Warplanes: WW1 Fighters similar games & best alternatives

Warplanes: WW1 Fighters

Meta Quest 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Oculus Quest • 2021

Should you play it?

Become a pilot! Immerse in WW1 aerial combat like never before in a captivating VR experience. Be a pilot during the Great War in Warplanes: WW1 Fighters. No matter whether you prefer arcade games or flight simulators – a variety of options will let you adjust the game to your preferences.

What works

  • Immersive vr flight controls
  • Fun and accessible gameplay
  • Plane customization and upgrades
  • Multiplayer co-op and pvp
  • Well optimized and runs smoothly

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of strong narrative or story
  • Small multiplayer population
  • Some repetitive mission design
  • Motion sickness for some players
  • Limited realism in flight physics

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SimplePlanes 2

  • Guardians Frontline

  • Elite Dangerous

  • VTOL VR

  • Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion

  • BattleGroupVR

More intimate

Games that feels like Warplanes: WW1 Fighters but with more focus on close relationships

  • BattleBit Remastered

  • Guns of Icarus Online

  • Guns of Icarus Alliance

  • Nuclear Option

  • Airmen

  • Arma Reforger

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Warplanes: WW1 Fighters but with less of a community feel

  • Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades

  • AX:EL - Air XenoDawn

  • Project Wingman

  • House of the Dying Sun

  • Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight

  • AquaNox

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt

  • Warplanes: WW2 Dogfight

  • Warplanes: WW1 Sky Aces

  • Hex Commander: Fantasy Heroes

  • The Pirate: Plague of the Dead

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Warplanes: WW1 Fighters: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Domination.

Last update: 03/08/2026