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HighFleet

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

2021 Action Adventure Indie Strategy ★ Very Positive · 88% 7,443 reviews
HighFleet

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HighFleet Ship Tier List — Best Ships and Roles Ranked

This HighFleet ship tier list ranks notable stock ships — the Sevastopol flagship, the Skylark scout-tanker, the Gladiator strike ship, the Longbow carrier and the Lightning interceptor — by how valuable each is to a campaign fleet. Because HighFleet ships are highly customizable, this ranks role and reliability rather than raw power. A strong fleet is a balanced mix: a protected flagship, cheap strike craft, and a scout to keep you fuelled and informed.

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HighFleet Strategic Guide — Navigation, Fuel and Detection

This HighFleet strategic guide covers the campaign map, where most runs are won or lost: managing fuel and money, staying hidden by controlling your radar and radio, intercepting enemy signals to find their strike groups, and using cities for fuel, repairs, parts and intelligence. HighFleet is a game of hide-and-seek. Master detection, planning and logistics, and the battles become fights you choose on your own terms rather than ambushes you cannot survive.

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HighFleet Combat Guide — Win Physics-Driven Battles

This HighFleet combat guide covers winning its tense, physics-driven real-time battles: flying with thrust and momentum, dodging with short bursts, landing ballistic gunfire, defeating cruise missiles with chaff and high-rate-of-fire guns, and exploiting the fact that armor is directional and ammunition can explode when hit. HighFleet combat is skill-based and lethal. Fight with cheap ships, target weak points, protect your flagship, and know when a nuclear strike is worth it.

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HighFleet Beginner's Guide — Survive Your First Campaign

This HighFleet beginner's guide covers the essentials that keep new commanders alive: guarding your fuel and money, staying hidden by keeping your radar off, protecting your flagship at all costs, fighting with cheap disposable ships, and using the map tools to plan every jump. HighFleet punishes mistakes hard, so the goal early on is not to win fast but to survive, learn its systems, and avoid the strike groups hunting you.

Overview

What's the Game?

Battle for survival in the skies of a mysterious future Earth in this unique action-strategy game mixing arcade combat, exploration, management and diplomacy. As giant flying ships wage spectacular aerial warfare, a prophecy tells of one who will save the world – could it be you?

A singular dieselpunk world

Command giant nuclear-powered flying warships across a hostile desert map.

Tense strategic layer

Manage fuel, stay hidden from enemy radar, and hunt the enemy by intelligence.

Physics combat & ship editor

Skill-based real-time battles and deep modular ship design.

Gorgeous presentation

Hand-drawn art, radar-screen menus and a superb soundtrack.

Honest caveats

A brutal learning curve, punishing difficulty, and a fairly short campaign.

Languages

English and Russian only; no Japanese or Korean.

Trailer

Trailer

HighFleet Launch Trailer Watch on Steam

Screenshots

Screenshots

Languages

Supported Languages

Language Interface Audio Subtitles
English
Русский

Spec

System Requirements

Windows

Minimum

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 10 / 64-bit 8.1 Processor: Intel i3-2100 , AMD Athlon 200GE Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 950 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card Additional Notes: Full High Definition (1920x1080)

Recommended

Recommended: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: 64-bit Windows 10 / 64-bit 8.1 Processor: 4 cores Intel | AMD CPU (Intel i3-8100, AMD Ryzen 3 1200) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card

macOS

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Linux

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FAQ

FAQ

A hard-to-classify dieselpunk strategy game where you command a fleet of huge nuclear-powered flying warships led by a mighty flagship. It has two layers: a strategic map where you plan routes, manage fuel and money, gather intelligence and hunt the enemy while staying hidden, and a real-time, physics-driven combat layer of ballistics, missiles and evasion. It fuses strategy, survival, resource management and skill-based action.
If you want a strikingly original, atmospheric strategy game and do not mind a brutal learning curve, absolutely — it holds a Very Positive rating on Steam and is a beloved cult classic for its art, tension and depth. If you want an accessible, forgiving or heavily tutorialised experience, or need Japanese, be cautious: it is punishing, sparse on hand-holding, and English/Russian only.
It explains little, so you learn its systems by experimenting and failing. Detection is unforgiving — a single radar or routing mistake can bring a heavy strike group down on you. Combat is skill-based and lethal, and above all, if your flagship is destroyed the run is over, so every fight and jump carries real risk. It rewards patience, planning and practice over raw force.
A single campaign is fairly short — a focused run can be measured in hours rather than dozens — but the real length comes from replaying it. The difficulty, the varied routes and fleets, the custom ships you can design and the mastery it demands mean most players replay it many times. Its longevity is in getting better, not in one long playthrough.
No. The Steam store lists English and Russian only, with no official Japanese or Korean localization, and HighFleet is fairly text- and menu-heavy, with radio messages, city interactions and systems to read. Japanese-speaking and other non-supported players should weigh the language barrier before buying, though combat is driven by skill once you learn the interface.

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