MAPS & LIVERIES – Major Update 4 Out Now + Wings of Valor News
7 days ago
– Thu, Feb 19, 2026 at 08:16:41 AM
Update the game on Steam and explore the new features! Unlock aircraft liveries (skins), build your own maps from scratch with the new map editor, play with the new RAF Debden map and expand your defenses with the Oerlikon AA gun and new lookout post.
The start of the Wings of Valor DLC – Add the Mosquito to the game!
Alongside the Major Update, we also started up the first foundation for the Wings of Valor DLC.
The DLC in its current state will add the iconic De Havilland Mosquito to the game.
This DLC is a promise we made during our Kickstarter campaign, and today marks the start of building it up piece by piece. Wings of Valor exists thanks to the incredible support of our backers and early supporters, who made it possible for us to lay the foundation for additional content beyond the base game.
Wings of Valor is now available on Steam in its current state for free for a limited time, as it currently only includes one aircraft and Ground of Aces itself is still in Early Access. As the DLC grows through future updates and receives more content, it will transition from free to paid at a later point. Releasing the DLC this way allows us to add the Mosquito already and begin fulfilling our Kickstarter promise step by step.
Every backer who has the DLC as a reward is still receiving a Steam key for the DLC via BackerKit. If you have the DLC as part of your rewards, you should receive a notification mail about that today.
Distributing the Steam keys to our backers ensures that even people can add the DLC to their library at any point, be it now or after the DLC transitions from free to paid.
Planned content for Wings of Valor includes:
Curtiss P-40 “Kittyhawk”
De Havilland Vampire
Another aircraft voted by the community (tba)
An additional aircraft selected by the development team (tba)
Digital artbook
Decorative posters
Two legendary pilot NPCs voted by the community
Spitfire Mk X livery (skin)
Note on Churchill Radio Speeches: During development, we learned that recordings of Winston Churchill’s speeches are not in the public domain and require a license for use in commercial projects. As a result, the inclusion of Churchill's radio speeches will no longer be included in Wings of Valor as originally announced. We appreciate your understanding.
Next Steps
We will monitor the feedback and work on improvements and possible hotfixes next and then continue with our roadmap towards the 1.0 release.
Thank you all for your support and patience. In this phase of development, we have to focus on the features of the main game so we can reach our milestones towards 1.0. We also have the rest of the digital rewards on our radar, and we will work towards them step by step.
Still looking for your Steam Key?
To make sure that every backer gets their rewards, we want to remind everyone how you can get your Steam key for GROUND OF ACES, in case you haven't received it yet:
You can log in on BackerKit and check the Ground of Aces survey yourself. It's possible you may still need to complete one question. After that you can use the "Get Your Digital Download" button and get to the page where you find your digital rewards, including the Steam key.
Or you can write a comment below this post. We will check for you and resend the mail manually for you.
We are aware that for some people the BackerKit notification mail didn't arrive even though we activated the reward notification for everyone. To those backers, we apologize for the inconvenience. But don't worry, BackerKit assigned all the Steam keys.
Thank you again for your support!
WARPLANS – Major Update 3 for Ground of Aces Has Landed
2 months ago
– Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 08:48:34 AM
We just released our 3rd MAJOR UPDATE for Ground of Aces! Explore the new mission map system, aerial battle animations over your base, a new AA gun and more.
Still need your Steam key?
To make sure that every backer gets their rewards, we want to remind everyone how you can get your Steam key for GROUND OF ACES, in case you haven't received it yet:
You can log in on BackerKit and check the Ground of Aces survey yourself. It's possible you may still need to complete one question. After that you can use the "Get Your Digital Download" button and get to the page where you find your digital rewards, including the Steam key.
Or you can write a comment below this post. We will check for you and resend the mail manually for you.
We are aware that for some people the BackerKit notification mail didn't arrive even though we activated the reward notification for everyone. To those backers, we apologize for the inconvenience. But don't worry, BackerKit assigned all the Steam keys and you can still get your key.
FIRST AID – Major Update 2 out now! Female Ground Crew, Health System and Hospitals
4 months ago
– Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 10:07:42 AM
Our second major update has landed! Experience a livelier world with female ground crew, a full health system for NPCs with injury, aid and recovery behaviors, and new props that let you build hospitals on your base.
Thank you for all your reports and feedback. We can't wait to hear what you think about the new features!
If you haven't already, leave a review on Steam. It helps guide new players and pushes us to make more updates and more improvements for you.
SCRAMBLE!! – The first MAJOR UPDATE of Ground of Aces is here!
6 months ago
– Wed, Sep 03, 2025 at 10:31:09 AM
The new features:
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Plane Scrambling before attacks
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Ammo Management for planes and defensive structures
- Air Crew Stats
- Air Crew Training
- Bunker Structures
Get all the details in the Steam news post here.
Flashback: What We Added Since Launch
In case you missed it: Since the Early Access launch and before the new Major Update, we’ve released several Hot Fix Updates and Minor Content Updates, and it’s been exciting to see the game grow step by step, like with these additions from the Minor Content Updates:
- #1: The RAF Coastal Command B-17 Fortress Mk.II
- #2: The RAF Mustang Mk.1
- #3: Firing Crew Mechanic & Small Hangar Doors
- #4: Map Starting Parameters
We plan for more updates in September & October, with the next major update to be released before the end of the year.
Thank you so much for all your feedback reports, survey entries, Discord discussions, Reddit posts, social media comments, screenshots, competition participations, and Steam reviews!
Another way you can help the game is to recommend it to a friend! Word-of-mouth is still very important nowadays, and your personal recommendations have more power than you think.
Rewards Status
If you are still missing the notification email from BackerKit that leads you to your Steam key: write a comment here or write us a direct message here on Kickstarter. We can check for you and send you a direct link to your digital rewards.
We are finished with the shipment of the physical rewards. The T-shirts, baseball caps, and posters (signed and without signatures) should have arrived by now. If something is unclear, don't hesitate to write to us.
Some of the digital rewards are not finished yet: “Wings of Valor DLC”, “Ingame Monument with the names of the founders”, “Design a Decal”, “You or a relative become an NPC in the game”.
We hope you can understand that we have to work through the rewards gradually while we also have to work on the Early Access version. For some of these rewards, we need to be further along in development when the underlying systems (e.g. customization of planes, NPC stats) are ready and final.
Thank you for your patience!
The B-17 Has Landed in GROUND OF ACES - Our First Content Update
7 months ago
– Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 10:07:59 AM
The B-17 Has Landed in GROUND OF ACES!
With perfect timing for the SIMFEST and to celebrate the first week of release, we have launched our first minor content update which introduces the RAF Coastal Command B-17 Fortress MK.II.
This is a special airplane because it is sponsored by a one of our backers, JJ, who helped us during the Kickstarter campaign by backing the “General - Plane Fan” pledge level.
Did you know the B-17 was also used in the RAF? During the Battle of the Atlantic, the RAF Coastal Command B-17 supported convoys that were travelling across the North Atlantic and fended off U-Boats.
A US-focused campaign is planned for later, so the B-17 may return as an official plane of the US airplane roster. But thanks to JJ, the B-17 we can already add it to our RAF roster. JJ even gave it a personal touch with nose art by the artist Ben Cantwell.
We also want to show you how such an aircraft model is made for a game. For this, we made this short behind-the-scenes video that you see here.
Thank you, JJ, and have fun with the B-17!
Now we want to see your coastal command bases with B-17s!
Ground of Aces @ SIMFEST - Discover More Simulation Games!
For the first time after the Early Access launch, Ground of Aces is part of a Steam event! Discover more discounted simulation games at the SIMFEST.
The even also includes games like The Wandering Village from our fellow Swiss game dev friends at Stray Fawn, which has its 1.0 release today! 🥳
