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Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China

PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2017

Should you play it?

FLYING TIGERS: SHADOWS OVER CHINA is an air-combat action game based on the historical events of America’s secret volunteer squadrons that defended China against Japan in the China-Burma-India theatre of World War 2.

What works

  • Historical and unique wwii asian theater setting
  • Accessible arcade-style flight combat
  • Good graphics and sound design
  • Varied missions and aircraft
  • Controller and joystick support

Things to keep in mind

  • Short campaign length
  • Multiplayer mode often empty
  • Some control and damage model issues
  • Limited customization and cockpit views
  • Occasional bugs and crashes reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders

  • Act of War: High Treason

  • Punishing: Gray Raven

  • Battlestations Pacific

  • Battlezone: Combat Commander

  • Homeworld Remastered Collection

Less competitive

Games that feels like Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China but with less competition against others

  • Combat Wings: Battle of Britain

  • Project Wingman

  • Air Missions: HIND

  • Battlestations: Midway

  • Warplanes: WW1 Sky Aces

  • Thunder Wolves

More expressive

Games that feels like Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China but with more self-expression and customization

  • EVERSPACE™ 2

  • ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN

  • Sky Rogue

  • Warplanes: WW1 Fighters

  • Sins of a Solar Empire II

  • VTOL VR

More creative

Games that feels like Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China but with more room to create and customize

  • IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

  • AX:EL - Air XenoDawn

  • SimplePlanes 2

  • Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age

  • STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack

  • Nuclear Option

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Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Domination, Creativity.

Last update: 03/08/2026