Bomber Crew

Very fun game, Would play it daily. The only problem I came across while starting was figuring out the controls for a bit but then swiftly adjusted.

[h3] The best part about Bomber Crew is naming all of your characters after your friends and family and trying to prevent them from getting swiss cheese’d out of the sky. 3/5 [/h3] [i] On my scale, a 3/5 game is good. It is satisfying, fun, and otherwise worth the purchase price, with some caveats. [/i] The premise of Bomber Crew is quite simple: you are a squadron commander deployed to the aerial front lines of World War II. You are in charge of a bunch of fresh recruits, and your goal is to have them contribute to the war effort without turning into a casualty of war. Unfortunately for your squadron, RAF command hates your guts and is committed to sending your crew on solo missions deep into enemy lines. Why? For the “Hehe XD” I guess. So you gear up your crew of recruits, outfit your bomber, and send them off to attempt their mission. Bomber Crew looks and sounds cute, but it’s [i] absolutely [/i] [b] positively [/b] NOT a cute game. It is a game that does a surprisingly good job of emulating the demands of wartime piloting alongside the distress of sending people (in this case meeples) and machinery (a customized plane) you care about to their potential deaths. Just like in Saving Private Ryan (and wartime in general), the mission objective comes first, and your survival is secondary. The game is complicated, with a ton of moving parts. You have to balance altitude, heading, the positioning AND actions of each crew member, and the gunners’ targets, while maintaining a line of sight to your objective (and potential bonus objectives). Part of the issue with the game is that the demands on the player are intense, and it somewhat clashes with the cutesy style of the game. A lot of people might be misled by this and buy it expecting something a little more chill. Don’t be fooled: this game is intense, and you should get it if that’s what you want. If you want something more laid back, look elsewhere. Personally, I think its cute style and bright colorful animation gives it a lot of charm and allows it to (unintentionally) provide a much more sophisticated commentary on the demands and consequences of war. Just like the artistry of Studio Ghibli films, the bright saturated colors and cartoony graphics allows you to peer into the horrors of conflict without being bogged down in the intensity and viscerality of violence. Every time a crew member dies, you mourn the loss of a veteran soldier who has left a hole in your crew and your heart. You see their name added to the “Lost in Combat” Memorial, which suddenly puts into perspective all of the WWII memorials globally with little names etched into their surface. When your plane gets gunned down and goes down in flames, you are powerless to save the machine and it’s members from certain doom. And when you get ready to go on the next mission, your heart pounds with the exhilaration of anticipation, fear and excitement. War is horrible, visceral, stressful, and engrossing even in the bright colors of a whimsical cartoony video game. It’s not hard to believe how so many people return from war scarred by the horrors they have seen or scarred by the loss of those they care about in service of an outcome. Now imagine you experience those horrors [i] and [/i] you lose the war, rendering it all for naught. All the loss, pain, trauma just to live with the guilt and shame of meaninglessness. [i] Ach,[/i] heartbreaking. This, I think, impacts the game negatively in that any losses you incur in the line of duty cripple your ability to complete the later missions. Because the RAF is operating on a shoe-string budget, the loss of an upgraded plane often means duct taping a replacement together, with few (if any) of the upgrades of your previous plane. Likewise, your losses to your crew effectively kneecap your everyone else, since you ALWAYS recruit people significantly lower level than the member you lost. Your level 10 medic just so happened to somehow fall out of the plane? Now everyone else gets to suffer as a level 4 nooblet medic has to take their place. The brutality of war makes this game brutal and unfun to play at times. If you mess up once, you can enter a death spiral from which there is likely no recovery. If you lose your entire crew on the second to last mission of the campaign, you might as well pack it up since there is no way a crew of fresh recruits in a base configuration plane are completing the final gauntlet. This is a huge problem, as you then lose and have to restart the entire campaign, which can take hours. There should be a way to have your crew develop some basic AI to do certain things if they’re not actively assigned to a job as they rank up, just to take some of the strain off the player. Likewise, the game should be a little more generous with replacement crew experience levels and money for upgrades. That said, I had some amazing moments playing this game. Doing a barrel roll while my engineer (named after one of my best friends) was repairing the wing was… unwise. I once dove the plane to dodge in a dogfight right after a bombing run and didn’t pull up in time. That was ok though, because the plane has some really hilarious ragdoll physics when it crashes. I think this is a good game on sale.

this game is amazing, i love it so much, it reminds me of loving on tung tung tung sahur, this will be the best review ever. Please like my review so i can make some money from steam. please and thank you in nick eh 30 style. For the memes the streams the dreams and the ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh team.

It's actively unfun to lose crew after crew from goofy misclicks or lack of hotkeys for assigning crew to roles/returning them after $TASK is complete (like FTL). First few missions feel like inadequate prep for a sudden difficulty cliff where you set engines to Lean and when you check back in you've burnt your fuel because Boost is active for unknown reasons, or your bomber doesn't return to his position because he's standing like a doofus right next to the chair. Something something get good, but also the framework for a more fully fun game exists if the random jank and glitchiness could be fixed/removed. I think the moments of fun are worth it to some and I'm willing to improve this rating if/when I come back to this game, but many moment simply don't feel good to sink time in 2025. For all the things that need to be juggled and how janky the control are, it's astounding that you cannot pause or issue better commands.

Bomber Go boom then my game gabled with lives like in russian roulette totally recommend for the metally impared

Its got minimal storage or processing requirements it runs really smoothly and it can be relaxing or challenging depending on what missions you choose to do it also is made even better with a variety of DLC my personal favorite would be the USAAF. Highly recommended especially seeing how at the time it is 2 dollars.

✅ Positive Review for Bomber Crew Bomber Crew is an outstanding and truly unique experience that blends real-time strategy, resource management, and emotional attachment in one beautifully designed package. This isn't just another WWII game — it's a carefully crafted simulation that puts you in charge of not just a bomber aircraft, but a living, breathing crew whose lives are in your hands. 🎮 Gameplay At its core, Bomber Crew is all about multi-tasking under pressure. From managing fuel and ammo to healing injured crew members and repairing engines mid-air — you're the brain behind every mission. The game keeps you on edge with unexpected enemy attacks, mechanical failures, and high-stakes decisions that could mean life or death for your crew. And what makes it truly special is that every crew member has a name, a skill set, and a backstory. Once they die, they’re gone for good — which makes every decision hit harder. You start to care, to plan ahead, to protect your team. 🎨 Art Style The cartoonish visuals are charming and deceptive. Don’t let the friendly graphics fool you — the game can be brutal, punishing, and emotional. The contrast between the light-hearted look and the serious tone of war creates a unique balance that sets the game apart. 🎵 Sound & Atmosphere The audio design is immersive: engine roars, gunfire, radio chatter — everything contributes to the sense of being aboard a flying war machine. The soundtrack shifts perfectly between calm and chaos, keeping the player engaged and emotionally invested. ❤️ Emotional Depth The strongest part of Bomber Crew is how it builds emotional attachment. Losing a crew member feels personal. You name them, train them, watch them grow — and when they fall, it's heartbreaking. Not many games in this genre pull that off. 🏁 Final Verdict Bomber Crew is a hidden gem — smart, challenging, emotional, and full of character. It’s a game that rewards strategy and punishes carelessness, all while keeping things fun and deeply engaging. Rating: 9/10 Highly recommended for fans of tactical strategy, WW2 settings, or anyone looking for a meaningful and gripping gameplay experience.

>starts the game >gets a crew >develops a connection with the crew >progresses with the crew >gets brutally attacked in a mission >phillip ansell repairs an engine mid air while standing on wing >aircraft’s mid fuselage is nothing but bullet holes >tail gunner dies >pilot dies >continues flying because i didn’t realise shit >by the time i realised everyone was dead in the ocean >got traumatised and depressed >not wanting to play another round But 10/10 game…just need my old crew back

I love this game. Bomber Crew is a game where you operate a British Lancaster bomber from WWII. (Or in my case with the USAAF DLC, an American B-17 Flying Fortress) This game is HARD, although that could be because I'm bad at it. lol

Outstanding game, really fun to play gets a bit challenging towards the end where it can actually teach you to multitask really well, absolutely loved it.

one of the best games i have but i am to much of a wuss to do the critical missions. great game.

Very arcadey game, realism is not what this game's going either for so don't expect much from the navigation and combat. But don't let that and the cartoony graphics fool you, it can still get intense and borderline overwhelming at times, especially when you're being pummelled by like 30 different enemy fighters and AA batteries, so it's a great game to kill an hour or two

nostalgia gives me a slight positive view on this game but even if i try to ignore the nostalgia its still good because its art style is very nice, its got a good difficulty, just good game, baronvongames gave me 100% bias to this tho so take my review with a slight grain of salt

American crew dies, I get sad and don't want to continue the run because I lost the team I was attached to. british crew dies, I feel nothing, they are barely even human, meat for the grinder.

Just a fun game, though it can get a little frustrating at times

big bomb go boom = fun for cool boom boom against shit germans

best game ever well worth your money

its stress full but rewarding

big boom little plane fall

very good to goon to

Radio operator is broken (:

supar goodb game

good game

Very fun game

Very stressful. 7/10

fun

I like it when you get to make the most absurd crew gear setup known to mankind. :)

falcon 4.0 allied force cute mode

It's so fun.

good

so fun

perfection

Nothing like this out there

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