Air Defender cover art

Air Defender

TAKE COMMAND OF THE NATION'S AIR DEFENSE The sky is your battlefield. A hostile contact appears on radar. Is it a civilian airliner off course, or the prelude to a full-scale attack? Your job is to find out…

28 November 2025

Air Defender is an indie, released 28 November 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Air Defender is

Air Defender was released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

TAKE COMMAND OF THE NATION'S AIR DEFENSE The sky is your battlefield. A hostile contact appears on radar. Is it a civilian airliner off course, or the prelude to a full-scale attack? Your job is to find out. Air Defender is a high-stakes, real-time strategy simulation that puts you in the command chair of a national Air Defence network. From a top-down strategic view, you are the unseen hand responsible for detecting, identifying, and intercepting airborne threats. This is not a dogfighting game; you are not a pilot. You are the commander with access to the capabilities of multiple roles in the bunker, and the fate of the nation rests on your split-second decisions. Analyse radar returns…
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Air Defender launched on 28 November 2025, within three weeks of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Routine, Kirby Air Riders and Marvel Cosmic Invasion.

Released around the same time: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Routine, Kirby Air Riders, Marvel Cosmic Invasion.

Screenshots

All media

Quick answers

Air Defender — frequently asked questions

When did Air Defender come out?
Air Defender was released on 28 November 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

If you like this

Games like Air Defender

See all