Flight-Training Game Thunder Training Ground Launches on Steam on October 24: Air Combat, Bombing and Anti-Air Drills for $12.99
Thunder Training Ground, a flight-training game developed by TideFisherStudio, launched on Steam on October 24, priced at $12.99 for Windows; the Steam store lists it under the Action, Indie and Simulation categories. A free demo had been released earlier, on June 8, 2026. In its Steam launch announcement, the studio wrote: "The full release brings you training for air combat interception, ground bombing, and anti-air shooting. In the future, we also plan to add rocket-firing training, bomber defense training, and more!"
According to the Steam store page, the game uses the studio's self-developed flight simulation system and contains no campaign; all of its content is built around individual training drills. All three drills are highly customizable: players can freely define aircraft performance, weapon fire rate and accuracy, target flight paths and their own position relative to the target; set the explosion radius of aerial bombs and the effective radius for destroying armor in bombing training; and configure the firepower of anti-air vehicles in anti-air training. The store page says the options cover nearly all cannon-based air combat scenarios, letting players design their own training exercises.
Another design feature is instant restart: using its seamless loading technology, pressing the R key (rebindable) resets the scene with no waiting, respawning the target aircraft and returning the player to the start position, so more than a dozen practice runs fit into a few minutes. A small "ballistic impact point camera" window, showing the view from the target aircraft, helps players judge how much lead to take and can be toggled at any time.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：一名学员在多屏飞行模拟器前进行飞行训练（资料照片，非本作游戏画面）。照片：Virginia Department of Education 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / File photo: A student training on a multi-screen flight simulator (not gameplay from the title). Photo by Virginia Department of Education, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
