Last updated on December 1st, 2025 at 09:20 am
Strike Fighters – Action Game Review
Strike Fighters is a Action/Simulation game from Third Wire Productions, Inc., first launched in 26th April 2017.
It’s rated 12+ and currently has 387+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Strike Fighters Stand Out
Dominate the skies! Modern jet fighters flight game on the go!
Use your iPhone's tilt sensor to fly modern jet fighters and engage in epic aerial battles! Shoot down enemy air force in deadly dogfights! Dodge enemy surface-to-air missiles and lethal air defense units! Hunt down and destroy enemy ground forces using precision guided weapons!
- Straight to action air combat flight game!
- Easy controls using accelerometer (tilt sensor)!
- No cockpit view, no complex controls to learn!
- Random mission generator for infinite replayability!
- Different mission types including air-to-air and air-to-ground missions!
- Level up and earn more credits to unlock more advanced airplanes!
- In-app purchases for optional features (mission setup and custom loadout screens)!
- Unlock over 500+ combat aircraft from 42 countries! (with in-app purchases)
- Fly over 17 global hot spots, from Europe, Middle East to Asia! (with in-app purchases)
- Desert Storm 1991 US aircraft and squadrons! (in-app purchases)
- Cold War Europe 1980s aircraft and squadrons! (in-app purchases)
- Vietnam War 1972 US aircraft and squadrons! (in-app purchases)
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This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Strike Fighters is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 11th November 2025
Recent improvements include:
Adds Reinforcement Pack 15 with air forces of Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia.
Download & Availability
Strike Fighters is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
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Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
After the new update, the anti ship missions started to make the game crash.
We need to landing and takeoff from carriers and airbases.
We love this game. We have a few things to mention to the devs: 1) Please add Korean War aircraft. We loved SF Heroes. 2) Please give U.S. Air Force aircraft chaff/flares in the Vietnam campaign. They die too easily against SAMs. 3) Please give B-52 in Vietnam campaign some sort of bomb reticle for high altitude saturation bombing. It dies too easy under Angels-10. 4) Please make it so that fuel drop tanks visibly drop away rather than simply disappearing. It would look so much better. Maybe make them drop and then disappear after two seconds or so.
We remember playing the old strike fighters that included the Vietnam war, also a lot of restrictions in this game with in app purchases which makes it less fun, we miss the old strike fighters but this will do. Also lastly we dont like the robotic Ai voice lines we prefer the voice-lines recordings as they add more depth to the game.
This is a great air combat game and we like the concept. That said, the game needs some new and additional features. Some ideas below: 1. Add more helicopters: We currently only have one helicopter in the game (the Cobra). There are many helicopter gunships and attack helicopters that could be added to the various campaigns. 2. Add more campaigns: there used to be multiple strike fighters games for different conflicts (ex: Israeli wars, Korean War, etc). It would be nice if those conflicts could be added as campaigns to strike fighters 3. Add the option to takeoff and land The updates to date have mostly only been squadron packs. We would happily give 5 stars if the game could get some new features. Thanks.
When you turn on heat blur graphics in the game instead of the heat blur from the engines, its just a bunch of black squares. Alright thats all for the bugs.
Dont get us wrong we love this game as is now but it would be soo much better if they added squadron markings for other countries than the us and Britain also would love if they brought back the other versions of the game or if they just added more time frames like the Korean War and WW2 it would make the game 10 times as good.
The new update introduces something black releasing from the back of the aircraft, and the guided rockets have mostly become just another version of unguided rockets.
Title says it all. Ive loved this game for years, but this version needs to be fixed. Running on a new iPhone 16 Pro Max with current iOS.
Appreciate the sheer number of planes, missions and weapons. Dont like the in-app purchases store disappearing or the lack of skins for the F-15EX.
This game isnt bad, but we miss the old titles dearly! Bring back Strike Fighters Attack and Strike Fighters! Those games had so many cool aircraft to chose from and required only a key to unlock from watching a simple ad.
Very well made modern combat sim, the only thing its lacking are more helicopters which we would definitely fay for too access, like the Russian and nato ones.
We really love the strike mission mode; but Id like to try some of the newer aircraft on it but the mode isnt available in modern combat. Would be nice to use a kinzhal, or some storm breakers on that mode or even one of the bomber aircraft.
Fun game, Ive been playing for years. But recently, Im disappointed. They removed features that we paid for.
Potential for a banger of a game, but there's soo many in app purchases + the ui is awful and the controls on mobile are ATROCIOUS. This could be fixed by adding support for wireless controllers or just improving the touch controls.
Absolutely phenomenal to this day, but please bring back strike fighters attack.
Overall awesome game. Could you sometime add repear drones, 6th gen fighters or the b21 soon? Thank you Keep up the good work.
Since the addition of different eras and squadrons the game has been amazing and better than past years but it would be amazing if they add a Korean era and a ww2 just to give this game that extra edge.
The strike fighters series has been our favorite games to play every since the first version when it was all dogfights. We do think that the game could be a lot better by allowing players to use controllers and adding a little more time on missions. Also we do think players should be awarded with something/ anything when we have reached max level. Other than that, this is by far the only game that we do make sure we download on any of our phones or tablets.
We love this game and how much is packed into it, however we would love to see more marine skins for the f4 phantom in the Vietnam portion. We would also like to see another series inside the game such as the Yom Kippur War with the option as playing as the Egyptians and Syrians as well as the Israelis, The game does get repetitive but we think adding the ability to adjust the time limit would give the player a more controlling aspect. We also think that adding different types of aircraft shoot down animations would look really cool and more immersive then the simple animation in the game currently. A bug we would like to point out is that all planes have a slight shake in the 3rd person view. Other then that it is an excellent game that we enjoy playing.
With a manual throttle there is no way to go we to hover in the harrier and f-35b.
Its good that you guys reduced the prices but the load-out selection should be free. It would also be nice if you made the cockpit free and made a cockpit for each aircraft but we know that is a-lot of work.
Maybe consider entering the AH-1 Cobra into the 1972 Vietnam scenario with addition of USN and USMC A-1 Skyraiders.
Strike Fighters is our favorite iOS game with an excellent balance between playability, fun and realism. The historical accuracy is fantastic. It's much more than a simple video game, but is easy to learn, jump right in and play. If you enjoy flight sims you will love it. Here are suggestions for improvements to an already great game: Triangles indicating off-screen enemy units should be red for aircraft, yellow for ground units (we.e. Not all red). Make pitch-down behavior smooth like pitching up. Currently it changes direction in big, sudden chunks. Mission planning screen should remember options used in the previous mission. Don't reset each time. Add an option for more realistic (reduced) missile lethality, so early missiles miss more often (esp. Radar-guided). Also, missiles fired head-on at extremely close range should rarely, if ever, hit. SAMs should also be fired at wingmen, not only at the player, especially when your aircraft lacks decoys and ECM. "More difficult enemies" option should be even more aggressive. Bug: Acceleration model is broken for some aircraft. Example: MiG-35 at about 450 knots can (sometimes) enter a max-G climbing turn with airbrakes deployed and it will keep accelerating. Also its afterburner is overpowered. Bug: Escort missions sometimes have no friendly aircraft carrying air-to-ground weapons, so there's no one to escort. Bug: Sometimes air-to-ground mission end early when weapons remain, and some air-to-air missions do not automatically end even though all enemies are shot down and no new ones appear. It's hard to understand what the wingmen are saying. A glossary screen would help. Please add an Early Cold War module, something from Korea up through the 1970s, including US Navy aircraft. Thanks for the great game.
This game is easily our favorite iOS game. Sure you have to pay for the extra content but its easily worth it and it helps the developer add new content. Yes this game is more arcade and not a hardcore flight sim but when Im not able to play DCS this game is a great substitute.
We have played Strike Fighters from its release, and it is hands-down the best fighter pilot game we have ever played on mobile, and on par with PC games of the like caliber.
Strike Fighters is by far the best military aviation game out there, but we do have a few suggestion/requests that we would love to see. 1. BVR mechanics. The game starts you so close to enemy fighter squadrons that BVR is virtually impossible. 2. Kill stealing. Nothing is more frustrating than spending a whole minute out of your precious mission timer working your way to an enemys six before your long-awaited kill is stolen by a friendly bot. 3. In-game packs. Ive bought a few because we love the game. We were satisfied with all but one (theres so much more that couldve been done with anti-ship missions), but we feel like there are too many and they should be consolidated a bit, especially since the game gets ad revenue as well. 4. Extended mission timers, carrier ops, and dynamic missions (protect moving ground forces, strike VIP targets within a time limit etc) would be awesome. 5. Finally, helicopter and AC-130 gunship ops would be amazing. To all the people thinking about picking up strike fighters, do it. Its an amazing game. (Devs, if you could include any one of these suggestions in the next series thatd be cool).
Since the last update, ships and buildings do not appear anymore. The red target indicator is there, but thats all, the actual targets do not show up inside of them. This makes it hard for missions like Sink Enemy Ships, where choosing specific ship types for targeting is critical. Overall a great game that provides fun for years. The current game is a full realization of the potential of the previous versions, though costs quite a bit if you want to get everything. There still is a part of us that enjoys the play styles the original games brought that this version doesnt fulfill, so dont delete the old games for this one. By far and large though, this one is by far the latest and greatest of the bunch.
This is a great game with acceptional graphics and a wide variety of aircraft. We do ask that there be different view options as well as the ability to zoom in and out and look around. Fun game with a lot of potential.
Can you add Pack Israel wish list like Pack Ukraine ? Im of fan Striker Fighters and we play on Iphone, Android. We buy too much for this game but we can't buy Israel pack because our wife say:" no " :(.
Needs the Kosovo War in which Scott O Grady was shot down.
Maybe add the Iraq Air Force of both desert storm and modern day eras please? You could also add more cockpit views too, of maybe the MiG-21, MiG-29, F-35, and possibly the F-15 too! The Syrian Arab Air Force also flies the L-39 trainer/attack aircraft in real life, you could add to your rogue nations pack maybe? Can you also bring back the classic mission modes from your older, formers games? You could even redo the upgrade planes into slots under the first planes. Even skin changes slots for each plane of air forces and eras.
Great game needs more modern weapons aim-260, laser guided zuni, maybe even a couple hypersonics since we already have bombers and prototype aircraft.
Could you add all the NATO countries on here please.
If you could as the X-2, F-X, and the Mitsubishi F-1 and T-2 CCV that would be nice. If you could also add bombers from more countries other than the u.s and Russia that would also be cool. Right now though Japan is in dire need of more vehicles. Oh and if you could give the F-2 the ASM-3 Kai that would be cool.
Maybe add the Iraq Air Force of both desert storm and modern day eras please? You could also add more cockpit views too, of maybe the MiG-21, MiG-29, F-35, and possibly the F-15 too! The Syrian Arab Air Force also flies the L-39 trainer/attack aircraft in real life, you could add to your rogue nations pack maybe? Can you also bring back the classic mission modes from your older, formers games? You could even redo the upgrade planes into slots under the first planes. Even skin changes slots for each plane of air forces and eras.
Great base game but our favorite was the straight dogfighting Korean War game they had. We cant find it anywhere and we used to play it with friends and it was so fun to kill some time with. 3 stars only because we cant seem to find the one we want.
Go get another game because it has bad words in it.
The only noticeable flaw with the game is that the game cant tell a anti ground mission from an anti ship mission for the ai. We would also recommend making an F-14D [upgrade] which gives it more modern ammo such as AIM-9X and AIM-120. We would also also recommended making an AIM-152 for it as well.
F-111C for Australia as it was retired in 2011 and you have the German MiG-29 and it was retired in 2003. The F-117 for Modern USAF as it is still used today as a trainer and was used up to 2008 we believe. Most importantly a option to save a load out for a mission for example 1991 USN A-6E SWIP being able to automatically have 4 AGM-84E SLAM missiles on Strike missions if you own the Custom load-out pack. Chinese H-6 bombers. North Korea IL-28 bomber. Armed Recon for Desert Storm. Strike mission for modern era. A option to choose the hour of day. Maybe the ability to watch like 3 ads and get 100k.
The latest update (as of 4/2033) removed the $ shopping to the in-app purchases for the second time. Two reasons to knock off 2 stars off a decent game with high replayability once you pay for the mission designer.
Simply put this game is a downgrade from strike fighters attack. Whatever review you have for this game. Older releases are 2 stars better.
Almost everything is paywall, and the gameplay is both shallow and repetitive because of it. The original version was better.
The weapon customization screen is broken, we are not able to customize our load out for some reason.
Love everything from Thirdwire, but the insane cost of aircraft makes constant playing more of a chore than enjoyment. Anyway we can get more credits per mission or maybe reduce costs on aircraft.
Great game, keeps us occupied while idle at work. We've been playing for 10 years, started on our Kindle Fire. We would absolutely love to get a timeframe a little older than Vietnam back, like Korea or even WW2 so we could enjoy those older flight models again.
The older version of the game was way better. The Number #1 most frustrating aspect of this game as it is now is your own wingmen. They steal all the targets before you even have a chance to play. They spawn closer to the targets and fire off a dozen bombs and missiles before you can even get a lock on. Then If youre trying to bomb targets theyre like, Rifle, Rifle, Rifle, bombing all your targets regardless of any fighters in the area, but the second you switch to AA Missiles to go after the fighters, they're all Fox2 Fox2 Fox2!! Almost like designers did it intentionally. Very frustrating. Wish they just take the friendly aircraft out of the game.
Overall gameplay is fairly decent approximately five minutes although after every game you have to watch an ad there is a lot of woke advertising although. As well as new woke holidays .That said if you purchase the bomber back somethings not right as they dont load with weapons and instantly get a mission fail .after trying to contact the company to no avail we had to go to Apple to get our money back.
The game is excellent. Its fairly realistic and easy to learn how to play. The only thing we would really like to see are the addition of the air forces of Switzerland and Austria.
Greetings, we love this game a lot and it is super fun and pretty realistic for what it is. One thing that we would love to see a change in is making it easier to gather aircraft and easier to obtain credits. Instead of playing 60 times over and over. It would make it more enjoyable and we would love to expand our collection. If a bigger reward from battles was granted it would go a lot better. And improve the already solid game.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 8.7.1
- Size: 2,203.07 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Realistic Violence, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Third Wire Productions, Inc.
Last updated: 11th November 2025 | Genre: Action, Simulation | Developer: Third Wire Productions, Inc.