Strike Fighters

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Strike Fighters is a single player shooter game. It was developed by Third Wire Productions and was released on April 26, 2017. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Dominate the skies! Modern jet fighters air combat game on the go!

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76%

Audience ScoreBased on 1,180 reviews

story15 positive mentions

monetization21 negative mentions

Realistic and authentic feel with a wide variety of historically accurate aircraft and weapons.
Good blend of arcade and simulation gameplay making it enjoyable and accessible.
Frequent updates and dedicated developer effort with detailed missions and aircraft loadout customization.

Controls are often criticized as clunky, unintuitive, or difficult to use, especially tilt and joystick controls.
Excessive grind to unlock aircraft and many core gameplay features locked behind multiple paid microtransactions.
Limited mission variety, lack of takeoff/landing sequences, cockpit views mostly paid, and somewhat repetitive gameplay.

story
133 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story and mission design receive mixed feedback, with many players praising the variety of aircraft and mission types but criticizing the repetitive, short missions lacking depth, meaningful objectives, or a coherent narrative. Users express a desire for longer, more realistic missions including takeoff and landing sequences, multiplayer modes, dynamic mission planning, and a richer storyline beyond aircraft progression. Additionally, many highlight frustrations with paywalls restricting mission customization and advanced loadouts, low mission rewards, and limited mission variety, calling for improvements to enhance engagement and immersion.
- “Lots of historically accurate aircraft and actual ordinance they carried, the flexibility of choosing whichever loadout you can carry and several mission types.”
- “The mission generator, the loadout selection, year and aircraft selections are all very nice touches.”
- “I had jets like the F35, F22, Su57, the few helicopters the game offers, naval missions and various era missions.”
- “No missions, no waypoints, no planning, no proper dog fights, no cockpit view, no radio commands, no fleet; everything that made SF2 on PC fun is stripped out here. It's just a "flight straight - press one button" game.”
- “Only gripe is that the missions are mostly just the same and there's no storyline other than the development of aircraft over the Cold War era and somewhat beyond.”
- “This probably is the best flight combat game I've ever played but only one issue: there's no introduction at the beginning of the game and there's just no story mode.”
graphics
87 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's graphics are generally praised for their realism, quality, and variety of detailed aircraft models, often compared favorably to console titles like Ace Combat. However, some users note the need for improvements in terrain detail, cockpit views, and overall visual fidelity, suggesting upgrades such as better textures, graphics settings, and smoother frame rates. Additionally, there are occasional complaints about downgraded visuals, rough ground graphics, and ads interfering with the experience.
- “The realism is outstanding and the graphics are light years ahead of the other games out there.”
- “The graphics are fantastic, and the frame rate feels smooth, some input lag though.”
- “Stunning graphics, brutally good gameplay, accurate models and amazing variety.”
- “But I don't know why they downgraded the graphics and flight physics so much.”
- “It's like Project Wingman mixed with Falcon, but with 2000s graphics.”
- “Hopeless game, waste of time. Controls are not good and graphics are very poor.”
monetization
36 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization of the game is widely criticized for being overly aggressive and expensive, with many core features locked behind multiple $4.99 microtransactions, leading to a fragmented and frustrating experience. While ads provide an alternative to grinding, their excessive presence, including intrusive autoplaying ads and gambling promotions, further detracts from gameplay enjoyment. Players feel the pricing scheme is exploitative, especially given issues like lost purchases and ads persisting despite payments.
- “I recommend getting the in-app purchases that unlock mission setup and plane armament editing.”
- “The in-app purchases are a bit expensive, but not necessary to progress.”
- “If you spend $100 in microtransactions, it becomes a good game.”
- “This would be a pretty solid game if it weren't for the horrible monetization scheme.”
- “Paid for various unlocks and ads to go and still got ads; don't pay for anything in this game as you don't get what you paid for. I'm still waiting to hear from the game maker as to why I've still got advertisements when I paid for them to be removed.”
- “Well, the main problem is that you have to pay 5 bucks just to choose your load out, which is a big feature of the game, and don't get me started on the other microtransactions that take away main features of the game. That's like playing Counter-Strike with no guns. I'm fine with a pro version that buys all the planes and gives you a few special planes for buying it. — signed an angry player”
gameplay
31 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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49%
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The gameplay is generally praised for its realistic mechanics, enjoyable controls, and variety of aircraft, appealing especially to fighter jet enthusiasts. However, many users find it repetitive, slow in progression, and overly dependent on costly in-app purchases that limit content access and customization. While controls and physics are appreciated, additions like improved HUD, mission variety, and more free features would enhance the overall experience.
- “The most realistic thing about this game is its payload of aircraft and original payload bombs and missiles. Graphics are good too. Gameplay is simple, but one thing I don't like is that you have to purchase the first aircraft before the upgraded one, which is quite costly, and the game rewards aren't that much. Overall I like the game and it's probably perfect for fighter jet enthusiasts.”
- “Stunning graphics, brutally good gameplay, accurate models and amazing variety.”
- “Excellent aircraft rendering and overall truly amazing gameplay!”
- “I see a lot of realistic missile behaviors that are not present in essentially all other mobile games, and while this game definitely has issues, primarily loadout inadequacy, poor gameplay loop and extremely slow progression, in general it's a decent game.”
- “The controls are horrible, the gameplay is boring and repetitive, everything is locked behind a paywall and even if you unlock them it would take whole months to grind.”
- “This is better than the first strike fighter game in terms of visuals and pilot profiles but the gameplay is much worse than the first one because it feels restricted only to aerial bombing missions to which you cannot rack up much points to unlock other items.”
grinding
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game features a large variety of planes, which many find rewarding, but the grinding required to unlock them is often described as excessive and frustrating. Progression can feel slow due to repetitive missions and costly paywalls, making the experience less enjoyable for some players despite its overall quality.
- “It's pretty darn good for being on mobile, one of the best, my only gripe is that I wish it wasn't so grindy to get aircraft. You have to keep playing mission after mission and try to get kills to earn a little amount of money to get the aircraft you want.”
- “The paywalls are very infuriating, and the amount of grinding you have to do to progress is frustrating. This used to be more forgivable when the original Strike Fighters games were available, but now with those removed, the grinding becomes a glaring problem.”
- “Extremely grindy and lots of paid DLC.”
stability
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game generally runs well but experiences frequent freezing and crashing issues, particularly during missions involving smoke effects or after evasive maneuvers. These stability problems have worsened for some users after certain updates or content additions, causing frustration despite the game's overall quality.
- “I've recently been having a problem where the game freezes and crashes, and this only started happening after I bought the Desert Storm pack.”
- “This game keeps crashing on me and ever since I play, it slowly freezes up on me.”
- “The game freezes up after every mission.”
music
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users have mixed feelings about the music, appreciating the cool and fun soundtrack but wishing for the inclusion of original classic tracks and more impactful sound design. Some report technical issues with music not loading, affecting the overall experience.
- “The simplicity made it fun for me, cool music and you were basically the last man standing, it felt good.”
- “Now all this game needs is awesome soundtracks.”
- “An option to hear the original classic Strike Fighters music would be nice.”
- “Also, an option to hear the original classic Strike Fighters music would be nice, as would a proper bombsight so heavy bombers can properly deliver their loads without going into a dive.”
- “It doesn't work, it just says loading data and it stays like that; no music or anything happening. I don't even know if it's loading data or not because nothing moves.”
optimization
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Optimization is a mixed aspect for this game, with significant performance issues such as low frame rates (20-25 fps on high-end devices) negatively impacting controls, especially gyro functionality. Additionally, customization features are locked behind paywalls, and aircraft performance feels poorly optimized and not reflective of their real specifications. However, some users note that graphics are decent for the release period and consider the overall performance acceptable.
- “An aircraft should fly and attack according to the predefined specifications of its manufacturer, and one cannot increase or decrease its performance with any "point."”
- “Very good performance and excellent product”
- “Basic features such as loadout customization and map/mission selection are kept behind $5 paywalls. This wouldn't be as much of an issue if aircraft loadouts weren't so boring and poorly optimized.”
- “An aircraft should fly and attack according to the predefined specifications of its manufacturer, and one cannot increase or decrease its performance with any 'point.'”
- “Performance is very lacking, getting 20-25 fps on a Galaxy S23 Ultra. Controls suffer due to the low frame rate; gyro controls do not perform well. Graphics are okay for the time of its release.”
humor
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The humor in the game is derived from its ironic gameplay elements, such as the difficulty in shooting down the J20 despite others easily targeting the player, and amusingly short timed battles like the 2-minute Time Battle mode. Overall, players find these quirks entertaining and funny.
- “It is funny though that the J20 is almost impossible to shoot down with missiles, yet everyone does not seem to have much trouble shooting you down!”
- “Very funny to play”
- “Time battle used clock time only 2 minutes, funny.”
emotional
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The emotional aspect evokes a mix of playful frustration due to unstable controls with center screen touches, yet overall delivers good, wholesome fun that appeals to most players.
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Users highlight that the available add-ons significantly enhance the game's replayability, offering meaningful reasons to revisit the experience.
- “The add-ons create real replay value.”