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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 · Perspectives: First person, Third person, Virtual Reality

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!

ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN is an Action, Simulation game released in 2019, priced at $59.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a Very Positive (88% of 56843 reviews) sentiment.

861
playing now
88%
positive of 57k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8
twitch viewers (latest)
2.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
81/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (104 ratings)
3,238
Nexus mods (3.6M downloads)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (28,046 ratings)
13h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$59.99
steam price (US)

861 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 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.

Trailer

ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN trailer thumbnail

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown | Release Date Trailer | PS4

≈572 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 861 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,537 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~442/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 28,012 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 57,434 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 102 of 141 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: 299 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.9k5792026-09-16 04:00 — 579 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 697 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 665 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 943 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 777 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 711 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 854 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 914 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 1,847 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 1,419 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 847 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 1,592 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 934 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 1,207 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 1,898 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 923 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,039 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 1,475 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 1,006 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 1,334 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,214 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 867 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 861 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.2k265Feb 2019Aug 2026Feb 2019 — avg 3,162 · peak 13,680May 2019 — avg 465 · peak 1,039Aug 2019 — avg 374 · peak 1,002Nov 2019 — avg 362 · peak 1,157Feb 2020 — avg 349 · peak 769May 2020 — avg 733 · peak 2,051Aug 2020 — avg 402 · peak 762Nov 2020 — avg 583 · peak 1,607Feb 2021 — avg 436 · peak 1,057May 2021 — avg 997 · peak 3,815Aug 2021 — avg 391 · peak 703Nov 2021 — avg 385 · peak 1,325Feb 2022 — avg 438 · peak 906May 2022 — avg 751 · peak 1,890Aug 2022 — avg 801 · peak 1,924Nov 2022 — avg 1,071 · peak 2,802Feb 2023 — avg 595 · peak 1,554May 2023 — avg 699 · peak 1,521Aug 2023 — avg 534 · peak 1,069Nov 2023 — avg 646 · peak 1,475Feb 2024 — avg 471 · peak 870May 2024 — avg 529 · peak 1,228Aug 2024 — avg 571 · peak 1,322Nov 2024 — avg 706 · peak 3,586Feb 2025 — avg 650 · peak 1,569May 2025 — avg 509 · peak 1,062Aug 2025 — avg 512 · peak 936Nov 2025 — avg 498 · peak 904Feb 2026 — avg 805 · peak 1,431May 2026 — avg 522 · peak 964Aug 2026 — avg 578 · peak 973
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
40402026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 16 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-22: 9 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 16 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 19 new positive2026-09-25: 6 new negative2026-09-26: 16 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 16 new positive2026-09-27: 7 new negative2026-09-28: 26 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 29 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new negative2026-09-30: 17 new positive2026-09-30: 5 new negative2026-10-01: 30 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new negative2026-10-02: 20 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new negative2026-10-03: 27 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 22 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 29 new positive2026-10-06: 40 new positive2026-10-06: 5 new negative2026-10-07: 26 new positive2026-10-07: 6 new negative2026-10-08: 23 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 23 new positive2026-10-11: 26 new positive2026-10-11: 4 new negative2026-10-12: 20 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 23 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new negative2026-10-14: 19 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$63.95$4.482018-09-192026-10-152018-09-19 — 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 $59.992026-09-09 — best price $8.342026-10-15 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.1k2682026-05-29 — 300 pageviews2026-06-02 — 1,807 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,076 pageviews2026-06-10 — 650 pageviews2026-06-14 — 540 pageviews2026-06-18 — 457 pageviews2026-06-22 — 453 pageviews2026-06-26 — 422 pageviews2026-06-30 — 489 pageviews2026-07-04 — 428 pageviews2026-07-08 — 354 pageviews2026-07-12 — 386 pageviews2026-07-16 — 305 pageviews2026-07-20 — 338 pageviews2026-07-24 — 268 pageviews2026-07-28 — 332 pageviews2026-08-01 — 301 pageviews2026-08-05 — 325 pageviews2026-08-09 — 347 pageviews2026-08-13 — 359 pageviews2026-08-17 — 371 pageviews2026-08-21 — 366 pageviews2026-08-25 — 370 pageviews2026-08-29 — 316 pageviews2026-09-02 — 439 pageviews2026-09-06 — 404 pageviews2026-09-10 — 490 pageviews2026-09-14 — 704 pageviews2026-09-18 — 723 pageviews2026-09-22 — 635 pageviews2026-09-26 — 2,288 pageviews2026-09-30 — 2,886 pageviews2026-10-04 — 2,861 pageviews2026-10-07 — 1,863 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

22802026-10-01 14:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 156 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 228 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 52 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 7 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-15 02:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-15 11:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-15 13:34 — 8 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

Post-launch support: 21 DLC released, first 2019-01-31, latest 2022-05-26 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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