625 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 769 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 956 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 610 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 508 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 725 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 515 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 554 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 740 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 396 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 486 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 749 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 604 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 464 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 463 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 499 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 601 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 652 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 554 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 467 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 417 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 615 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 586 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$63.95$4.482018-09-192026-08-272018-09-19 — best price $58.362019-02-14 — best price $59.992019-04-29 — best price $40.192019-06-28 — best price $53.992019-08-29 — best price $35.992019-11-12 — best price $49.792020-01-14 — best price $58.582020-03-13 — best price $26.402020-05-20 — best price $52.402020-07-25 — best price $19.802020-09-28 — best price $49.792021-01-05 — best price $59.992021-04-23 — best price $12.952021-07-30 — best price $59.992021-10-19 — best price $14.992022-02-14 — best price $8.502022-05-06 — best price $9.592022-07-13 — best price $8.252022-09-19 — best price $7.952022-11-27 — best price $59.992023-02-09 — best price $7.562023-04-28 — best price $8.992023-07-03 — best price $47.982023-09-04 — best price $8.992023-11-28 — best price $51.652024-01-23 — best price $8.352024-04-19 — best price $4.502024-06-20 — best price $5.992024-08-24 — best price $4.752024-11-04 — best price $9.592025-02-03 — best price $51.652025-05-04 — best price $49.992025-07-28 — best price $59.992025-10-07 — best price $49.772025-12-19 — best price $6.002026-03-04 — best price $49.772026-05-28 — best price $59.992026-07-30 — best price $59.992026-08-27 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.6k2682026-05-29 — 300 pageviews2026-06-01 — 288 pageviews2026-06-04 — 2,072 pageviews2026-06-07 — 903 pageviews2026-06-10 — 650 pageviews2026-06-13 — 544 pageviews2026-06-16 — 627 pageviews2026-06-19 — 381 pageviews2026-06-22 — 453 pageviews2026-06-25 — 435 pageviews2026-06-28 — 423 pageviews2026-07-01 — 471 pageviews2026-07-04 — 428 pageviews2026-07-07 — 389 pageviews2026-07-10 — 393 pageviews2026-07-13 — 310 pageviews2026-07-16 — 305 pageviews2026-07-19 — 317 pageviews2026-07-22 — 311 pageviews2026-07-25 — 358 pageviews2026-07-28 — 332 pageviews2026-07-31 — 278 pageviews2026-08-03 — 328 pageviews2026-08-06 — 340 pageviews2026-08-09 — 347 pageviews2026-08-12 — 413 pageviews2026-08-15 — 366 pageviews2026-08-18 — 301 pageviews2026-08-21 — 366 pageviews2026-08-24 — 385 pageviews2026-08-26 — 309 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

5512026-08-27 07:33 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 55 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
86.3%
earned "First Flight"
24.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing21 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Latin America

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DJetPvPWarActionArcadeFlightShooterMilitaryCinematic

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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