Last updated on November 30th, 2025 at 06:55 am
Tail Gun Charlie – Simulation Game Review
Tail Gun Charlie is a Simulation/Action game from Panic Ensues LLC, first launched in 1st December 2016.
It’s rated 17+ and currently has 1,172+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Tail Gun Charlie Stand Out
Man the tail gun in this WWII action/arcade shooter! Use your phone's gyroscope or touchscreen to aim your guns, and touch either red button to open fire.
Guns! Rack your twin .50-cals to defend your bomber against the ever-growing waves of Axis fighters.
Planes! Me-109s, FW-190s, Bf-110s, Me-262s; whatever the Axis can throw at you.
Lives! You only get 5. Once 5 enemy fighters make it past your defenses, it's game over for you and your flight crew.
Ammo! As in unlimited, you'll never run out! Just keep an eye on how hot your guns are; if they overheat, the enemy won't wait for them to cool down before swooping in for the kill.
This game is graphically demanding, which means it will gleefully eat your battery. Don't play if you're without a charger and waiting for that call from the hospital to let you know your new kidney has arrived.
If you're aiming using your gyroscope and it drifts out of alignment (or you want to face a different direction), just point your phone at where the "center" should be and hit the Align button at bottom left.
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Tail Gun Charlie is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 2nd August 2025
Recent improvements include:
• Support for latest OS versions
• Removed Arkade Blaster support (hardware is discontinued)
Download & Availability
Tail Gun Charlie is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Tail Gun Charlie on App Store
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:
Tail Gun Charlie is, by far, one of the highest quality, most realistic, shooter games that we have ever played! We have been playing shooter, games for years, and the realism, accuracy of point-and-shoot, and real life excitement that this game provides and generates is second to none! We highly recommend it, especially for enthusiasts of World War II shooter games! Give it a try, and youll be hooked.
This is good but it is not as good as crash dive 1/2. We still rate it 5 stars. It is like 0000000.1% less good than crash dive 1/2. If you see this review, please read our review on crash dive. (Not 2 but the original).
Good graphics and realistic aircraft. Addicting!! Great time killer when waiting for plane or train trips. Usually hand it off to a kid who is watching and let them do it.
Truly a pleasure to play both challenging and pleasantly addictive.
This game is really fun to play until it gets virtually impossible to shoot down planes.
STOP SHOWING THESE CRINGE ADS EVERY TIME we HIT PRACTICE.
Best doctors waiting room, thought diversifyer. Ive found yet.
Always different scenarios to keep you on edge. High pressure makes you have a taste of what a gunner experienced.
Cool game but very repetitive. Same thing over and over.
It was a fun game. But for some reason.. It is stuck right know and we were doing real well. Please fix this Im very upset.
We love this game and we are almost on the leaderboard, this game is so good and there is nothing wrong with it.
This is one of the best games Ive seen in a long time we dont write reviews but we had to do this one.
Lots of fun here and lots of shooting. Just what we want. Works real smooth on our iPad. You can shoot the enemy pilots that bail out, very cool. We wish there were boats to shoot at too.
This game is always challenging and fun and we have encountered no ads in our time of having it, which is more than what we can say for other games so if youre looking for a challenging yet fun game with no ads then this is the one. (You may think this is just a bot or something but trust us its not this game is just so fun.) :).
This game takes us back to the early Beachhead games of the 90s, what a blast. 1 note, sound doesnt work on any of our devices.
Excellent game , for the fast eyes , quick thinking challenging youre aiming abilities.
To us very realistic including down to the machine gun cooldown we've played many games but this one keeps you on the edge not knowing what's next in suspense.
Kills time and fun to play. Would be nice if you could add like a vibration feeling when firing the weapon and maybe hear the flight crew talking and giving status thanks.
Its a really fun game but it would be better if you could get more guns after you beat all the waves we really like this game but we would love if you add windows on the side of the wall.we always die to planes on the side.
This game has so many levels and power ups. Ive had it for over a year. One of the things we like, beside smooth game play is you can decide if to want to watch commercials to get more shields or not. Clear graphics and never lags. Also you dont have to be on line to play. Its a fun and challenging game.
This game has everything we dont know how you dont like this game but this is a game that doesnt lie and we would please like a update for deferent types of guns and not just the dual 50.cal brownie machine gun and like missile launcher or antiaurcraft gun.
We really like this game but we would love if you add windows on the side of the wall.we always die to planes on the side.
Game is awesome with exploding planes making for realistic kills. Enjoy the fun.
No complaints,no need to pay a dime to have great fun blasting away for free. Graphics are great and on our iPad its just so much fun. The sounds are even cool,great power up features as well.
We were looking for a game that was destructive and war themed and and found this game and it filled our needs:).
Its a good old fashioned turret gunner.
Simple shooter thats addictive and, most importantly, its not server dependent!! Simple, yet tense, action.
Hi we love playing this game, it is very fun to play when we have no WIFI, but we have a suggestion here it is: can you make an intro? We know it sounds like a dumb idea, but maybe you could make an intro where you get on the plane. But that is just a suggestion.
We think youve got the core of a really great game that just needs a story mode. It reminds us of into the dead app. It was fun enough, but we would only play it for short stints. Then they used it as the core of into the dead 2, which basically just wraps it in a story, and we couldnt put it down. Play the two versions if you havent already and youll see exactly what Im talking about.
We find it quite challenging and not having to deal with ads mak es it enjoyable.
Extremely difficult to control, cant make progress.
Great game and challenging too.
Lots of fun being a tail gunner! Highly recommend this game.
First time ever posting a review. Tbh its addicting, and is the perfect mobile type of game, especially if youre into old school Ariel combat.
Our favorite game! Im 60 years old and we love this game.
First review we write because this game is such a fun time waster. Ive been playing campaign mode for about a week now and so far Im at Wave 81 and Im a General of The Army (*****) five star general. The game is challenging and even if youre good you can still get swarmed. There is strategy involved as well as in what kinda power ups you should save up for and purchase (we always purchase at least two FLAK power ups to defeat the battle wave. Also you have to get good at leading the enemy with your bullets and once you get used to each planes idiosyncrasies and flight mechanics you can lead them and get critical hits each time. Do we still get times where we shoot zero planes down? Absolutely, but the fact that we lose yet still win and advance in the game makes it fun and challenging and a great recommendation for all WWII history buffs who want a lil action without too much bells and whistles.
Fun, a test of skill. While you can buy stuff, you can get war bonds to fly missions just by watching ads. Easy easy easy.
Very fun to play. Requires some skill. Not pay to win. Very good job.
Great little game, our Son and we absolutely enjoy this game,..simple yet lots of Fun. +++++.
Tgc(tail gun Charlie) is without a doubt one of the best games Ive ever played.
Amazing like so amazing its cool but on a computer its dumb Im going to play on arcade one time a day.
A terrific game with nostalgic ambiance and terrific, so far glitch free action. The only thing missing is (as far as we can tell) being able to inflict damage on the battleships below. Maybe a power up to drop a bomb or at least be able to see damage on ships? Great game.
Hands down the best shooting game out there. Realistic, fun, relatively usable for most age groups and we must say, quite realistic. Love the sound of the guns, strafing and empty casings hitting the floor. Ive flown in some old bombers and although never wanted to be a tail gunner, this is the next best thing. God bless the troops that did this to protect freedom. Thank you for making a great game – tons of fun.
Decided to try this app after its advertisement swooped through while engaged in a similar app. Anytime something occupies us intensely and makes us totally oblivious to time, we can say Im hooked. The only reason we want give it 5 stars yet is because that someone erodes the developers ability to strive to making a good app much better.
Love the game that there is no end to Iam at wave 779 on campaign so Iam thinking a tee shirt reward would be nice.
Played on a phone, this is a challenging game above lever 14. Unless you are independently wealthy we recommend sticking with the arcade play.
This game has very few glitches and is so much fun to play. We wish they would increase the difficulty level by giving more planes to combat rather than suddenly make the same plane much harder to defeat. But overall, a fantastic game. Id love to see more variety more situations different planes.
Non-intrusive ad structure. You can just play a really nicely done game.
Fun game with good physics And the best thing is that the game gives you options to watch videos and doesnt force you to And for that alone we give the game 5 stars.
It is simple in its design but a ton of fun. We greatly enjoy it. Especially on a tablet.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.6.0
- Size: 171.75 MB
- iOS: 15.6 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, PL, PT, RU, ES
- Content Advisory: Frequent/Intense Mature/Suggestive Themes, Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence, Frequent/Intense Realistic Violence
- Developer: Panic Ensues LLC
Last updated: 2nd August 2025 | Genre: Simulation, Action | Developer: Panic Ensues LLC