- 75/100
- Players23 ratings
- 85/100
- Critics3 reviews
More scores
- Metacritic8 critic reviews
- 75/100
- Metacritic usersuser score
- 81/100
- GameFAQsTough
- 3.98/5
- Player reviews
- 88% positive10,459 reviews
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Runs on
- Windows, Mac, Linux
- Price
- US$2.39
Where to get it
2017 · Runner Duck · Historical · Indie
Bomber Crew
Players will find themselves deep behind enemy lines, attempting to destroy their most coveted assets, while dealing with various hazards such as flak guns, enemy radar, weather and dreaded Ace Pilots.
- Released
- 2017
- Platforms
- LinuxNintendo SwitchPlayStation 4WindowsXbox OnemacOS
- Genres
- HistoricalIndieSimulationStrategyVehicular combat
- Developers
- Runner Duck
- Publishers
- Curve Games
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Third personBird view / IsometricSide view
- Themes
- ActionSurvivalBusinessWarfare
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Age ratings
- USK 12PEGI 7ESRB E10+GRAC 12+ACB PG
- Languages
- Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish (Spain)
- Time to beat
- 16hmain story26hcompletionist
About
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.
Players say
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The player gives commands to their crew and takes them through a campaign of reconnaissance, supply drops and/or bombing missions, set in World War II on the British Avro Lancaster heavy bomber, or the American Boeing B-17 with the USAAF DLC. New upgrades and equipment become unlocked, and crew members can gain new skills as the game progresses. The gameplay has been compared to FTL: Faster Than Light. The game features permadeath on the player's crew.
Reception
The game received generally favourable or mixed reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Bomber Crew: American EditionBomber Crew: Deluxe Edition
- Downloadable content
- Bomber Crew: Secret WeaponsBomber Crew: U.S. Army Air Forces
- Built on it
- Bomber Crew: Secret WeaponsBomber Crew: U.S. Army Air Forces
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Collections4 collections
Platform libraries
Genres
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