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Heli Heroes
Developer Reality Pump
HELI HEROES updates the old-school "shoot'em up" arcade machine games to new dimensions on today's PCs. You command an AH-64 Apache Longbow or a Russian Hokum helicopter. The goal is to fly through various levels and carry out the mission objectives. From the Steam store page
162 reactions from 1 source (Steam reviews) · newest Sep 4, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
75
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121 positive · 41 negative
95% range 67–81%
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Steam's own rating
Mixed
426 of 688 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 162 · most liked firstNice game, such an old memories
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will leave this cat here, so that everybody who passes by can pet it ／＞ フ | _ _ l ／` ミ＿xノ / | / ヽ ﾉ │ | | | ／￣| | | | | (￣ヽ＿_ヽ_)__) ＼二つ
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Meh pretty weak shooter imo.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Those older games are always hit or miss. When launching you always prepare for controls to not work as expected, in this case press right shift to shoot and maneuver with arrows *sigh*. Plays like a top down shooter. Gameplay was probably ok back in the day, now it's clunky. Some training missions must be completed first in order to get into normal missions. What else to say? Steer away and play something at least decent.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Eh... Ok. This is a rail-based arcade-like shooter. The graphics are decent for the time. The music is also decent. The story is generic and sooo old. No bugs or crashes. Works fine on Win 7. Overall, it's entertaining. The controls are very simple and you can change the keys. It's not too long, you can finish it in a single sit but some people might get dizzy cause this is round and round. Honestly, it's not much of a challenge. Very casual game. It includes cards and is a cheap one.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I keep spamming CTRL and SHIFT and stuff blows up. I bet this was very entertaining back in 2002.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TRADİNG CARDS !!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Follow our [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36214917/]Curator Group for more reviews Heli Heroes is a generic on rails shoot 'em up. The controls are okay, the gameplay is boring, and there is no reason for it to exist. It's an extremely simple genre, so differentiating itself from the pack generally relies on execution and polish, rather than new game mechanics or concepts. Heli Heroes impressively fails to do both. It's an overall okay game, but the genre has many games that are…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heli Heroes is an action-packed top-down shooter game where you move over a landscape shooting all your targets, collect loot, rinse and repeat. Honestly only the opening intro was the most eye-catching part of the game. The game-play itself doesn't come even close to the short film we see upon starting the game. You have the option to pick between 2 helicopters, difficulty as well as mission. Your survival depends on your HG gauge and completing the mission. All the boss fight plays out as a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My gambling addict friend said if I post a review on this game and it gets 150 likes and 50 Awards that he will buy me a case of beer and some vodka So im just gonna leave this here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Im only dissapointed, becuase the game is not what I expected to be. I expected it to be similar to an old DOS game called Seek and Destroy, but this is far away from it. No open world, you have to go the direction of the camera at your pace and there is auto aiming. No free play, no challenge, no fun. Cheap old game, that needs to be set to compatibily mode for Win7 to run. Yeah, the quality of my mentioned game from 1993 is far far better. One more thing, I hate the circling animation in the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →big fat no. old game. graphics old. play sucks. annoying voice overs. don't bother, even if free.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Garbage tier, thanks humble bundle.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very hard to install / run. The game is in whole random language, and you can't write the serial number for some reason. The start screen where you are supposed to write the code gives you dizziness and headache, because there the camera spins around a helicopter 1000km/h. Only good thing I noticed, was this: My fps was 410.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got in a helicopter for a chill flight turned out it was a flying gun with a joystick now I shoot enemies and yell like at a soccer match even my cat claps from the windowsill.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible, wooden game. Nothing to add.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game just wasn't great when it came out. You could find better 2002 games at the time. So: Heli Heroes was quite mediocre back then. And that makes it a lil weak in the present day. Sure, there might perhaps be nostalgia in here. There might be a fan from 2002, who wants it. But most people probably won't enjoy it much. The visuals, audio, controls... It's all quite weak. Especially the controls. The camera is also bad. It's not pleasant to play this game, It's horrible. The camera keeps…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Score: 3.5/10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ~ DIFFICULTY ~ ✅ My grandma could play it ✅ Easy ✅ Normal 🔲Hard 🔲 A challenge to be reckoned 🔲In the heat of confrontation, (Only PVP games) ~ GRAPHICS ~ 🔲 MS Paint ✅ Bad 🔲 Meh 🔲 Normal 🔲Very Good 🔲 An original artistic direction 🔲 Beautiful 🔲 Masterpiece ~ STORY ~ ✅ This game has no story 🔲 Basic element of the contractual requirements 🔲It's there for people who want it 🔲 Well written 🔲 Leading to more in-depth researches/thoughts 🔲 A model to get inspired…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh yea, this game really updates the og feeling of the arcade games I played! I have to say that today's PCs can run this AAA game title perfectly fine. The game offers two great helicopters, the physics are very good and it feels like a real heli. The level was good in my opinion and I could have played even longer but I ran out of levels, sadly. I really liked the main menu, the spinning animation was smooth and gave me a good look of the helicopter I would later fly! The downloadable…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Doesn't launch on W10.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tbh I do like this kind of game, but the combination of "old-school" graphic and camera view that always spinning around makes me dizzy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not even downloaded this game. Actually I've bought it for Steam trading cards. According to what I've found in steam.tools, This ♥♥♥♥ is a cheap choice for trading cards: Set price Card Avg Booster 0.3$ 0.05$ 40% Tho, If you want to just level up your steam account with low money, It's good choice. If you care about rewards by crafting badges, There might be better games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okay for an hour until you realize you've already seen everything the game has to offer. Skip.
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negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Keep spamming F8 key if you're stuck in your base at start of the level.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heli Heroes is an arcade-style helicopter shooter developed by Reality Pump Studios and published by TopWare Interactive. Originally released in the early 2000s and later distributed digitally on Steam, the game aims to recreate the straightforward excitement of classic arcade shooters while presenting the action in a fully three-dimensional environment. Instead of emphasizing detailed flight simulation or realistic aircraft controls, the game focuses on accessible gameplay built around…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game stills give as much fun as a kid. I played this when i was maybe 6-8, now i'm almost 30 and i still think this is great game, without looking just by nostalgia. The fact that game runs almost perfectly on modern software with 1440p Is Amazing. This game has a soul. Only problem is, this game is meant for 4:3 so it cuts a bit of further distance for bossfights etc. But You can play in 4:3 :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Somehow the new graphics don't work for me. But oh boy the openGL brings back some memory. Nothing fancy, just go destroy and enjoy the surprisingly good music.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game cured my depression. 10/10
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game could be fun, but it’s very buggy and can be quite difficult to get running. I would suggest buying it only if you have nostalgia for this game, or search for a very cheap key online.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't waste your money on this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even by 2002 standards this is pretty rough. Not unplayable, but not very engaging after the first few missions. It's got several bugs, resolution issues, and I have no idea what the hell is going on with the dizzy. vomit-inducing menu screen. This is definitely lower tier bundle fodder—the only reason I have so many hours clocked is because I fell asleep and left it running accidentally. 3/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very nice game !!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an old 3D/third person vertical scrolling vehicle shmup with a helicopter theme. Control slightly cartoony attack helicopters and blow things up in a very arcadey style. I remember back in the day when all you needed to know was the publisher of a game and you'd know if it was going to be great or terrible. Blizzard games were great (until the "you all have phones don't you?" shark jump), and Topware games were terrible. That's certainly the truth here. The game hasn't been kept…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am not feeling good after playing this game... I hate the main menu the main screen keep rotate very fast Dont get this game.... weird menu screen and weird control
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Heli Heroes is a game I remember playing when I was a kid, so coming back to it after all these years was a great nostalgic experience. It brought back a lot of memories, and I was surprised by how much I still enjoyed the gameplay. For an older game, it still holds up as a fun and straightforward arcade-style shooter. Flying around, completing missions and taking out enemies is simple but satisfying. Definitely worth playing if you grew up with this game. For me, the nostalgia alone made…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rating: 8.2/10 Heli Heroes is a fast-paced arcade-style action game that puts players in control of a combat helicopter and focuses heavily on shooting, movement, and surviving waves of enemy forces. The gameplay is straightforward, with the main objective being to destroy opposing units while avoiding incoming attacks and managing the battlefield. Its simple structure makes it easy to understand, while the constant action keeps the experience engaging and provides a satisfying old-school…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely not a great game, but it has some charm to it and does not overstay its welcome and, contrary to what Steam and the pcwiki page would tell you, this game is fully playable with a controller (at least with the "Xbox one" controller).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun and accessible experience that I can easily recommend to anyone looking for something enjoyable to play.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Complete and total garbage. I would have been highly disappointed with this in the early 2000's! I would feel ripped off if I had been paid to play this rubbish, never mind having to pay for it! Avoid like the plague
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →difficulty spikes are real. be prepared to dodge.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →perfect game for a coffee break. short missions.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →engaging missions. clear objectives.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →classic top down shooter action.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →helicopters go brrrr.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →hokum helicopter is faster. speed is life.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seriously, for this price, you can't go wrong. It is a blast from the past.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →simple controls. no flight sim complexity here.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great value for money.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →better than most mobile games. no ads.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →enemies swarm you. crowd control needed.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GET TO THE CHOPPA! sorry i had to say it. fun game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great stress relief. Just blow everything up.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good variety of weapons. missiles, bombs, guns.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun for the whole family. easy to understand.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →controls are responsive. precise movement.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →zoom function is useful? barely but ok.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →upgrading your chopper feels rewarding.
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