Exploring 50 Dead Military Games on Steam

[@persiee3176]

One youtuber was disappointed by war train too and made his own version of that game.

[@typsysquirrel_YT]

Yes Jeff

[@NobodyGoesREKT]

Yes And its free

[@halogeek6]

yes and its also fun as hell.

[@AspectBros]

i was about to say about this

[@NobodyGoesREKT]

@@AspectBros I already said this before this guy even did so, just a few hours of difference, still somehow got more popularity

[@i4i1008]

I like the way he saw the snail and went "NO, NO, NO; NOT THEM!"

[@ianNotShort]

the ptsd....

[@Savety2inspector2wtm]

@ianNotShort The snail is coming

[@0li945]

@@ianNotShorti am disappointed you didn’t try. Not even il-2 szturmovyk, which is the same thing.

[@Abdallag-k4m]

​@@ianNotShortdid you feed the snail?

[@catsmello]

​@@0li945 I'm pretty sure there are still a lot of people playing that gane

[@nightkiller9228]

You gotta be kidding me. I was just on your channel because I rewatched your amazing tanki online videos and I accidentally refreshed the website and your new video podded up. Im exited to watch it.

[@ianNotShort]

haha thanks

[@DeamonTanki]

My tanki history video is better bro , great video ian this gotta get 1m fr fr

[@Winter_Cobra]

@@DeamonTanki No one gives a sh*t bro, let people enjoy ian's videos without getting told that the channel they are watching isn't as good as someone else's.

[@xxjohn-m2u]

@@Winter_Cobra hate speec.

[@xxjohn-m2u]

@@Winter_Cobra give him f**king peace

[@NightlyWatch]

Iron front is LITERALLY an Arma Mod, which is why the weapons felt good probably.

[@FIRSTtimeGAMER22]

I thought it looked like arma alot.

[@onemorescout]

also explains all the vehicle jank he experienced

[@NightlyWatch]

@@onemorescout yepyep

[@jomni]

I vaguely remember playing and enjoying iron front. I even have an AAR in my old blog.

[@MegaMaxGamers]

it is arma 2 but really shitty lol

[@jaromirandel543]

Wings over Europe is the predecessor to "Strike Fighters" and "Strike Fighters 2", which to this day are some of the best combat flight simulators since era of DID simulators.

[@ruskiwaffle1991]

STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 MENTIONED

[@mustangrt8866]

too bad they ruined it by not adding multiplayer and private servers

[@davidmiller9485]

@@mustangrt8866 Fuck that. Not everyone wants to play with retards and xbox shitkiddies. I'll take single player every time.

[@_indig0]

​@@ruskiwaffle1991 Watch it, you got one on your tail!

[@ruskiwaffle1991]

​@@_indig0Break, he's firing!

[@Android_ELITE]

the irony of the thumbnail being modded KSP which has a notable vehicular combat sub-community is not lost on me lol

[@alannam2384]

Beast Battle Simulator use to be very famous because alot of popular youtuber played it like Pewdiepie,Jacksepticeye,LazarBeam,Etc....Its truly a hidden gem in the battle simulator genre

[@ianNotShort]

I will never be the same...

[@user-ms9vs6mq7v]

I wonder

[@theconductoresplin8092]

Attack helicopter dating simulator is definitely game of the year

[@OsinakiKun]

Noooooo...

[@L8_nght]

are you by any chance german?

[@SigmaAmerica]

BTW the snail 🐌 will find you ;)

[@Froggygameyfourtytwoey]

35:38 I would recognize that gameplay anywhere. It's an arma 2 mod no doubt about it.

[@toffee3944]

I saw the HUD and gameplay and started tweaking LOL

[@susangoaway]

@@toffee3944 you have been what?

[@BrazilianSoldier100]

It is. It was a mod that they released as a standalone game. It was supposed to "compete" with the invasion 1944 mod that was literally free. The assets are still used for WWII arma 3 missions

[@ElliottMetcalfe-b9g]

yeah i saw the side HUD

[@ryanlewis6344]

Yes! 😂 I play dayz and recognized the barns at like 36:00

[@Kenedienz]

15:30 You can't escape. You never will.

[@GERMANCHEESERAT]

you can't escape the snail the snail can only escape you (if it chooses to)

[@Cats_Elite]

the snail is always there (i have 1500 hours in war thunder)

[@ianNotShort]

the immortal snail will haunt me forever

[@defender1238]

@@GERMANCHEESERAT I escaped the snail more than once was it worth it? Yes am i willing to do it again? Maybe but for sure the worst opinion Snail still haunts me

[@joedingo7022]

@@Cats_Elite rookie numbers

[@TheIrishTexan]

Heroes In The Sky used to be playable. It was actually pretty fun. It was like an early version of War Thunder back when it was only planes, but if it was PvE instead of PvP. Though the developers stopped supporting it, left it to rot, people could still play it for a long time but eventually when they lost the website domain (that the servers and launcher were tied to) it broke the game and made it impossible to get past the launcher. So, not exactly a scam, just... a literally dead game. Not abandoned dead, but unplayable dead.

[@fischhead2]

It was really fun, since you could alter your game like you wanted it to be. Like better turnrates on Engines but slower or vice versa. Same goes for weaponry. You could drop bombs, air bombs on parachutes, rockets, guns etc. For its time it was a very large Foundation to choose from. I still miss it to this day. Unfortunatly i never found a remake or a private server. The old days... I miss them 😢

[@singithi8556]

They were early pioneers of war thunder's current community spam of anime skins

[@schnitzel_enjoyer]

27:05 No we cannot help Melody, it is beyond us. That profile picture explains everything.

[@Tsirkon]

15:30 theres also another one by gaijin: "Birds of Steel" (yes thats the name.) available on PS3 and i guess PC too? Mine is still running, its basically just 2012 War Thunder, theres not much difference.

[@baliyung3685]

Birds of steel was fun

[@pnz4aufsh]

I had it on disk xbox 360. Birds of steel and there was another birds of prey I think. A pvp birds of steel on the 360

[@HalbeargameZ]

birds of steel is pretty much birds of prey, birds of prey was an IL2 game that gaijin developed but when 1C stopped licensing the IP to them they rebranded to birds of steel

[@UnitSe7en]

Kids these days, I swear... So tired of seeing "abandoned" written in reviews of actual, finished projects. They think this trend of 'forever games' is normal; Where a game is never, ever finished and feature/content complete and if a game stops getting updates every month because it _is_ finished, it's suddenly considered 'abandoned'. "Finished" does not mean "abandoned". An abandoned game is one that is left unfinished, which is not the same as a finished game which doesn't receive updates. Which are also different concepts to abandonware, which is old software that usually for grey legal reasons is considered fiscally or otherwise valueless by it's copyright owner, if it still even has one. fml

[@soupcangaming662]

You're assuming any of these games exist, clearly. :troll:

[@sienihemmo]

Yeah we need to normalise the concept of a "finished" game again. A game that is functional and feature complete, that's just *done*. Battle passes, grindy progression, microtransactions, infinite early access and dlc's have ruined so much of the industry. The video would've been fine if it was titled as bad or unfinished games, not dead.

[@Chxrnvkna]

13:00 has got to be the best moment of this video. Apart from the first game

[@Glock9Enjoyer]

Yeah 😂

[@Chimera700]

That desert gunner gameplay really reminds me of the tank mission in Battlefield 3.

[@call_me_foe8802]

Thunder Run, yeah. See how EA blatantly copied it... or just bought their studio

[@adomasminecraftmore1592]

After 7 Months Your finally back

[@ianNotShort]

ikk

[@fuzer4047]

@@ianNotShort so will you disappear again for another 7 months?

[@niroracoon2981]

A few hours ago, i stumbled on your channel. Watched a lot of videos, saw last one was like 7 months ago. I was kinda stressing is this youtuber gone forever, then i see a new video upload xD. I love the content and editing man, keep it up. Military games aint my stuff, but your videos make it rly entertaining.

[@Leon_Portier]

Really happy to see Commanche 4, Iron Front, Graviteam and Wings over Europe

[@rickdeckard754]

Good video, I'm upvoting and commenting to help you pay that initial cost of these games. Good job man, I'm not a bot, you have a good video here.

[@Beef3D]

Yo, on the topic of game 27 "All hit all her", I recognize those assets! This game was made in a very crude development software called "FPS creator" that existed like 14 years ago. I used to tinker around in this, but it's like extremely limited in what you can do with it, because it was aimed at non-developers as a gimmick to play around with rather than an actual development software to make FPS games with.

[@MsSepik]

I thought you left yt since last video was seven months ago,good to see you back nice material as always.

[@TuckBoBuck77]

15:30 I love how you're having flash backs about War Thunder AS I'm playing War Thunder 😂😂

[@MrArgus11111]

Great video but I have one constructive suggestion: You mention games or whatever that you're going to talk about "soon" or "later" way, way too much. I understand why you would do this once or twice to keep people watching but it started to get grating. Otherwise, great content.

[@melikshah4564]

as a fellow viewer of this video I wholeheartedly agree

[@abellamark4416]

It's literally 1 am in the morning and I'm laughing at these games while you're explaining them😂, keep it up

[@deutschween]

the dogfight game was most likely an IFrame of a bad webgl game, it just looks like the domain of their website expired.

[@tonimacaroni8366]

I miss you man... Hope you're doing good, anyway awesome video :)

[@Ninjadorito4412]

@16:58 Ugggh, the Golden Sun battle music hit my nostalgia SUPER hard there.

[@BrazilianSoldier100]

27:37 - Mirage tank simulator. Nobody here but us trees! 29:40- NEVER trigger the fight of flight response from a flightless bird.

[@devil5051000]

Played so much Comanche 4 back in the days. It was a good game and fun to play but Comanche 3 did it better, especially with Comanche 3 Gold released in 1998. Graphics were the GOAT back then. Nowadays they look antique and nobody plays the game anymore. Thanks for making me feel old once more. ^^

[@Motoko_Urashima]

The reason I don't play Comanche 4 (or 3 for that matter, I have the disc), is compatibility, not because the game got boring. The closest modern thing I would compare it to would be Ace Combat, rather than, say, DCS or War Thunder.

[@Szgerle]

I love this so much, brings back all those memories about bargain bin games you got from relatives for Christmas as a kid during the 90s. And you played them anyway and 100% them because why the fuck you wouldn't, you had no internet and owned a few dozen games total, you had the time to master buggy, broken games that no one ever played and even grew to like some of them.

[@Swagmaster07]

You refunded all of these, right?

[@solokom]

... right? 😨

[@ZombieWolf2113]

I mean I could see him keeping at least a few of them, that being the ones that were at all worth keeping which there was a couple here I think

[@hipjoeroflmto4764]

Of course he did

[@hipjoeroflmto4764]

Who wouldnt just to make some content

[@SirBeepsAlot]

Not the free one

[@NASAGuitar10]

I love your content and the amount of work you put into it

[@DeuxisWasTaken]

i saw the snail comments and were like "haha whats that about, some game about the immortal snail?" and then i saw it and understood immediately. stay strong brother.

[@PotatoDoe-du1vj]

15:54 MUST FEED THE SNAIL

[@Grass-2d]

All hail the snail

[@V2ROCKET-h7l]

⁠@@Grass-2dall hail the snail

[@Pagglet]

13:00 german squidward casually saying "Scheiße"

[@zerashk]

Just watched two of your war thunder videos, like them both. And glad you're back. I'd say that was brutal of a playthrough rhere, appreciated for the reviews. The 195 game should have auto full refund button in the game.

[@her0z217]

fairly certain game 27 was made in FPSCreator, a fairly obscure (afaik) game engine that made making basic FPS games really simple. Neat to see it all these years later, this is probably the most attention any game on it has ever gotten.

[@RIPiece9]

Not gonna watch the full video before commenting but............ Amazing video

[@michigancube4240]

Iron front (game 41) seems to be literally just a standalone Arma 2 mod. Arma 2 is pretty complex since its a combat sim (and is really good in its own right if you're into that, their more modern releases like Arma 3 and most recently reforger is really fun too with huge mod scenes) so that makes sense on how its like completely lost on what to do lol, its controls are incredibly convoluted on top of that

[@Gurtanic_1912]

Oh great god hes back after the crazy ice mounten video, i thougt the snail did sth to you...

[@ianNotShort]

the snail has left permanent damage

[@Gurtanic_1912]

@ianNotShort im sorry for you

[@xenomorph5022]

ian when he learns basic strategy: "put your bowmen in the back" "put your offense units in the front"

[@chloewebb5526]

Fun Fact: The Camanche game engine was used to create the Delta Force series, which is why Delta Force has such giant levels. They use voxels to create the terrain too.

[@Kojak0]

Interesting - I actually started following Great Wars by Carolus XII on Steam and it is apparently being updated but slowly since its apparently only one guy working on it. I hope it will be worth purchasing sometime next year. For the rest, I get the impression they are works of programmng students, and I wouldn't even waste space on my SSD for any of those. Good video though - appreciate the effort and the money spent. Oh, and War Trains should be reported as a scam.

[@MrChainsawAardvark]

Crash Dive 2 is actually a pretty good middle ground between an arcade game and a sim like Silent Hunter. I'd say it is ideal for those who want an experience of WWII naval combat, without needing to actually learn how to use a electromechanical Torpedo Data Computer. It is also pretty easy to mod and set your own paramaters (like if enemy destroyers can fire torpedoes at your submerged boat.) On the comical side, there is a game called "Panzermadels!", that is similar to the attack helicopter dating simulator, just with WWII tanks.

[@aghostyboi3075]

”Wings of prey“ im pretty sure is the even earlier release of ”il-2 sturmovik:birds of prey” both made by the snail, however il-2 is actually playable on the xbox 360 rather than it’s PC counterpart. It’s also quite neat to see the progression from “il-2” to what became “war thunder” I definitely recommend playing it to anyone if you get the chance.

[@WinVisten]

I don't think you know how close to the water Ekranoplans actually fly, they only fly about 20 feet above the surface, so flying straight or turning huge circles is pretty much all they can do, but they should DEFINITELY be a lot faster than that.

[@Liam-rt5vq]

The amount of effort put into these videos! 🔝

[@salahswilh7002]

31:19 Oh the memories, I didn't play that exact iteration of Comanche,but I played the heck out of Comanche gold back in middle school...

[@GP22855]

Thumbnail is Kerbal Space Program

[@fenix2-222]

Lmao thats the only reason of why i clicked, clickbait wrked

[@esyanit]

@fenix2-222 Same lol

[@paw0960]

@@fenix2-222 same here lmao, i only found this comment because i clicked ctrl+F and looked for kerbals

[@tzeffsmainchannel]

I'm supposed to be sleeping but this video is way too funny to stop watching! 😂

[@nuclearsu]

I actually watched videos of people playing WW2 Bunker Simulator (Game 15), and Beast Battle Simulator (Game 33)!! I always wanted to play Beast Battle Simulator (Game 33).

[@waterdotzable]

Graviteam is my favorite strategy game and one of my favorite games ever. Theyre currently on mius front which gets constant updates. Absolutely brutal learning curve though

[@coolL9457]

I used to play Heroes in the Sky back in the 2000s or early 2010s at the latest. Unlocked a memory right there of me deleting new players in pvp by using an I16 with its insane turn speed! The missions were also really cool too, depending on the faction you would take opposing sides. ie allies would defend poland, france and england, while axis attack those maps. the 'world war' mode was super ahead of its time too! I imagine its under new owners and a shameless cash grab by now, but super cool to see it still even exists!

[@starkiller182]

Gotta say the guy in bunker simulator throwing his grenade an then cursing got me good.

[@crimson6362]

16:25 For Winter War i actually know the developer for it and his games are pretty good, the reason for winter war (and most of his games) aren't working at the moment is because he's currently working on a project for 3 years now called "Vietnam War", its pretty beefy im a tester myself and the 20GB space for it and a fully fleshed out minature vietnam is interesting to say the least. I just wanted to express some thoughts, Thorium (The Games Dev) has been busy with the Vietnam Project and his other games genuinely are fun to play, and he also has announced that he will make his older games workable once he finishes his main project.

[@dabbingraccoons6416]

Underrated channel

[@firun2635]

I played Comanche 2, I think, a LOT as a young teenager. The voxel graphics ones. I loved it.

[@benjaminfreeman5654]

The snail has already gotten your soul and now your information, you better run

[@Arson_Oakwood]

I had in my childhood Comanche 4 on old ACER advertisement box as demo game on a disk with other titles like delta force desert warrior and operation flashpoint, icoming or somth like this vague scifi game. Box had full game with disk key for Aquanox and some vague racing game. Being child hadn't really played much of anything and I rather got hooked on OFP and mil sims when grew up thanks to the box laying around all this time. For me seeing Comanche 4 is more literally bringing up childhood memories.

[@marksmithcollins]

2:09 Heroes In the Sky is a Korean game. It had Korean and Japanese server, but all are closed - so it is not weird you can see only one option in the selection box.

[@Teoras]

2:08 Heroes in The Sky was a real game, and it had the English language! I remember playing it as a kid. It was quite okay from what I remember.

[@kreassen6930]

Man i rememember playing this all day in my childhood. That game was warthunder before warthunder existed

[@marksmithcollins]

I feel bad he mocks the game because it has only english option. All other server (Korean/Japanese) had closed long ago.

[@tefras14]

Comanche 4! Man i missed that era. Played it when i was in high school and the game is awesome.

[@homefront1999]

Honestly, I think a WW2 / Dystopian Train Sim game could be really fun. Either set in Europe as Germany, or a made up world But the idea would be your in charge of cargo delivery during a big war. You have to manage your train's engine output, mixed with the cargo weight. But since there is an ongoing war happening, you have to arm your train. Give your train AT and AA guns, and so on. If we went to a made up world, I can see it being fun. Like a giant desert world. Having to deal with giant horrendous monsters and so on. Given a wider variety of weapon types as well. You get more money for more cargo you hold. Allowing you to buy and upgrade your train and company. Even better is if the train is fully detailed and allows you to walk around. I love the idea you set the train on autopilot, and you can go around the train and do various tasks. Have a setting of just 1 guy handling the train with futuristic technology. Gives off a dystopian feel as your all alone on this train ride.

[@r-saint]

The best thing you could do with Wing of Pray is listen to its ost, made by the same guy who wrote music for The Elder Scrolls games.

[@finnfantastico]

Iron Front is quite literally just ArmA 2 with a fresh WWII theme.

[@waterdotzable]

The worst part about iron front is it was generally inferior to the free I44 mod for arma 2

[@KibuFox]

Some context about Heroes in the Sky. Back in 2009, I was rather active on the game. At the time, the game was owned by a company called GamesCampus. GC had previously been working on a tank combat game which had more of an anime vibe to it, mixed with realistic (for the time) tank combat. However, World of Tanks released while Tank Ace was in closed alpha, and effectively ended the game before it even began. The company turned around and created Heroes in the Sky, to get away from that competition. They actually did quite well, until "War Thunder" was released in 2012. HIS lost most all of their playerbase, and was put up for sale by Games Campus.

[@Uneldo7]

All Hit All Her would probably have been a blockbuster game in 2002. Honestly really cool to see a game with such old graphics made in 2021, even if it sucks.

[@skully-st5wd]

Dogfight 1942 deserved more love, I used to love that game on my xbox 360 and it had a solid few hours of campaign

[@XboxsoldierF15]

After 7 months he finally returns

[@Godfather19704]

Bro, do you have another channel or something? Why no videos in 6 mos? Your content is the best!

[@Roundtree_stuff]

Hey I have a game like war thunder! And the other one, it’s torture, it’s called From The Depths, a building game, where you make vehicle ships all the way from battle ships, to the stupid radar craft you have to make to cargo, to tanks, to helicopters and space ships, it’s pretty hard but forgiving, so which is why I challenge you to not start on easy mode, not normal, but the hardest campaign difficulty!

[@felixbui9818]

its actually insane how someone on youtube played finnish army simulator for 10 hours straight

[@aftabmahar3449]

Try Sabers of infinity and it’s sequels, you are an officer in a light fantasy napoleonic era setting, very good world building and lots of war crimes, highly recommend it.

[@Medkirill99]

(16:35) Him: You're stuck in this screen. Subtitles: You're stuck in this scam

[@goldengodgoldengod-yj4rf]

Good vid. Keep it up

[@digggggg898]

Heroes in the Sky used to be so good it was basically war thunder air combat but less grindy in 2007. You also had to use abilities to do air maneuvers which was fun. Not surprised it’s dead though.

[@Angelthewolf]

Wings of Prey only works on console and Nintendo DS, the PC version doesn‘t work anymore because the service responsible for accounts doesn’t exist anymore

[@stralegaming2597]

You should have done T72: Balkans on Fire, it's super forgotten but it's fun with friends

[@Pagotas]

Ich liebe diesen deutschen aktzent. Gutes Video. Mach weiter so ❤

[@SockyNoob]

Decent or good games: 2:38 Battle Simulator 8:33 Combat Rush 8:57 Commander WW2 10:26 Depopulation 13:48 Desert Gunner 21:16 One Tank Army 21:49 All Hit All Her 29:18 Beast Battle Simulator 30:27 Elite Warriors: Vietnam 31:18 Comanche 4 33:34 Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China 35:25 War Birds: Dawn of Aces 39:12 Leave No One Behind

[@Философ]

12:23 Ww2 bunker simulator 16:00 Wings of prey These two should definitely be included

[@Snow-Studios]

Most of these games remind me of what my coding teacher thought me as lesson 1: if you don’t have a tutorial, no one will know how to play, and even if it looks sick, they’ll say it sucks.

[@WhatsUp-fe8jc]

Respect for using MOH Airborne music

[@snazzydazzy]

God, I LOVED 'Steel Ocean', but it stopped around 2016 or 18. Saddens me still.

[@accipiternicus]

There is a patch for the steam variant of wings over Europe that makes the game much more playable. I still enjoy it to this day!

[@blackbasilm9326]

Mate I reccomend trying Wings of Prey again, it definately still works (played it last week for the childhood nostalgia) and its like a older/worse WarThunder, but offers training/sandbox missions. I can follow up in January with how I got it to work, trust.

[@aiko_incr]

7:10 ahh that music brings me back every time to the old flash game of age of war they even made an second one wich i discovered an few months ago

[@galgalimeyes91]

the reason ace combat still top flight game

[@nausea_8]

13:00 SCHEIẞE *BOOM* ich lach mir den arsch ab 😭😂

[@BasedGrandmasKitchen]

ksp is NOT abandoned bro

[@ianNotShort]

didn't have many steam players tho :(

[@BasedGrandmasKitchen]

@@ianNotShort bro it has 2k palyers online what are u talking abt

[@V16PER]

KSP is such a W

[@Ghostytoasty1234]

​@ianNotShort that's cause a lot of people play modded lol which needs an alternative launcher

[@averiWonBTW]

ksp 2 is tho

[@Moeflyer6213]

I played Wings over Europe: When Cold War Gone Hot, it is a cheap version of Lock-On and DCS. And a lot of combat flight sim fans made a lot of mods! I enjoyed it pretty much!

[@goldengodgoldengod-yj4rf]

Yo make hidden mobile games next. Skyblaze,project mech and jet attack move needs more love.

[@pancsaer2]

They use to have Tank Life Simulator on Wild Tangent and I use to love it as a kid.

[@theconductoresplin8092]

Gimme a sec I need popcorn and a drink this is gonna be good

[@guys886]

Comanche4 was my first game i ever played, it made me fall in love with helicopters in general

[@davidmiller9485]

elite Nam.... Now that brings back memories. Back when i used to play Delta force constantly. Hard game, even has some jank towards the end.

[@implicitsky2150]

You deserve more views, sir

[@nim1839]

I spent lots of time on warbirds dogfights...it's from 2000 and got rereleased on steam ..it had nice mods for some time. It was difficult to learn but after that it was pretty fun .

[@abnwil3873]

Bro the medal of honor airborne theme in game 12 is so much nostalgia

[@crook7493]

i didnt realize it was 45 minutes long. It was entertaining