Sky Battles casts players as pilots facing giant robotic monsters across ten settings. Its campaign is built around ten missions that pair boss fights with gem collecting for levelling up, giving the aerial action a clear objective beyond simply surviving an encounter. The listed adversaries range from robots and sea monsters to dragons and Krakens.
Combat asks for strategy, skill and accuracy, with stealth and missile barrages presented as contrasting ways to engage enemies. Customizable planes have individual weapons, while in-game power-ups can increase plane abilities. The combination of varied bosses, aircraft choices and mission goals gives the game an action-strategy identity rather than a single repeated dogfight formula.
Alongside its single-player missions, Sky Battles offers online multiplayer dogfights on four maps, with cross-platform play spanning PC, Mac and mobile.