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Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol

Firaxis Games · 2K · 2013-08-27

Steam

CasualStrategy

Franchise: Sid Meier · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: May 09, 2013 (iOS), Aug 27, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Battle to Rule the Skies!The skies over Europe are a dangerous place, where ace pilots lead their squadrons to glorious victory or crushing defeat! Take control of dozens of the most famous fighter planes of WWI and head into the dogfight. Roll, slip, and loop to get the drop on enemy aces.

Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol is a 2013 Casual and Strategy game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 829 reviews).

3
playing now
69%
positive of 831 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (255 downloads)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Sid Meier's Ace Patrol is a WWI combat flight simulation game developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K for iOS and Microsoft Windows (Steam) in 2013.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 33k–66k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 831 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at GreenManGaming (2013-12-23) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 16 of 30 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-14 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1002Sep 2013Aug 2026Sep 2013 — avg 33 · peak 156Jan 2014 — avg 17 · peak 82May 2014 — avg 14 · peak 32Sep 2014 — avg 10 · peak 23Jan 2015 — avg 9 · peak 28May 2015 — avg 10 · peak 22Sep 2015 — avg 7 · peak 20Jan 2016 — avg 35 · peak 182May 2016 — avg 7 · peak 17Sep 2016 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2017 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2017 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2017 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2018 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2018 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2022 — avg 3 · peak 7Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Jan 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Jan 2025 — avg 2 · peak 10May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 8Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 95Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 73
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.52$1.242015-01-012026-09-092015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-04-23 — best price $4.992015-08-14 — best price $1.252016-01-04 — best price $4.992016-04-28 — best price $1.242016-08-30 — best price $4.992017-05-23 — best price $4.992018-01-04 — best price $4.992018-09-28 — best price $6.522019-06-25 — best price $1.242020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-05-07 — best price $1.242020-06-10 — best price $4.992020-06-30 — best price $4.282020-07-30 — best price $4.992020-08-23 — best price $4.992020-10-01 — best price $4.992020-10-28 — best price $4.992020-11-19 — best price $4.492021-02-17 — best price $4.342021-06-18 — best price $4.452021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-05-24 — best price $4.992022-08-09 — best price $4.282023-01-13 — best price $4.512023-05-26 — best price $4.812024-02-13 — best price $4.282024-05-05 — best price $4.812024-07-31 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $1.242025-07-17 — best price $1.242026-02-02 — best price $1.242026-08-07 — best price $4.842026-09-09 — best price $1.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2642026-05-28 — 9 pageviews2026-06-01 — 15 pageviews2026-06-05 — 6 pageviews2026-06-09 — 13 pageviews2026-06-13 — 6 pageviews2026-06-17 — 26 pageviews2026-06-21 — 13 pageviews2026-06-25 — 14 pageviews2026-06-29 — 10 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-07 — 7 pageviews2026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-15 — 9 pageviews2026-07-19 — 16 pageviews2026-07-23 — 14 pageviews2026-07-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-31 — 6 pageviews2026-08-04 — 8 pageviews2026-08-08 — 12 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-16 — 15 pageviews2026-08-20 — 24 pageviews2026-08-24 — 21 pageviews2026-08-28 — 12 pageviews2026-09-01 — 12 pageviews2026-09-05 — 19 pageviews2026-09-09 — 13 pageviews2026-09-13 — 26 pageviews2026-09-17 — 14 pageviews2026-09-21 — 15 pageviews2026-09-25 — 10 pageviews2026-09-29 — 16 pageviews2026-10-03 — 6 pageviews2026-10-07 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
38.5%
earned "British Ace Pilot (5 Victories)"
4.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

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

Player tags

CasualFlightStrategyHistoricalTurn-BasedWorld War ISingleplayerTouch-FriendlyTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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