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Dogfight 1942

City Interactive · CI Games · 2012-09-21

SteamXbox

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Sep 21, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 05, 2012 (Xbox 360), Apr 27, 2013 (PlayStation 3)

Piloting a wide range of aircraft, players engage in aerial dogfights and dangerous fighter missions across the major theaters of war during WWII.

1
playing now
79%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Dogfight 1942 is a combat flight simulation action video game both developed and published by City Interactive Games. It was released on September 5, 2012 worldwide for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 and on September 21, 2012 worldwide for Windows via Steam.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 47k–95k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,182 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Newegg (2021-10-01) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 90 of 129 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-14 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
282Sep 2012Jul 2026Sep 2012 — avg 28 · peak 82Jan 2013 — avg 12 · peak 40May 2013 — avg 7 · peak 24Sep 2013 — avg 8 · peak 25Jan 2014 — avg 6 · peak 23May 2014 — avg 4 · peak 21Sep 2014 — avg 14 · peak 56Jan 2015 — avg 6 · peak 24May 2015 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2015 — avg 4 · peak 20Jan 2016 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2016 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2016 — avg 2 · peak 12Jan 2017 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Sep 2017 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2018 — avg 5 · peak 18May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 17Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2019 — avg 5 · peak 27May 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2020 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 15Jan 2021 — avg 4 · peak 17May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jan 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$11.49$0.592015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-04-29 — best price $9.952015-09-04 — best price $1.992016-04-18 — best price $1.502016-10-20 — best price $1.492017-07-24 — best price $1.492017-11-24 — best price $1.392018-02-19 — best price $1.492018-06-21 — best price $0.992018-10-15 — best price $1.492019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-03-30 — best price $9.992019-07-19 — best price $1.102019-11-20 — best price $0.992020-02-28 — best price $9.992020-06-22 — best price $1.992020-10-08 — best price $2.002021-01-03 — best price $9.992021-04-06 — best price $7.162021-07-19 — best price $9.992021-11-11 — best price $9.992022-01-24 — best price $0.592022-05-10 — best price $1.992022-08-11 — best price $1.992022-11-21 — best price $2.902023-03-06 — best price $1.992023-06-19 — best price $1.992023-10-18 — best price $9.992024-03-04 — best price $1.792024-07-19 — best price $1.802024-10-23 — best price $2.992025-01-03 — best price $0.912025-07-07 — best price $1.002025-11-06 — best price $2.992026-01-26 — best price $0.992026-04-23 — best price $0.802026-07-15 — best price $9.992026-08-24 — best price $0.86
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2102026-06-01 — 9 pageviews2026-06-05 — 7 pageviews2026-06-09 — 13 pageviews2026-06-13 — 10 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-21 — 16 pageviews2026-06-25 — 4 pageviews2026-06-29 — 10 pageviews2026-07-03 — 9 pageviews2026-07-07 — 4 pageviews2026-07-11 — 11 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-19 — 5 pageviews2026-07-23 — 9 pageviews2026-07-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 10 pageviews2026-08-16 — 12 pageviews2026-08-20 — 4 pageviews2026-08-24 — 21 pageviews2026-08-28 — 5 pageviews2026-09-01 — 7 pageviews2026-09-05 — 12 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 0 pageviews2026-09-17 — 5 pageviews2026-09-21 — 6 pageviews2026-09-25 — 10 pageviews2026-09-29 — 11 pageviews2026-10-03 — 12 pageviews2026-10-07 — 11 pageviews2026-10-11 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
56.7%
earned "Ace of the Skies"
11%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing2 DLC

5 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2012-09-28, latest 2012-10-05 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,2434%22
PS3 (PlayStation)1,2085%22

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

Player tags

Co-opActionArcadeFlightShooterSimulationLocal Co-OpSingleplayerSplit ScreenWorld War II

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.