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Firaxis Games / Aug 27, 2013 / Casual, Strategy
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CompareBattle 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.
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- Fixed an issue that blocked a select number of players from launching the game
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67% positive, 564 reviews
This could've been into the breach if it wasn't so repetitive. Good game for casual
1 found this helpful, 2026-08-21
Old game that I still come back to and play. I recommend it.
1 found this helpful, 2026-07-12
Sid Meier's Ace Patrol is an interesting turn-based dogfighting game that looks a bit "weird" at first glance, but actually offers a decent amount of fun once you get into it. The core gameplay loop of maneuvering planes and managing pilot skills is engaging for a while, but the age of the game is starting to show. Some of the combat interactions and RNG elements don't always make sense, leading to moments of...
10 found this helpful, 2026-03-29
Not sure I'd pay full price for Ace Patrol today even at $5, it's a decade-old PC port of a mobile game and has all the problems you'd expect from that, and a playthrough is only around 2 hours long anyway (the different nations are mostly just reskins, there's not too much depth to it). Even back then I only got it as part of a humble bundle, I doubt I would have bought the game on its own. Mobile-ness aside...
0 found this helpful, 2026-04-23
This little gem is actually quite intereresting. Made for smart phones and Tablets originally but ported to the PC and beamed into our collective HD using the magic that is STEAM Ace Patrol is about two things. Biplane Hex Combat and more importantly fun. Gameplay is basically this. You pick a nation (UK, France, Imperial Germany or America!) and each nation has a selecton of randomly generated pilots with...
96 found this helpful, 2013-11-27
63 / 100 Bland, limited & repetitive gameplay is what you can expect from Sid's Ace Patrol. I really tried to enjoy this (I put in the time!), but it has none of the 'one-more-turn' addictiveness of his other games. So why is it so bad you ask? Each map looks almost identical, graphics look like direct port from mobile platform, the mission types you can count on one hand & the game itself is very short covering...
129 found this helpful, 2014-03-14
Ace Patrol is a turn-based air combat game. If you've ever played a civilization game in your life you will instantly recognize the hex grid across which you direct your squadron. There are some really neat concepts here; each pilot has their own flight competencies which enable them to take increasingly more aggressive maneuvers. As you navigate the battlefield you must take into account all of the factors one...
28 found this helpful, 2014-12-04
Ace Patrol feels like a port of a mobile game with no challenge. In a mere hour, I blew through half of the missions. You get to see the mission grid, much like other mobile games. You get four pilots / planes and pilot them on missions. Mostly blow up other planes. Sometimes, blow up tanks or zeplins. The game is turn based and played out on a hexigrid with each plane getting a certain amount of spaces based on...
56 found this helpful, 2014-04-14
Overview: Sid Meier's Ace Patrol is essentially a table top, turn based, WW-I fighter game that's quite similar to old board games such as Avalon Hill's "Richthofen's War," GDW's "Blue Max," or Milton Bradley's "Dog Fight!." The game is designed for the casual user and can only be played in a campaign mode as the Brits, French, German or US - so there are no single or randomly generated battles, nor is there an...
8 found this helpful, 2024-01-10
Great early game but as you progress on and have some 30 missions under your belt then you will really start to wonder why you play this game. Achievements? no way unless you really like to grind. Tactics? yes sure i guess. you have a lot of moves available at this time and you use them constantly. Quite bland and does not contain the 'one more mission' -bait. I suppose this can be recommended with caveats. Know...
14 found this helpful, 2015-03-13