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Tiny Combat Arena

Why485 · MicroProse Software · 2022-02-22

Steam

ActionSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 22, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tiny Combat Arena is an approachable combat flight simulator sporting a stylized look and various game modes. Dogfight your way in the Arena and in Quick Action or craft your own scenarios and take part in a vast war with objectives and friendly armies to support.

Tiny Combat Arena is an Action, Simulation, and Early Access game released in 2022, priced at $13.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 1586 reviews).

3
playing now
81%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 106 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (468 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 27,960 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 32k–71k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,586 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $12.99 at Steam (2022-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
42242220222026Week of 2022-02-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 3 players2026-10-05 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 09:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
233Mar 2022Aug 2026Mar 2022 — avg 23 · peak 94May 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Jul 2022 — avg 8 · peak 23Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 22Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 18Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 26Mar 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 19Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 18Mar 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2024 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Mar 2025 — avg 10 · peak 40May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$12.992022-02-222026-08-242022-02-22 — best price $13.992022-06-23 — best price $12.992022-10-24 — best price $15.992022-11-22 — best price $12.992022-12-22 — best price $12.992023-03-16 — best price $12.992023-05-04 — best price $14.992023-06-14 — best price $12.992023-06-29 — best price $12.992023-10-27 — best price $13.992023-11-21 — best price $13.992023-12-21 — best price $13.992024-01-23 — best price $13.992024-03-14 — best price $13.992024-06-27 — best price $13.992024-08-27 — best price $13.992024-10-15 — best price $13.992024-11-27 — best price $13.992024-12-20 — best price $13.992025-03-13 — best price $13.992025-05-22 — best price $13.992025-06-27 — best price $13.992025-08-19 — best price $13.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992025-12-18 — best price $13.992026-03-19 — best price $13.992026-05-25 — best price $13.992026-06-25 — best price $13.992026-07-19 — best price $13.992026-08-24 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

3DJetWar1980sRetro1990'sFlightWargameCold WarColorful

Census log

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

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