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Take On Helicopters

Wait56%

Mixed · 770 player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows

Bohemia Interactive · Simulation · Oct 27, 2011

Player review score
56%
Mixed
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
0
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
6
Full audio1 of 6
Subtitles0 of 6

Should I buy Take On Helicopters?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Graphics: 51 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 770 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
17% of themes are praise8% are divided75% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
38 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There is a career mode that has interesting missions and a decent believable story.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
17 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
If you want to enjoy the full experience of flying a helicopter in this game, you need to invest in a HOTAS with foot pedals (I removed the spring on my joystick to eliminate the centering mechanism as in a real helicopter --> made a huge difference!) and play it on the highest difficulty setting.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story38 reviews
Difficulty17 reviews
Divided opinion
Combat
75% still recommend
Players complain
Graphics
57% still recommend
Interface
45% still recommend
Performance
47% still recommend
Gameplay
42% still recommend
Controls
45% still recommend
Audio
64% still recommend
Optimization
27% still recommend
Multiplayer
67% still recommend
Crashes
17% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Partial Controller Support

Store features

  • Captions available
  • Family Sharing
  • Includes level editor

Platforms

  • Windows

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $3.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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