Helicopter Simulator

Helicopter Simulator entered Early Access on August 6, 2020. At launch, the developer announced ambitious plans to migrate the game from Unity to Unreal Engine, citing performance issues with the original engine. Over the following months, the developer published dev logs outlining a large scope of planned features: a campaign mode and career mode, four distinct flight models, road infrastructure with AI vehicle traffic, procedural mission events, hangar and fleet management, and more. The developer published four news posts between August and late October 2020, with a patch log that received its last update on November 29, 2020. Since that date, there has been no communication of any kind from the developer — no dev logs, no patch notes, no announcements. This silence now spans more than five years, far beyond the biweekly cadence the developer had originally committed to. The game remains available for purchase on Steam in Early Access, but none of the major features promised in the 2020 roadmap (Unreal Engine version, career mode, campaign mode, AI traffic, multiple flight models) appear to have shipped. The gap between the developer's stated plans and the complete absence of any follow-up communication raises serious questions about whether development is continuing.