Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
Cover art featuring the F-22 Raptor
DeveloperBandai Namco Studios
PublisherBandai Namco Entertainment
Directors
  • Yuta Hamanaka
  • Masashi Koyanagi
Producers
DesignerShinya Hirota
ProgrammerMasaki Iwabuchi
ArtistMasato Kanno
WriterSunao Katabuchi
Composers
  • Keiki Kobayashi
  • Mitsuhiro Kitadani
  • Junichi Nakatsuru
  • Ryo Watanabe
  • Tetsukazu Nakanishi
SeriesAce Combat
EngineUnreal Engine 4
Platforms
Release
  • PlayStation 4, Xbox One
  • January 18, 2019
  • Windows
  • February 1, 2019
  • Nintendo Switch
  • July 11, 2024
GenreAir combat simulation
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is a 2019 combat flight simulation game released by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The first new entry in the Ace Combat series since 2014's Ace Combat Infinity, the game was released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in January 2019, and for Windows in February 2019. A Nintendo Switch port was released in July 2024.

Ace Combat 7's plot marks the series' return to its traditional setting of Strangereal, and follows the exploits of "Trigger", a fighter pilot who is assigned to a penal squadron following an accusation of murder, in the midst of a war between the countries of Osea and Erusea. The game features support for virtual reality, offering a set of missions developed for the PlayStation VR headset, as well as several downloadable content packs offering new missions and content. It is the first game in the Ace Combat franchise to be built on Unreal Engine 4.

Ace Combat 7 received generally positive reviews from critics and became the highest-selling entry in the series, with over seven million units sold across all platforms by January 2026.