The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

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App ID	1704640
App Type	Game
Developer	Microprose
Publisher	Atari
Franchise	Microprose Classics, Atari
Supported Systems	Windows
Technologies	DOSBOX Emulator
Last Changenumber	27924129
Last Record Update	11 March 2025 – 23:03:04 UTC ()
Release Date	20 January 2022 – 13:54:00 UTC ()

❓ 74.19%

8 reviews

In-Game

Take command of WWII air campaigns in this classic strategy game. Manage your squadrons, set goals, plan routes on the overhead tactical map, and then head into the cockpit for side-scrolling dogfights, squadron-to-squadron battles, and eagle-eye bombing runs.

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Developer

Microprose

ReleaseState

released

Publisher

Atari

Store Release Date

21 October 1992 – 07:00:00 UTC ()

osarch

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community_hub_visible

Yes

Primary Genre

Strategy (2)

Store Genres

Simulation (28), Strategy (2)

Steam Release Date

20 January 2022 – 13:54:00 UTC ()

Original Release Date

21 October 1992 – 07:00:00 UTC () (719650800)

Store Asset Modification Time

20 January 2022 – 13:59:53 UTC () (1642687193)

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Detected Technologies (?)

DOSBOX Emulator, SDL SDK, Vorbis SDK

First seen on SteamDB

22 July 2021 – 16:55:56 UTC (), in changelist #12094101

Supported Languages

1 Languages	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	Yes

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timestamp	10 November 2022 – 22:22:19 UTC

Trailers

256867464 ↴
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Depots

ID	Configuration	Size	DL.
1704641	The Ancient Art of War in the Skies Content	4.74 MiB	2.20 MiB
1704642	Windows PC	36.08 MiB	15.62 MiB
1704643	macOS OSX	14.73 MiB	11.64 MiB

Total size on disk is 55.55 MiB and total download size is 29.47 MiB.

Total size on disk is 40.82 MiB and total download size is 17.82 MiB, when filtered to Windows, English, no DLC depots.

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Name	Description	Build ID	Time Updated
public		7092436	27 July 2021 – 05:12:27 UTC

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The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

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