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Skies above the Great War cover art

Skies above the Great War

Puntigames · 2024-07-24

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jan 11, 2024 (Linux), Jan 11, 2024 (Mac), Jan 11, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Skies above the Great War is a hybrid of action and grand strategy sandbox game set on the Western Front during the First World War. Manage your air forces or take control of any plane yourself in real time.

76%
positive of 145 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$5.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 114% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 63% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.9k–6.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 145 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-12-12) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020242026Week of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.992024-01-112026-08-132024-01-11 — best price $13.492024-02-28 — best price $11.992024-03-14 — best price $11.242024-04-11 — best price $11.242024-05-07 — best price $11.992024-06-02 — best price $11.992024-08-07 — best price $11.992024-09-23 — best price $11.992024-10-27 — best price $11.992024-12-04 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-03-20 — best price $11.992025-05-05 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-12-12 — best price $2.992026-01-30 — best price $7.792026-03-19 — best price $4.192026-04-04 — best price $5.992026-05-16 — best price $7.792026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-08-13 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
17.2%
earned "Ace"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportFamily Sharing

25 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Bulgarian, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Indonesian, Dutch, Norwegian…

Player tags

3DRTSWarActionArcadeCombatFlightWargameStrategyRealistic

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