Birds Of Steel

In singleplayer there is a historical campaign for both the American and Japanese side. The different missions include Attack on Pearl Harbor, Battle of Wake Island, Guadalcanal Campaign, Battle of Midway, Battle of the Coral Sea, Siege of Malta, Battle for the Kuban, Port Moresby, and Ruhr. Players can pilot both fighters and bombers depending on the objectives.

Gameplay features a wide range of missions and scenarios, including patrols, dogfights, bombers escorts, or protecting ally carriers and airfields. It is also possible to change history by designing a custom military campaign with parameters such as the theater of war, year, and side of conflict to play. There are different difficulty settings, including Arcade, which makes planes easy to control with unlimited ammo and fuel, and Realistic, which demands more control from the player.

Multiplayer includes a 4-player co-operative mode or online war mode where players can compete in dogfights or capturing and holding vital air zones and airports. Players can unlock extras such as historical paint jobs, roundels, nose art, and kill markers.