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ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE cover art

ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE

Bandai Namco Aces Inc. · Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. · 2026-10-01

SteamPlayStation Store

Action

Franchise: Ace Combat · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Oct 02, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Sep 29, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 02, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S)

Soar through the skies and rise above every challenge to earn your place among the elite. Engage in intense aerial combat to dominate the battlefield with powerful weapons. Experience a breathtaking campaign filled with high-stakes missions, hard choices, and deep squad connections.

ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE is an Action game released in 2026, priced at $69.99, with a review sentiment of Very Positive (83% of 19282 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-13

11,110
playing now
83%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,010
twitch viewers (latest)
25.9
viewers/channel (concentration)
57
Nexus mods (60k downloads)
4.71★
PlayStation Store rating (2,913 ratings)
87/100
opencritic · mighty · 99% recommend · from 103 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$69.99
steam price (US)

11,110 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is a combat flight simulation game developed by Bandai Namco Aces and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The ninth mainline installment in the Ace Combat series and a sequel to Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (2019), the game was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on October 2nd 2026.

Trailer

ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE trailer thumbnail

ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE | Launch Trailer

≈77,123 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 11,110 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 9,449 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9,449/week).
  • · Top 3% of 27,960 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-03

Estimated sales: 404k–909k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 20,197 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$69.99
steam$69.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $58.79 at Fanatical (2026-06-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $81.12 · on sale 18 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

52k5.7k2026-10-02 02:00 — 36,417 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 33,334 players2026-10-02 20:00 — 32,902 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 42,682 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 52,109 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 32,320 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 41,580 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 37,740 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 27,825 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 26,075 players2026-10-05 20:00 — 21,074 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 21,458 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 34,897 players2026-10-06 23:00 — 16,405 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 17,734 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 19,883 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 17,794 players2026-10-08 11:00 — 19,033 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 14,634 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 15,425 players2026-10-09 14:00 — 28,055 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 15,633 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 21,209 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 24,560 players2026-10-11 02:00 — 21,205 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 23,682 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 17,722 players2026-10-12 05:00 — 17,816 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 24,494 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 11,955 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 9,306 players2026-10-13 17:00 — 13,210 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 12,012 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 12,456 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 9,661 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 9,742 players2026-10-15 11:00 — 11,110 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Chart history

#64#952026-10-022026-10-152026-10-02 — #952026-10-03 — #642026-10-04 — #642026-10-05 — #662026-10-06 — #672026-10-07 — #692026-10-08 — #712026-10-09 — #732026-10-10 — #792026-10-11 — #862026-10-12 — #882026-10-13 — #892026-10-14 — #922026-10-15 — #92
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
3.0k3.0k2026-10-032026-10-152026-10-03: 2,999 new positive2026-10-03: 917 new negative2026-10-04: 1,581 new positive2026-10-04: 231 new negative2026-10-05: 1,204 new positive2026-10-05: 142 new negative2026-10-06: 905 new positive2026-10-06: 98 new negative2026-10-07: 791 new positive2026-10-07: 106 new negative2026-10-08: 707 new positive2026-10-08: 89 new negative2026-10-09: 636 new positive2026-10-09: 63 new negative2026-10-10: 646 new positive2026-10-10: 68 new negative2026-10-11: 675 new positive2026-10-11: 46 new negative2026-10-12: 664 new positive2026-10-12: 84 new negative2026-10-13: 526 new positive2026-10-13: 31 new negative2026-10-14: 456 new positive2026-10-14: 32 new negative2026-10-15: 398 new positive2026-10-15: 29 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$81.12$58.792026-06-032026-10-032026-06-03 — best price $58.792026-06-04 — best price $60.192026-06-05 — best price $62.992026-06-08 — best price $59.492026-06-23 — best price $62.992026-06-25 — best price $60.172026-06-30 — best price $69.992026-07-06 — best price $69.992026-07-09 — best price $69.992026-07-14 — best price $60.192026-07-29 — best price $69.992026-08-26 — best price $61.592026-09-08 — best price $67.492026-09-10 — best price $69.992026-09-14 — best price $66.992026-09-16 — best price $81.122026-09-17 — best price $66.492026-09-21 — best price $66.992026-09-22 — best price $66.492026-09-24 — best price $65.992026-09-25 — best price $60.892026-09-26 — best price $60.872026-09-28 — best price $65.992026-10-01 — best price $65.492026-10-02 — best price $69.992026-10-03 — best price $69.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

12k3772026-07-04 — 460 pageviews2026-07-07 — 470 pageviews2026-07-10 — 427 pageviews2026-07-13 — 416 pageviews2026-07-16 — 396 pageviews2026-07-19 — 385 pageviews2026-07-22 — 434 pageviews2026-07-25 — 422 pageviews2026-07-28 — 490 pageviews2026-07-31 — 416 pageviews2026-08-03 — 412 pageviews2026-08-06 — 461 pageviews2026-08-09 — 594 pageviews2026-08-12 — 660 pageviews2026-08-15 — 550 pageviews2026-08-18 — 481 pageviews2026-08-21 — 571 pageviews2026-08-24 — 563 pageviews2026-08-27 — 566 pageviews2026-08-30 — 540 pageviews2026-09-02 — 918 pageviews2026-09-05 — 698 pageviews2026-09-08 — 916 pageviews2026-09-11 — 1,090 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1,472 pageviews2026-09-17 — 2,007 pageviews2026-09-20 — 1,325 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1,895 pageviews2026-09-26 — 6,457 pageviews2026-09-29 — 12,003 pageviews2026-10-02 — 11,810 pageviews2026-10-05 — 7,696 pageviews2026-10-08 — 5,142 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

13k4232026-10-02 02:34 — 2,237 viewers2026-10-02 14:34 — 4,865 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 6,391 viewers2026-10-03 06:12 — 2,990 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 3,394 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 5,450 viewers2026-10-04 09:34 — 4,341 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 4,883 viewers2026-10-05 03:34 — 3,197 viewers2026-10-05 14:34 — 1,767 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 3,388 viewers2026-10-06 08:34 — 4,736 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 1,645 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 2,440 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 3,375 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 1,873 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 2,013 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 1,025 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 1,746 viewers2026-10-10 05:12 — 2,593 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 3,281 viewers2026-10-11 04:12 — 2,505 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 2,105 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 1,198 viewers2026-10-12 07:12 — 4,290 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 1,131 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 1,630 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 522 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 788 viewers2026-10-14 16:34 — 423 viewers2026-10-15 04:12 — 5,454 viewers2026-10-15 11:34 — 1,010 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

55
achievements tracked
92.9%
earned "Inherited Dog Tags"
29%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards2 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)1950%56
Xbox Series (Xbox)360%55
Steam (Steam)0—55

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Census log

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

Recent updates

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