Climb into a Sopwith Camel, a Spitfire, a Zero or a P-38, strafe the trenches, bomb the tanks and duel the enemy ace overhead — or stay on the ground and man a field cannon, shelling the enemy army through your binoculars. Single player, hosted games with friends, or join the public server.
Intro
Classic Dogfight, Bomber Escort and Cannon Gunner, World War I and II, in about a minute. Full HD version (84 MB)
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The Quick Start covers installing, the three ways to play (Classic Dogfight, Bomber Escort and Cannon Gunner), the controls, how scoring and the minimap work, and how to join the public server (3wcircus.com, UDP port 7778) or host your own.
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The Quick Start covers installing, the three ways to play (Classic Dogfight, Bomber Escort and Cannon Gunner), the controls, how scoring and the minimap work, and how to join the public server (3wcircus.com, UDP port 7778) or host your own.
OPEN THE QUICK START QUICK START (PDF)
What you get
- Simple, fun flying - fly, shoot and bomb with mouse + keyboard or a gamepad. Not a simulator.
- A living battlefield - two bot armies of infantry, tanks and artillery fight below you, and supply trucks, halftracks and armed cars roll out of rock caves along three winding roads that change every round; every unit can be hit, and a blue -N shows every hit that lands.
- Two ways to fight - fly as a Pilot, or choose Cannon Gunner on the side screen: aim a field cannon with the binoculars, judge the range, fire, and ride the shell to its target. Pilots and gunners fight the same battle, in single player and online.
- Two wars - five WWI aircraft (Sopwith Camel, Nieuport 10, Royal Biplane, Fokker Dr.I, Aviatik D.I) and a full World War II edition: Spitfire, P-51 Mustang, P-38 Lightning, Bf 109, A6M Zero and the jet Me 262, with American and German armies, Howitzers, gunned heavy bombers and burning wrecks. Switch wars from the title screen.
- Bomber Escort - a second kind of round for single player, hosted games and the dedicated server: escort a stream of airships (WWI) or B-17s (WWII) across a 3.6 km battlefield to a German city defended by anti-aircraft cannons, fight off the fighters that hunt them, and score for every kill plus a shared bonus for every building flattened and every bomber that survives.
- Multiplayer - host from the menu, join by address, or drop into the dedicated server. Lobby, chat, scoreboard and spectate mode included.
- Bots fill the seats - there is always a fight, whether you are alone or with friends.
- Made for gamepads too - triggers can set your speed, a one-click trigger set-up, a controller sensitivity slider, and every button rebindable.
- Mute and Boss - two checkboxes in the corner of every screen: silence the game, or hide it behind a spreadsheet. A throwback.
Screenshots
Already installed? The game checks for updates when it starts and before you join a server, and updates itself with one click.
Mac: unzip, then right-click WWFlyers.app and choose Open the first time (the app is not notarized yet).
Windows may show a SmartScreen notice the first time: More info → Run anyway. The installer is code-signed.