Ace Combat

The Ace Combat (エースコンバット Ēsu Konbatto; often stylized as ACE COMBAT) series is an arcade/flight simulation/action franchise created and owned by Bandai Namco Games. The series typically uses actual or prototype planes from real-life in their games, and is recognized as one of the most successful arcade flight franchises.

Currently, there are 16 games released in the franchise. Most of the games are available on PlayStation consoles, but other games have been featured on the Game Boy Advance, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, handheld consoles and Windows PCs.

Main Games

The "Main Games" in the series are console games that take place within the Strangereal universe.

Title	Platform	Year	Sales
Air Combat	PlayStation	1995	2,230,000
Ace Combat 2	PlayStation	1997	1,092,000
Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere	PlayStation	1999	1,164,000
Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies	PlayStation 2	2001	2,640,000
Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War	PlayStation 2	2004	1,802,000
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War	PlayStation 2	2006	792,000
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation	Xbox 360	2007	700,000

Secondary Games

The "Secondary Games" in the series are handheld games that take place in Strangereal.

Title	Platform	Year	Sales
Ace Combat Advance	Game Boy Advance	2005	100,000
Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception	PlayStation Portable	2006	476,000
Ace Combat Xi: Skies of Incursion	iOS	2009	N/A
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy	Nintendo 3DS	2011	N/A
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy +	Nintendo 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS	2015	N/A

Spin-Off Games

The "Spin-Off Games" in the series are games that do not fit into the same continuity as the other games. This usually means that they take place on an Earth more like ours, or do not respect the continuity of Strangereal established in previous games.

Title	Platform	Year	Sales
Ace Combat: Joint Assault	PlayStation Portable	2010	N/A
Ace Combat: Assault Horizon	PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 Windows (Steam) OUYA	2011 2013 2014	1,070,000+
Ace Combat: Northern Wings	Mobile phones	2011	N/A
Ace Combat Infinity	PlayStation 3	2014	2,000,000+

Other Games

This list of "Other Games" includes games that have been developed by Namco or Project Aces, but have not been released and/or are not considered to be an official part of the Ace Combat series, but feature some ties to the series that require their mention on Acepedia.

Title	Platform	Year
Air Combat	Namco System 21	1992
Air Combat 22	Namco System 22	1995
Ace Combat SS: The Young Yellow	PlayStation 2	Unreleased
Brave Arms	Unknown	Unreleased
The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces	Nintendo Wii	2008
Mach Storm	Arcade	2013
Galaxian Heroes	Unknown	Unreleased