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Aces High III cover art

Aces High III

HiTech Creations Inc. · 2017-08-23

Steam

Free To PlayMassively MultiplayerSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Aug 23, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Aces High III offers world class modeling of World War II planes, vehicles, and boats in a combat setting with hundreds of other players pitting their skills in any given online arena.

Aces High III is a free-to-play Massively Multiplayer Simulation game released in 2017, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 437 reviews).

2
playing now
59%
positive of 437 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (58 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 9,706 Free To Play games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
353520172026Week of 2017-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
373Aug 2017Aug 2026Aug 2017 — avg 37 · peak 90Nov 2017 — avg 9 · peak 23Feb 2018 — avg 6 · peak 15May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2018 — avg 5 · peak 18Feb 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2019 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2019 — avg 6 · peak 18Feb 2020 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2020 — avg 6 · peak 20Aug 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Feb 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Nov 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 18Aug 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 15Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

VRWarFlightSimulationFree to PlaySingleplayerWorld War IIMassively Multiplayer

Census log

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

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