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Bomber Crew
Developer Runner Duck
Bomber Crew is a strategic, survival simulation video game developed by Runner Duck and published by Curve Digital. It was released on Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux on 19 October 2017. It was released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on 10 July 2018. A sequel, Space Crew, was released in 2020. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
258 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
85
LovedLoved
198 positive · 35 negative
95% range 80–89%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 198 | 35 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
7,739 of 8,902 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
85% recommend · 182 yes, 33 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 215 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (13,629 of 15,566 positive).
Players describe Bomber Crew as a stressful but rewarding WWII bomber management game. [1][2][3] Many reviewers note the game's punishing permadeath and difficulty spikes can be frustrating. [2][4][5] Some players appreciate the deep crew management and tense gameplay despite the challenges. [6][7][8]
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This is a fun game but it gets very difficult very quickly. Things just happen too fast and your crew operates at a very slow pace. Camera and interface controls are clunky. The combination of these things sucked the fun right out of the game.
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It is a very exciting WWII sim of controlling a bomber plane full of down syndrome soldiers who are slow as hell, cant do anything on their own, and aim like storm troopers... shooting knives... out of a bow. When you start doing missions and leveling your bomber and your crew. you feel unstoppable, and it feels like the most fun game you've played in a while. But then your plane goes down and you watch all of your …
- [10]
Bomber Crew is the best game I never want to play again. And I will absolutely play it again. Bomber Crew is a game that looks at joy, camaraderie, nostalgia, and World War II aviation heroism… then calmly asks how much of that you’re willing to sacrifice in a fireball over the English Channel. I love this game. I despise this game. It has become a personal enemy. If your old man was into World War II. If he watched …
- [2]
Imagine FTL meets WWII aviation, wrapped up in a deceptively cute art style. Managing your crew while getting blasted by enemy fighters, dealing with engine fires, and trying to land on one wheel creates an intense, chaotic gameplay loop. It’s a blast initially, but the punishing permadeath and repetitive mission grind can make the fun crash-land pretty quickly.
- [7]
Score - 8/10 (Recommended) I went into Bomber Crew expecting a cute, casual game without much depth but was pleasantly surprised to discover a WWII bomber crew management roguelike that often keeps you in suspense as you fly your bomber home by the seat of your pants. It's definitely a game for the engineers and tinkerers, ensuring your bomber is as effective as it can be in achieving its mission, protecting your …
Summarised from 34 of the 241 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
85% of the 215 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Bomber Crew. The complaint that keeps coming up: very difficult and punishing permadeath. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received generally favourable or mixed reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 258 · most liked first— What is the main mechanic of Bomber Crew? — Panic.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a very exciting WWII sim of controlling a bomber plane full of down syndrome soldiers who are slow as hell, cant do anything on their own, and aim like storm troopers... shooting knives... out of a bow. When you start doing missions and leveling your bomber and your crew. you feel unstoppable, and it feels like the most fun game you've played in a while. But then your plane goes down and you watch all of your soldiers die, as the plane you spent 5 hours upgrading ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ explodes. Then…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bomber Crew is the best game I never want to play again. And I will absolutely play it again. Bomber Crew is a game that looks at joy, camaraderie, nostalgia, and World War II aviation heroism… then calmly asks how much of that you’re willing to sacrifice in a fireball over the English Channel. I love this game. I despise this game. It has become a personal enemy. If your old man was into World War II. If he watched grainy black-and-white documentaries about Lancaster bombers and B-17s.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fun game but it gets very difficult very quickly. Things just happen too fast and your crew operates at a very slow pace. Camera and interface controls are clunky. The combination of these things sucked the fun right out of the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Random steam game keys, have fun: Bomber Crew: NFQ6D-ZKRZR-QEG0T Sniper Ghost Warrior 2: TNKAZ-D9Y88-HWMRR Punch Club: N70IG-FHTVH-365L3 LEGO The Hobbit: 4P8B7-NGAAT-FM25Y Farm Racing: QCDN7-J2MWQ-BPKGF
neutral · AI labelView post →I have a memorial wall to share from my Bomber Crew game 🫡😭
neutral · AI labelView post →Imagine FTL meets WWII aviation, wrapped up in a deceptively cute art style. Managing your crew while getting blasted by enemy fighters, dealing with engine fires, and trying to land on one wheel creates an intense, chaotic gameplay loop. It’s a blast initially, but the punishing permadeath and repetitive mission grind can make the fun crash-land pretty quickly.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game came out when I was ten years old. I remember watching videos of people play the campaign on Youtube for hours and I always wanted to play. Recently, I got the chance to finally get and play this game, and I felt like I was ten again. The game did not disappoint after all that time wanting to play. If you can multi-task and like WW2 bombers, I recommend this game a lot.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game I wish there were more Bomber choices and different countries and different battles. 10/10 would crash bomber again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →- I've lost four crewmembers within four hours of playing (not sure if that is good or bad) - Killed one ace - Lost three planes on the runway, lost one in emergency landing (because I lost my landing gear) - I still love this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game all fun until you realise one of your landing gear is missing Nah but fr this is such a fun game I really enjoyed it 10/10 :>
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fun to play and tough to learn. And not without it's flaws. The system of having a crew inside a bomber flying missions works really good. You have people that can do certain jobs and certain stations inside the bomber. It feels very organic. But your crew is always one or two (wo)men short. This means the secondary skills of your crew members are actually useful and you have do to some rotation inside the bomber, depending on the current circumstances. The game gives you plenty of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if this game adds multplayer if you both own usaf you get to join there loby and its a co op save and you fly in formation or this game needs to add formatons like with ai bombers but 8.5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Epi. 1 of our new series Steam Dumpster Dive is up! Today’s game is called Bomber Crew. It’s is a chaotic indie strategy game where you manage a WWII bomber crew, survive intense missions, & try not to lose everyone in the process ✈️ #steam #indiegames youtube.com/watch?v=Fv7w...
neutral · AI labelView post →We're continuing the Bomber Crew run today! We're still drafting Chat into our plane, come say hi for your name in the game! Look at that Majestic Aircraft, wouldn't you wanna be in it too?? Especially in the Super Safe 1942 Skies?? Eating Lunch and finishing my setup, then going LIVE!
neutral · AI labelView post →Score - 8/10 (Recommended) I went into Bomber Crew expecting a cute, casual game without much depth but was pleasantly surprised to discover a WWII bomber crew management roguelike that often keeps you in suspense as you fly your bomber home by the seat of your pants. It's definitely a game for the engineers and tinkerers, ensuring your bomber is as effective as it can be in achieving its mission, protecting your crew and coming back in one piece. Recommended for those that like old bomber…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →um just saying its on sale for 2 dollars just buy it its the best 2 dollars you will ever spend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game has a pretty fun coordination set. hen you first start out it can be a bit tricky to keep your crew in the right spots, and having enough ammo to keep up with the onslaught of planes. It can get a bit repetitive after a while but the learning curve keeps things interesting enough to finish the campaign. For the expansion, things get turned up a few notches, having extra crew members but without the need for manual reloading. Really loved the experience though there was another learning…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game if you are a good multitasker. It is a bit hard, and sometimes frustrating - But still i mostly enjoy the process XD. Sometimes i think the realism is a bit bad because i think to myself "EVEN I COULD BUTTER THIS EMERGENCY LANDING!" (I can't) - But in one scenario my plane loses all engines and it goes down, i select emergency landing and expect him to pull p with the speed he gained on his decent. He then proceeds to treat the plane licke a fluffing bomb and dive that sh*t…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I kept trying to give this game a chance, but I just can't stand how ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ the later main missions. Even with farmed equipment and maxed out plane, the AI is given magic bullets any time you are about to complete a mission.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i love this game by every meaning,the psychological warfare deep inside.When you have a favorite crew,that doesn't mean that they won't die.And you can't do anything to save them....And the gameplay feel very stressed sometime but it's exactly what i like. ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }---…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game, i refunded it because its not my type of game but it 100% is fun and deserves more attention edit: this game has had a copy on roblox that says its "inspired" but it is a EXACT copy of the game, the image, everything its all just 1 to 1.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Parts of the game are very fun. I'd say most of it is quite enjoyable. However, the parts where the game stumbles make it needlessly aggravating. 1. If one of your landing gear is destroyed, you are unable to land your bomber without the bomber being destroyed, meaning that you lose all of your upgrades. Depending on where you are in the game, your replacement bomber will have a random assortment of upgrades, which usually make any subsequent missions more difficult to survive. The game seems…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10/10 Lost my entire crew and bomber from pilot error. Highly Recommended.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR: Stressful fun. POV: Got this from trading away my copy of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance. My playtime is on my first and only base game campaign, I did not get to finish this got my ass handed to me mostly in fact. + Likes | ~ Mixed | - Dislikes + Gameplay loop: Going to missions from England airbase to bomb coastal/central Europe and trying to have enough gas to get your plane and crew back to England. + Stories: Every mission provides you with some silly story where the seven manned…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is such a fun game. i really enjoy the cartoony style and fun missions, and how you can change your crew members names.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →games great could use more bomber choices though and crew count but i love it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game, would suggest waiting for it to go on sale every roughly 2 months its down to like 1.99USD, i think the game is great as is, wish they wouldve added a form of multiplayer but it is what it is. i dislike how hardcore it is sometimes, very easy to lose your bomber or crew that youve spent hours grinding the money for upgrading to something you had no possibility of dealing with, such as landing at the airfield with only 1 landing gear left will kill 90% of your crew and destroy your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looks like a chill game but either i have a skill issue or this isnt a casual game cuz i cant do this xd
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good game sadly just doesnt get updates anymore but its rlly fun if you wanna play it as it allows you to customize your crew with names and such and its just rlly fun overall
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game on release back in 2017 and completed the campaign a few times over the years. Picked it up again a few days ago and the only things that I could say that would improve the game is some kind of workshop support as well as more risky high altitude missions (Flak, AA, and the mid to low level fighters should be able to attack you at high altitude). Though I doubt these will ever be added since the devs have moved on to other games like Space Crew and Badlands Crew. As for the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →extremely hard evan of 1st level. i understand difficulty spikes but this is not fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I once got this game for free around 2021 in a Humble Bundle, I played it a lot back then and I absolutly loved it, I just did not managed to finish the last mission after which I didn't really continue and moved on to other games. But on the day that I am writing this review (4th of March 2026) I picked up the game again because I saw it pop up several times online and instantly finished the last mission (you can actually see the massive date gap in my achievements because the final mission…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Trully unique game with a lovely design and easy to get-around controls, would recommend it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →CELEBRATE THE STEAM CITY BUILDER FEST WITH US! 🥳 We are giving away a digital copy of BOMBER CREW by Runner Duck 💣✈️🧑✈️ This one is not a city builder but as a strategic simulation game about bomber planes, it's also a big inspiration for our WW2 airbase builder Ground of Aces! 😉
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun concept, but ultimately the game becomes a grindfest where you do the same boring missions in order to recover your progress. Good game for a couple of hours.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First I get it start the game, doing really well, about to beat the whole campaign, but then i lose a gear, A SINGLE GEAR. and i go in for landing, the whole thing explodes, everyone dies, my whole game is ruined. If your good at keeping you gear i do recommend, if your not, i would not get the game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was pretty fun until my plane randomly blew up after I landed it. I wouldn't pay 15 dollars for this
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The perfect example to teach you that everything can go south in an instant. Your crew get shot to pieces, your engines turn into fireballs, your tail wing waves bye-bye, your plane bounces on the ground like a lego, you are kicked back to day 1 with vanilla gear and crew. All the above, happens in the blink of an eye. And you are welcome to grind for an hour before things go south, again.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fun game but it gets very difficult very quickly. Things just happen too fast and your crew operates at a very slow pace. Camera and interface controls are clunky. The combination of these things sucked the fun right out of the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bomber Crew is an exciting, in-depth management sim with a charming style that offsets the occasionally brutal difficulty of keeping your crew alive and trying to hit a target, all in real time. A rewarding upgrade cycle makes some trial-and-error frustration worthwhile, and once you get into the groove trying to save your little bomber crew people and keeping them and your plane alive and hopeful of a save return to the base after the mission Once your in the air its enjoyable...apart from…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i like it, tehy like it, everybody likes it, its jsut 2 dollars, buy it, or buy the usaff pack, very cool!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy CHOOSEday y’all! 2 stream days in a row, I spoil you! 😍 All ya gotta do is be there before I spin the wheel and redeem your game request 💙 So far we've had Bomber Crew, Batman Arkham Origins, Yakuza 0, XCOM, Dead Island 2, Titanfall 2, Creature Kitchen and Super Robot Wars 30! 🤩
neutral · AI labelView post →Looks cute but it can turn to hell really quick. You'll soon be sending your crew running around to fix this and that, and you'll see them burned or blown to bits. Very fun if you like to handle tense situations.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stressful as heck, puts critical thinking to the test, think or die is the name of the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game to all who enjoy WW2 and especially the aviation aspect
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bomber Crew is a game about managing your crew, helping with missions and can customise your bomber. These 3 points put uniqueness into the game from other WW2 simulations. this game is just amazing. the missions show how risky they are and how long the duration of the mission will be, You can manage the crews uniforms for the best survival, etc. the only thing i reccomend the developers do is to allow sharing of 'Art' thats on the wing, engine and nose via the Workshop. this will be a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun and enjoyable. It’s simple, smooth, and entertaining, with great gameplay and good vibes all around. Addictive and satisfying, I keep coming back for more. Overall, a solid game that’s fun, relaxing, and has just the right amount of challenge.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aside from my general breakdown. Today I'm streaming Bomber Crew! A game in which you are an RAF crew on a bomber taking out strategic targets and ect in WW2. www.twitch.tv/leemurweeks
neutral · AI labelView post →If you enjoyed Bomber Crew and Space Crew, the Mad Max-esque third game in the series, Badlands Crew, is free to try right now thanks to a new Steam demo. www.pcgamesn.com/badlands-cre...
neutral · AI labelView post →the management of healing you crew or putting out fires is impossible. Somtimes they just walk into the fire instead of using their fire extinguisher. Its also random if your gunners hit or not, sometimes they hit every moving object in 500 meters or nothing at all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The low poly aesthetic design of this game is beautiful and the soundtrack slaps (immerses you in the wartime period). But the real beauty is how fast your bomber mission can go from low to OFF THE SCALE cortisol when you get jumped by german fighter planes. Really teaches you to prepare for rather than react to chaos by doing small stuff like healing up your aircrew, managing fuel status, setting navigational waypoints in advance, and calling recon and fighter support as necessary etc etc. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →such a good game, but very annoying for no good reason - aburd ♥♥♥♥ just happens. i want to play this game but its just far too stupid
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It looks like a simple little airplane game, but it can drive your stress levels through the roof: managing the whole crew while gunners run out of ammo, engines catch fire, or—oops—you misclick and send the pilot to fix the wing while the plane is nosediving... You have to stay sharp; it looks easy, but I’d say the difficulty is moderate. great game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bomber Crew is a decent little crew management shooter where you simultaneously control every member of a WWII bomber on a various missions throughout the game. I've played few missions and the game definitely has some substance to it and could be really interesting for a niche player base as the game in itself is rather complex underneath the surface. I'm really not a big fan of any type of management games as I find them tiresome most of the time, but I have to recommend this game because…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah this game is not for me First problem Mobility requires navigation. Your plane has to fly in a straight line, and in order to change direction at all, you need to find a nav marker, this is mostly fine, but when you have spots where there are no markers, it makes your movement feel arbitrary. This is made even worse when you are crunched on fuel. so it seems like this Gun: We need to fly back to base Nav: We don't know where the nearest marker is Gun: We have a map and you do have a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a fun quirky little game that can suck you in and bam you've playing it for 5 hours solid.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mostly played the game on the Steam Deck and it worked flawlessly. I definitely recommend this game. Can sometimes be a bit grindy and repetitive, but the crew management and plane upgrades are very enjoyable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got soft-locked in a mission, my navigator kept going around in circles without the objectives.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is complete and utter ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, have fun managing 80 different things in the first 2 seconds of the game while stupid british crew does nothing about it. They seem to be retarded, when instructed to get ammo or get a med kit they will not. Oh and if your eletrical system goes out have fun losing your whole crew and plane becuase you crashed and died instantly.
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