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Piloting a wide range of aircraft, players engage in aerial dogfights and dangerous fighter missions across the major theaters of war during WWII.

Dogfight 1942 is a simulation, flight and world war ii game developed by City Interactive and published by CI Games.
Released on September 21st 2012 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain and Polish.

It has received 1,086 reviews of which 858 were positive and 228 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.20€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Dogfight 1942 into these genres:

Simulation Flight World War II Action Local Co-Op Local Multiplayer Split Screen Arcade Shooter Co-op Singleplayer

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Windows

OS *: Win XP SP3 / Win Vista / Win 7
Processor: Core2Duo 2.2GHz (E4500)
Memory: 1024MB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 2.95 GB
Video Card: GeForce 8600GT 256MB
DirectX®: 9.0c

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March 2025

This game is more fun than ACE COMBAT ASSAULT HORIZON. in game system is good but there are some minor bugs. The story may be slightly distorted. It is not much different from World War 2.

Dec. 2024

This game is hard to recommend as a standout title, but if it’s sitting in your backlog, it’s worth giving a shot. The gameplay is simple and something you can rush through without much commitment. Its short DLCs don’t add a lot of depth but fit the overall quick-play nature of the game. While it doesn’t offer much replay value, its low price makes it a decent pick for casual fun. It’s a cheap and easy way to pass a few hours if you’re in the mood for arcade-style dogfighting.

Dec. 2024

It seems to work perfectly on steam deck now. But make sure to setup xbox 360 controls in the initial setup menue and arcade controls in the in-game menue. It's very hard to control in simulation mode as everything is TOO responsive. If you ever played this game on playstation, arcade controls will be very familiar to you. The acting is cheesy but the game is incredibly fun. It plays a lot like ace combat. They really nailed it with the machine gun controls in this game. It's a simple, no frills action game that goes back and fourth between the USA and Britain. The expansions include the British Africa campaign and the USSR campaigns. The USSR campaign is the most enjoyable imo and probably has the best acting as well.

Sept. 2024

It's a very fun shooter. I had it on PS3 back in the day and had completely forgotten about it. Playing it now it's still very fun.

July 2024

This is a cool little game if you know what you're buying, for this is not a flight simulator. If you're familiar with Star Wars: Rogue Squadron or Jedi Starfighter you know what you're in for! This is basically a WW2 version of those games. The flying feels nice, the cartoony graphics are nice enough to look at, the game doesn't outstay its welcome as it only took me 2 hours to beat. But as such, I'd only recommend this during a sale; I paid 1,5€ for this and I don't regret it. I also must mention the sound design! Your own plane sounds a bit dull but I love the roaring of the engines when you fly near other planes. Edit: Oh, for some reason the UI is in Italian despite having set "English" in the settings. No idea why, but I managed to get through the game just fine by guessing what the UI is saying.

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