ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN — Steam gift

ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN — a Steam gift to your account

Strap in and feel the sky the way only the Ace Combat series can show it. ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN is an arcade flight-action game by Project Aces (Bandai Namco), released on PC via Steam on February 1, 2019. There's no tedious hundred-button cockpit micromanagement here — you just grab a supersonic fighter, dive into thunderclouds and pull off wild dogfights over the fictional continent of Usea. We sell the game as a Steam gift, meaning a copy our bot sends straight to your Steam account.

What the game is and why pilots still love it

The seventh numbered entry takes the franchise back to its roots: fast-paced missions, charismatic callsigns, a dramatic story about the war between Usea and Erusea, and that signature sense of speed. Clouds aren't just scenery — they jam your radar, ice up your wings and hide the enemy, so flying through a storm becomes its own thrill ride. The hangar holds dozens of real and fictional jets, from the F-16 and Su-30 to laser-armed prototypes and ADF drones. Every aircraft can be upgraded and tuned to your style: some players favor long-range missiles, others love a tight close-range turning duel.

The campaign fits into a few evening sessions, but replay value comes from rank progression, aircraft unlocks and online multiplayer where real pilots dogfight head to head. It's the kind of game you boot up "for five minutes" and leave two hours later, grinning, with your ears still ringing.

The editions we offer

Every option in this listing is a complete edition that already includes the game itself. You don't need to own the base version separately — pick any edition and play.

• Standard Edition — the base ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN. Full campaign, free-flight mode and multiplayer. The perfect entry point if you just want the story and online battles without extra content.
• TOP GUN: Maverick Edition — the base game plus the TOP GUN: Maverick Aircraft Set. This set launched on May 26, 2022 in collaboration with Paramount Pictures and adds machines straight from the film: the F-14A Tomcat, the F/A-18E Super Hornet, the hypersonic Darkstar, plus "Maverick" variants with emblems, nicknames and tracks like "Danger Zone" and the "Top Gun Anthem" for online missions.
• TOP GUN: Maverick Ultimate Edition — the maxed-out bundle: the base game, the TOP GUN: Maverick Aircraft Set and the Season Pass. The Season Pass includes the ADF-11F Raven, ADF-01 FALKEN and ADFX-01 Morgan sets, three extra missions (Unexpected Visitor, Anchorhead Raid, Ten Million Relief Plan) and the bonus F-104C Avril aircraft. This is the pick for anyone who wants all the content and the biggest hangar from day one.

All the DLC content in these editions is already released and available — nothing is locked behind a future date. The full make-up of each option is spelled out in the tooltips on the "Editions" tab.

How we deliver the gift

This is a Steam Gift, not a key. After payment our bot adds you as a friend via your invite link, sends the gift, then leaves your friends list — you don't need to manually accept anything. The whole process usually takes a couple of minutes from checkout. You can accept the gift itself whenever it suits you: it lands in your Steam library like any normal gift.

Two conditions matter, because without them Steam simply won't let you accept the gift: your Steam account region must match the gift's region, and you must not already own this game (Steam refuses a gift for a title you already have). Steam Guard, however, is not required to receive a gift — it can be sent even to an account without it. Just make sure your profile settings allow friend requests.

What it runs on

ACE COMBAT 7 is light by modern standards and runs great on a mid-range PC. It supports gamepads and HOTAS sticks — the feel on a flight stick is something else entirely. It also runs on the Steam Deck and via Proton on Linux, so you don't need a beastly desktop to pull off your barrel rolls.

If you love the sky, check these out

Fans of aerial combat and arcade flight games should look at Project Wingman, a spiritual successor to Ace Combat with a similar feel. If you want more grounded military hardware in the air and on the ground, try War Thunder. And for more high-octane action from the same publisher, Bandai Namco, head to Ace Combat: Assault Horizon.

The short version

ACE COMBAT 7: SKIES UNKNOWN is pure flight bliss and spectacular dogfights with none of the tedium. Pick the edition that fits you, share your invite link and account region, and our bot drops the gift into your library. After that it's just you, your fighter and the open sky.