# B\-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th

Summer DB entity ID: b06f42f4\-7599\-4fc3\-b3af\-2233bf7a9674

Steam App ID: 328900

The missions undertaken by the crews of B\-17 bombers during World War II are the stuff of legend\. What was it to fly through relentless anti\-aircraft fire over Nazi\-occupied Europe? What was it to have a thin layer of steel between life and death at 15,000 feet? Furiously fend off enemy fighters zipping around your plane and then precisely deliver your cargo of bombs over enemy targets?  Find out for yourself as you lead a 10\-men crew to victory\.\.\. or defeat\.\.\. against squadrons of Nazi warplanes in the legendary B\-17 Flying Fortress\!  A WWII Campaign to fight and survive through  Carry out a realistic 25\-missions tour of duty based on historically accurate scenarios and targets, or Take to the skies in "Quick Start" assignments with available Instant Action mode\. Plan real missions, select authentic flying formations, and manage both crews and bombers\. Assess your crew's strengths and skills to effectively re\-position members and cope with wounded personnel and casualties\.       It’s a 10\-men job  Take to the skies in any one of ten B\-17 Flying fortress crew positions: Pilot, Co\-Pilot, Navigator, Bombadier/Chin Turret Gunner, Radio Operator, Engineer/Top Turret Gunner, Port Waist Gunner, Starboard Waist Gunner, Ball Gunner, and Tail Gunner\! Take total control: Take\-off, land, shoot from various crew positions, navigate across a realistically mapped Europe, operate the radio, line up the bomb run, release the bombs and bail out if necessary\.       Choose your plane, choose your allegiance  Fly a variety of aircraft from the legendary B\-17 to the rugged escort fighters \- Choose between the American B\-17G bomber, P\-38 Lightning, P\-51 Mustang, P\-47 Thunderbolt, and the German Bf 109, Fw 190, and ME 262 fighters\. Yes, you can even fight "The Mighty Eight" in the role of a German Luftwaffe pilot\!       Back from 2000\!  This is the original MicroProse B\-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th, the legendary sequel to B\-17 Flying Fortress: World War II Bombers in Action\. Fly the B\-17 Flying Fortress and become a legend before your own time\!

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Wayward Design

- Publisher: MicroProse Software

- Release date: Oct 30, 2014

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Simulation

- Categories: Single\-player, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

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- Price: 799 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 90

- Steam positive reviews: 68

- Steam negative reviews: 22

- Steam positive percentage: 75.55555555555556%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-24T19:57:04\.362365\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T01:50:09\.505045\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T01:50:10\.704006\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T01:50:10\.483449\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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