The Most Successful WWII City Builder of the Summer Gets Its First Major Update

Blindflug Studios introduces plane scrambling, ammo management, crew stats and training, and more in the biggest content update yet for the WWII base-building strategy game Ground of Aces

Zurich, Switzerland, September 4, 2025 – Blindflug Studios, the Swiss-Polish indie developer behind the WWII base-building game Ground of Aces, is celebrating the successful launch into Early Access this summer with its first major content update, aptly titled Scramble!!. To mark this milestone, Ground of Aces is now available at a 20% launch discount, the highest discount since launch.

Ground of Aces on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2308690/Ground_of_Aces/

A Unique Genre Mix of City Builder and WWII Strategy

One of the top-selling WWII titles of the summer, Ground of Aces has quickly found a passionate and growing community. Players are drawn to its distinctive combination of base-building gameplay and authentic WWII aviation themes, enhanced by an art style inspired by legendary comic books such as Biggles, Buck Danny, and Tintin.

What's New in the Scramble!! Update

The Scramble!! update introduces several major gameplay systems that expand the depth and strategy of Ground of Aces:

Plane Scrambling before Attacks: Choose which aircraft take off when the alarm sounds, sending fighters into battle or bombers to safety.
Ammo Management: Planes and defensive structures now consume ammunition, making logistics and storage critical for survival.
Air Crew Stats: Every pilot and crew member now has six skill stats that improve with missions.
Air Crew Training: Build training facilities to level up your crews outside combat.
Concrete Bunker Structures: Construct durable bunkers to protect your personnel and resources during bombing raids.

Together, these features add new layers of strategy, giving commanders more agency over how they prepare, defend, and grow their airbases.

A Major Milestone for Ground of Aces

"This is the biggest step forward for Ground of Aces since launch," says Executive Producer Moritz Zumbühl. "The Scramble!! update introduces entirely new layers of decision-making, from preparing your base for incoming attacks to training your pilots. It reflects exactly what our community has been asking for: more depth, more authenticity, and more ways to tell their own stories."

About Ground of Aces

Ground of Aces puts players in command of a WWII airbase, where they must build, manage, and lead their base through the challenges of war. Inspired by base-builders like RimWorld and Going Medieval, as well as historical strategy titles like Hearts of Iron IV, the game combines freeform base construction with aviation history. Its art style pays homage to Franco-Belgian comic books with their "ligne claire" aesthetic, evoking classics like Biggles and Buck Danny.

The main pillars of Ground of Aces:

Engulf yourself in WWII: Lead a Royal Air Force airfield during the Battle of Britain, collect iconic aircraft, and defend your base from aerial threats.
A true base-builder at heart: Design and expand your air base with complete freedom, ensuring every layout is unique.
A dream for aviation enthusiasts: Take command of historically significant aircraft, maintain your fleet, and prepare for missions.
Your crew's personal stories: Every crew member is more than just a number—witness their struggles, triumphs, and sacrifices.

Ground of Aces Website: https://www.groundofaces.com/

About Blindflug Studios

We are an indie game studio founded in 2014 by Jeremy Spillmann and Moritz Zumbühl, based in Zürich, Switzerland, and Poznań, Poland. Our mission is simple: We want to create beautiful, imaginative, and fun games that center around real-world dilemmas. We believe that games are an incredible medium for allowing players to experience the most complex of problems while being hugely entertaining too! Our first title, First Strike, a nuclear war RTS game, has been played by more than eleven million players so far. It was followed up by the critically acclaimed Cloud Chasers that explores the topic of migration, the dieselpunk action game Airheart, and the Apple Arcade launch title Stellar Commanders. With over 50 nominations and prizes at international awards and festivals, like the Best GDC Pitch and German Developer Innovation Prize, Blindflug is one of the standout indie game studios in Europe.