- #1 Echelon: Wind Warriors
97% matchMostly Positive71% of 106 reviews2014
Dev: MADia EntertainmentPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In Echelon: Wind Warriors you will discover the universe of the third millennium. This is a combat simulator involving hovering machines of the future. War is raging between the government forces of the Galactic Federation and squadrons from one of the colonies.
Why similar: Simulation 65.5%, Action 34.5%
- #2 Echelon
96% matchMixed50% of 155 reviews2014
Dev: MADia EntertainmentPub: ESDigital Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
It's the year 2351, and you're a pilot trying to rise through the ranks all the way to glory. As a member of the Galactic Federation, you'll be granted more than 20 weapons to use in each pass-fail mission. Your goal is to defend the planet from attacking alien forces, and you'll put your skills into play across more than 30 campaigns.
Why similar: Simulation 65.4%, Action 34.6%
- #3 Thunder Helix
94% matchVery Positive97% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: David Walters
Windows
Pilot deadly helicopter gunships, battle enemy forces and complete dangerous missions within a thrilling desert warzone!
Why similar: Simulation 70%, Action 30%
- #4 Gunship!
96% matchMixed49% of 93 reviews2014
Dev: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Fly low and strike deep in the re-invention of the Gunship flight combat franchise. In Gunship! Players take control one of the worlds deadliest weapons in a simulator that is unmatched.
Why similar: Simulation 66.7%, Action 33.3%
- #5 Airstrike One
95% matchMixed44% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: LillyWelland inc.Pub: Bitlock Studio
Windows
You have an unique opportunity to control a deadly fighter. To break through temporary stretches and destroy as many enemy combat units as possible. You can use a high-speed machine gun and homing air-to-air missiles. Pick up the powerups to add armor and ammo.
Why similar: Simulation 61.9%, Action 38.1%
- #6 Nuclear Option
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,793 reviews2023
Dev: Shockfront Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics on intense battlefields, facing land, air and sea threats. Wage war against AI or other players with an array of potent weapons. Wield tactical and strategic nuclear weapons, capable of annihilating anything in their path.
Why similar: Simulation 64.1%, Action 35.9%
- #7 Aerial Destruction
94% matchMixed67% of 236 reviews2017
Dev: Devdan GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Take off your helicopter and unleash destruction on the armed groups of bio-engineered mutants through various missions and environments !
Why similar: Simulation 58.1%, Action 41.9%
- #8 Vertical Strike Endless Challenge
93% matchMostly Positive77% of 225 reviews2017
Dev: Project ICKXPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
A flight-based action game designed to be easy to pick up and enjoy right away, and be playable over short timeframes. Make use of a range of weapons and achieve dangerously high levels of mobility by disabling your Alpha Limiter to spear your way through waves of enemy attacks.
Why similar: Simulation 61.4%, Action 38.6%
- #9 Remote Reaper: FPV Drone
89% matchVery Positive92% of 203 reviews2025
Dev: Vladyslav Fomenko
Windows
Ukrainian FPV drone simulator. Destroy enemy vehicles with high-precision strikes. Simulation of electronic warfare and realistic armor model.
Why similar: Simulation 86.7%, Action 13.3%
- #10 Thunder Wolves
92% matchVery Positive85% of 803 reviews2013
Dev: Most Wanted EntertainmentPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 37%
When this “wolf pack” strikes, you hear the thunder roll. The Thunder Wolves attack from the air. They are mercenaries, and the best helicopter pilots in the world. Every one of them is ready for action at all times—and ready to fight evil, wherever it lurks.
Why similar: Simulation 59.8%, Action 40.2%
- #11 Good Kill!
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: gamegine
Windows
Good Kill is an immersive FPS game where players take control of a door gunner in a military helicopter during wartime. Engage in intense combat across destructible environments, complete missions, and upgrade your helicopter and weapons to dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: Simulation 63.9%, Action 36.1%
- #12 Project Gunship
87% matchMostly Positive76% of 837 reviews2022
Dev: Sklorite Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Rain hell on the enemy from 12,000 feet in an AC-130 Gunship. Project Gunship provides an authentic and historical simulation of combat in all gunship variants from Vietnam to present day.
Why similar: Simulation 72.7%, Action 27.3%
- #13 Ukrainian Fight Drone Simulator (UFDS) - FPV drone simulator
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 364 reviews2025
Dev: SIMTECH SOLUTIONS
Windows
Ukrainian Fight Drone Simulator – Starter Edition is a public version of a leading ultra-realistic FPV drone trainer built on lessons from the Ukrainian frontline. Fly combat drones in true-to-life conditions, take on challenges, and feel the adrenaline of modern warfare.
Why similar: Simulation 65.2%, Action 34.8%
- #14 Jane's Advanced Strike Fighters
90% matchMostly Negative36% of 400 reviews2012
Dev: Trickstar GamesPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Take on the massive assault of aerial, ground, and naval forces with only seconds to decide your fate of victory or defeat.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #15 FPV Kamikaze Drone
82% matchVery Positive88% of 11,630 reviews2023
Dev: HFM Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
FPV Kamikaze Drone is a tactical game focused on FPV drones in modern warfare. Control drones in first-person in single-player and co-op, and in multiplayer play as a third-person soldier who finds and uses FPV drones during combat.
Why similar: Simulation 67.6%, Action 32.4%
- #16 Comanche
85% matchMixed55% of 383 reviews2021
Dev: NUKKLEARPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Comanche is a modern helicopter shooter set in an alternative future. Fight in the evolving singleplayer campaign, or master your skills in Conflicts missions.
Why similar: Simulation 64.9%, Action 35.1%
- #17 Air Conflicts: Vietnam
88% matchMostly Negative33% of 329 reviews2013
Dev: Games Farm
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 35%
The Vietnam War, one of the most explosive and violent wars of all time. You are Joe Thompson, an intrepid and patriotic pilot fighting to uphold the values of his country. This war will be the ultimate test for Joe and will irrevocably change his relationship with his family.
Why similar: Simulation 67.7%, Action 32.3%
- #18 Firehawk FPV: Drone Fighter
79% matchVery Positive93% of 376 reviews2025
Dev: TruePlayers
Windows · Mac
Weave through gunfire, master aerial combat, and rain destruction from above in this high-stakes FPV drone roguelike shooter. Take to the skies and rise from amateur to pro to unlock an arsenal of weapons, against endless enemies with real drone physics and controls.
Why similar: Simulation 65.5%, Action 34.5%
- #19 Copter and Sky
86% matchMixed67% of 82 reviews2016
Dev: Fly Dream Dev
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
You will control a modern RC hexacopter in different gamemodes!
Why similar: Simulation 65%, Action 35%
- #20 Narco Strike
86% matchMixed55% of 85 reviews2019
Dev: Free Initiative Games
Windows
Action game based on narco war, in which you take different perspectives of it.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #21 Air Guardians
84% matchMixed43% of 180 reviews2015
Dev: Lazy Bum Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 24%
Air Guardians is a flight combat game set in the distant future. A world government is attempting to seal their grip on power, and an air force of advanced fighter craft is called upon to fight them. Fly through several different levels, with cut scenes between missions and in game narration.
Why similar: Simulation 69.7%, Action 30.3%
- #22 Sky Battles
83% matchMixed58% of 121 reviews2015
Dev: Peter LacalamitaPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Pilot your plane and battle giant robotic monsters with unique capabilities in tenfantastic settings. Then, take to the skies in online multiplayer dogfights and showthe world who's boss.
Why similar: Simulation 51.4%, Action 48.6%
- #23 Heli Heroes
82% matchMixed62% of 689 reviews2013
Dev: Reality PumpPub: Topware Interactive
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
HELI HEROES updates the old-school "shoot'em up" arcade machine games to new dimensions on today's PCs. You command an AH-64 Apache Longbow or a Russian Hokum helicopter. The goal is to fly through various levels and carry out the mission objectives.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #24 Aircraft Evolution
81% matchVery Positive82% of 251 reviews2018
Dev: Satur Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take part in aerial battles with warplanes from different eras — from World War I to the future. Drop bombs, upgrade your aircraft, and turn enemy bases into rubble in the explosive action game Aircraft Evolution!
Why similar: Simulation 63.9%, Action 36.1%
- #25 Starway Fleet
81% matchMixed69% of 112 reviews2017
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows
Experience the heat of space combat and discover the Universe as a fighter pilot assigned to the fleet. Be the famous fighter ace, let the whole Universe know your name!
Why similar: Simulation 60.6%, Action 39.4%
- #26 Virtual Fighter Maneuvers
72% matchVery Positive95% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Boundless Dynamics, LLC
Windows
Master the art of modern air combat. Fly high performance fighter jets in intense dogfights with realistic flight and weapon physics. Duel against challenging AI opponents or compete with other players online. VR only!
Why similar: Simulation 68.3%, Action 31.7%
- #27 Death From Above: A Ukrainian Drone Warstory
74% matchVery Positive90% of 647 reviews2024
Dev: RockodilePub: Lesser Evil
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 46%
You are a lone Ukrainian military drone operator battling Russian occupation forces. Hidden deep behind enemy lines, you operate your drone to seek and destroy tanks and armored vehicles, shatter communication lines, and recover stolen goods. Slava Ukraini!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #28 Killbox
79% matchMixed69% of 75 reviews2017
Dev: Biome Collective
Windows · Mac
KillboxKillbox is an online game and interactive installation that critically explores the nature of drone warfare, its complexities and consequences. It is an experience which explores the use of technology to transform and extend political and military power, and the abstraction of killing through virtualisation.
Why similar: Simulation 62.6%, Action 37.4%
- #29 CurryKitten FPV Simulator
78% matchVery Positive81% of 57 reviews2020
Dev: Wayne AndrewsPub: CurryKitten
Windows · Mac · Linux
Take charge of a powerful and acrobatic quadcopter and learn to fly it around the mountainous landscape. Rip through the partly-constructed building site, bash into the beach ball, chase cars, or fly up close and personal with an AI plane. Play it solo, or online with friends.
Why similar: Simulation 63.7%, Action 36.3%
- #30 Putin VS ISIS
77% matchVery Positive90% of 323 reviews2018
Dev: Nikita "Ghost_RUS"Pub: Ghost_RUS Games
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 48 min≥1hr: 9%
You play for Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, and you need to save Syria from terrorists, for this you must fly and drop bombs on the terrorists.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #31 Choppa (Classic)
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 163 reviews2017
Dev: Parta Games Oy
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
You are Rick Guiver, a reckless coast guard rescue helicopter pilot. A terrible oilrig catastrophe has happened in the coast! Against your superiors' orders and better judgement you jump in your helicopter and fly to the danger zone! There's no time to lose, save as many people as you can!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #32 Battle Simulator: Counter Stickman
73% matchMixed48% of 467 reviews2023
Dev: Yurii NikshychPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 50%
The stickmen must strike at the terror enemy stickmen in this Battle Simulator
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #33 VTOL VR
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 21,178 reviews2017
Dev: Boundless Dynamics, LLC
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
VTOL VR is a near-futuristic combat flight game built for Virtual Reality. Pilot advanced multi-role jets, using your hands to flip switches, press buttons, and manipulate the virtual flight controls.
Why similar: Simulation 68.9%, Action 31.1%
- #34 Aggressor
75% matchMixed57% of 188 reviews2021
Dev: Flashpoint Studios
Windows
Aggressor is a stylized air combat shooter with a physics-based damage model. Fly the greatest planes of the cold war and bring down the enemy with an arsenal of unique weaponry in a spectacular lightshow of force.
Why similar: Simulation 63%, Action 37%
- #35 Air Missions: HIND
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 620 reviews2017
Dev: 3Division
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Air Missions: HIND is an action combat flight simulator based on the Russian Mi-24 Hind assault helicopter. You will be deployed to the battlefield either on your own or with a friend.
Why similar: Simulation 70.2%, Action 29.8%
- #36 Dogfight 1942
76% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,153 reviews2012
Dev: City InteractivePub: CI Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Piloting a wide range of aircraft, players engage in aerial dogfights and dangerous fighter missions across the major theaters of war during WWII.
Why similar: Simulation 81%, Action 19%
- #37 ASTROKILL
77% matchMixed64% of 72 reviews2016
Dev: Doomsday Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 1.9 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Focused on combat without compromising realism, ASTROKILL is a modern space shooter drawing inspiration from old-school games like TIE Fighter and Freespace 2. Players pilot fighters, gunships, interceptors, and medics (in 1st or 3rd person) from warring factions in ballistic dogfights.
Why similar: Simulation 65.4%, Action 34.6%
- #38 FPV Battleground: Combat Drone Simulator
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 131 reviews2024
Dev: Bazu
Windows
Unlike other drone sims, FPV Battleground teaches you to SEARCH and hit for targets, not race on predefined tracks. Identify weak points. Plan under electronic warfare. This is what real drone operators deal with.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #39 Fire and Steel
71% matchVery Positive84% of 250 reviews2021
Dev: Kreatin Studios
Windows
Fire & Steel is the first chapter of a fast-paced, old-school, arcade aerial shooter where you burn down the mighty armies of World War II as young Dragon Aiden!
Why similar: Simulation 62.9%, Action 37.1%
- #40 Aviator: Air Combat
70% matchVery Positive85% of 97 reviews2022
Dev: Aleksey Sidelnikov
Windows
Plunge into the world of sky battles. Pursue an enemy bomber while dodging oncoming missiles. Get your adrenaline pumping and be rewarded with a bonus level.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #41 Risky Rescue
74% matchMostly Positive78% of 410 reviews2016
Dev: Digital MelodyPub: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Risky Rescue is a demanding arcade game with flat design graphics and innovative controls. Fly a helicopter and do dangerous missions rescuing people.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #42 Police Helicopter Simulator
75% matchMixed50% of 103 reviews2018
Dev: VIS-GamesPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
With the Police Helicopter Simulator, you can now experience the daily routine of a helicopter pilot.
Why similar: Simulation 65.7%, Action 34.3%
- #43 First Strike
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,985 reviews2017
Dev: Blindflug Studios AG
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
FIRST STRIKE is a fast paced real time strategy game where you play one of the twelve biggest nuclear superpowers of the world – from known superpowers like the USA to an upstart hellraiser like North Korea – and try to be the last one remaining when the whole world blows to smithereens.
Why similar: Simulation 67.2%, Action 32.8%
- #44 Aces of Thunder
63% matchMixed58% of 1,055 reviews2026
Dev: Gaijin EntertainmentPub: Gaijin Network Ltd
Windows
Experience the thrill of aerial combat with Aces of Thunder, the ultimate flight simulation game with high fidelity graphics that looks perfect both with and without VR HMDs.
Why similar: Simulation 66.3%, Action 33.7%
- #45 Project Wingman
67% matchVery Positive94% of 21,209 reviews2020
Dev: Sector D2
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Project Wingman is a flight action game that lets you take the seat of advanced fighter jets and become a true ace. Fight in various missions and gamemodes ranging from intense aerial dogfights to large scale ground assault in an alternate scorched earth setting.
Why similar: Simulation 51.5%, Action 48.5%
- #46 Blood Strike
60% matchVery Positive81% of 17,755 reviews2025
Dev: NetEase Games
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Gather your friends and dive into the action-packed Battle Royale, Squad Fight, or Hot Zone like there's no tomorrow! Blood Strike offers a wide range of playable Strikers, each with a unique active and passive ability letting you deploy drones, shield walls and everything in between.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #47 PLANES ATTACK
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 386 reviews2019
Dev: SRS Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your homeland sky is under attack. Will you defend it?
Why similar: Action 100%
- #48 Hijong Park's Defender Patrol
61% matchVery Positive98% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Hijong ParkPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Hijong Park's Defender Patrol is a small, low-poly helicopter combat flight simulator featuring simple but fully interactable cockpit system, playable in both the monitor and Virtual-reality.
Why similar: Simulation 64.8%, Action 35.2%
- #49 MH-Zombie
67% matchVery Positive95% of 94 reviews2022
Dev: Raulworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rescue the civilians, race the clock, and raze the enemy in MH-Zombie, the world’s only helicopter arcade simulator! Three flight physics modes, three difficulty modes, and a tutorial mode provide a stepped learning curve and wider accessibility to realistic helicopter flight.
Why similar: Simulation 68.3%, Action 31.7%
- #50 AFTERBURN
69% matchVery Positive87% of 325 reviews2019
Dev: MorfeoDev
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 1.5 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Your daily dose of air combat. Super easy to pick up, minimum requirements and vibrant visuals. Setup your aircraft and jump into action!
Why similar: Simulation 67.2%, Action 32.8%
- #51 IL-2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover
71% matchMixed67% of 1,012 reviews2011
Dev: 1C: Maddox GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Join the Royal Air Force, face off against the deadly German Luftwaffe and the Italian air forces and battle for Britain!
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #52 Helicopter Simulator 2014: Search and Rescue
73% matchMostly Negative35% of 374 reviews2014
Dev: VipaGamesPub: SIG Publishing
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 22%
Become an emergency pilot and test your skills to their limits, as you sit in the cockpit of an emergency helicopter, across more than 40 challenging missions.
Why similar: Simulation 93.4%, Action 6.6%
- #53 Dogfight Elite
65% matchMixed63% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: Joaquin Grech
Windows · Mac
Embark on an exhilarating journey through history with Dogfight Elite. Commandeer the cockpit of a warplane, spearhead a tank into battle, or bravely face the enemy on foot as a resilient soldier. The battlefield has never felt this real and the stakes this high.
Why similar: Simulation 62.6%, Action 37.4%
- #54 Sopwith VR
68% matchVery Positive86% of 337 reviews2018
Dev: David Mohr Gould
Windows
Shoot down triplanes and attack tanks with your Sopwith biplane. Simple World War One flight combat simulator with touch controls, airfoil physics, computer-controlled opponents, and destructible environments, inspired by David L. Clark's classic DOS game from 1984.
Why similar: Simulation 63.7%, Action 36.3%
- #55 TOP DOG
60% matchVery Positive89% of 257 reviews2025
Dev: MorfeoDev
Windows
Dogfight your way through short, intense and randomized runs. Hard but easy to pickup, with daily leaderboards and minimum hardware requirements
Why similar: Simulation 61.2%, Action 38.8%
- #56 Vincemus - Air Combat
61% matchVery Positive86% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Virtual Convict
Windows · Mac
Fly through the theaters of World War II with fighters planes from across the world. Intercept, Raid, Defend, Survive in theatres of World War II. Vincemus is an arcade semi-realistic air combat shooter, The game is avalable on WindowsOS and MacOS.
Why similar: Simulation 63.1%, Action 36.9%
- #57 European Air War
65% matchVery Positive87% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: MicroProse Software
Windows
Take to the skies over Europe during the most dangerous days of World War II.
Why similar: Simulation 100%
- #58 Iron Wings
71% matchMostly Negative38% of 91 reviews2017
Dev: Naps Team
Windows
ARCADE-ACTION WWII air combat -Player takes on the role of the two pilots, Jack and Amelia, as they attempt to take down Nazi aerial menace across a rich campaign of missions, each with numerous objectives and enemies as well as side objectives.
Why similar: Simulation 61.7%, Action 38.3%