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Aircraft Carrier Survival

Gambit Games Studio · CreativeForge Games · 2022-04-20

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 29, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 08, 2023 (Xbox One), Dec 08, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Apr 20, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy game set in the Pacific Theater of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.

Aircraft Carrier Survival is an Action, Indie, Strategy game released in 2022, priced at $1.19, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (60% of 1236 reviews).

11
playing now
60%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.46★
PlayStation Store rating (137 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$1.19
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 82 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (462 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,236 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.19-94%
GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 40 of 102 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30330320222026Week of 2022-04-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 159 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1802026-09-15 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 10 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 18 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8187Apr 2022Aug 2026Apr 2022 — avg 818 · peak 2,342Jun 2022 — avg 42 · peak 425Aug 2022 — avg 29 · peak 77Oct 2022 — avg 13 · peak 32Dec 2022 — avg 15 · peak 37Feb 2023 — avg 21 · peak 53Apr 2023 — avg 15 · peak 34Jun 2023 — avg 14 · peak 35Aug 2023 — avg 13 · peak 31Oct 2023 — avg 19 · peak 61Dec 2023 — avg 18 · peak 44Feb 2024 — avg 13 · peak 38Apr 2024 — avg 12 · peak 33Jun 2024 — avg 13 · peak 36Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Oct 2024 — avg 9 · peak 23Dec 2024 — avg 14 · peak 33Feb 2025 — avg 10 · peak 24Apr 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 23Aug 2025 — avg 12 · peak 30Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 22Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 25Feb 2026 — avg 10 · peak 30Apr 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2026 — avg 20 · peak 49
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.192022-04-202026-10-142022-04-20 — best price $17.992022-09-19 — best price $8.992023-02-20 — best price $9.992023-05-17 — best price $9.992023-07-24 — best price $8.992023-09-25 — best price $8.992023-11-06 — best price $3.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-02-05 — best price $3.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-04-30 — best price $5.992024-06-03 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-07 — best price $19.992024-09-18 — best price $1.992024-10-30 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $1.992025-01-22 — best price $19.992025-04-09 — best price $19.992025-06-12 — best price $19.992025-07-23 — best price $19.992025-09-17 — best price $1.992025-10-20 — best price $4.992025-11-06 — best price $1.992025-12-23 — best price $3.992026-02-09 — best price $3.992026-03-08 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-15 — best price $1.192026-06-09 — best price $19.992026-08-12 — best price $1.192026-08-29 — best price $19.992026-09-04 — best price $19.992026-09-10 — best price $19.992026-09-16 — best price $1.192026-09-22 — best price $1.192026-09-28 — best price $19.992026-10-04 — best price $19.992026-10-10 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
85.3%
earned "Ensign"
7.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-05-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6940%18
Xbox One (Xbox)1481%18
PS4 (PlayStation)540%19
PS4 (PlayStation)350%19
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

WarNavalActionEconomyStrategySurvivalTacticalRealisticManagementExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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