Flight Control
Shares rank 23 of 78 video games by recommenders
People recommend it as a simple, polished touchscreen game that was an important early iPhone title and still fun to play quickly on the go.
People recommend it as a simple, polished touchscreen game that was an important early iPhone title and still fun to play quickly on the go.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Designed well for touchscreens
“how much easier this game was with a finger than a trackball”
Comment from 20 Jul 2026 in “Airport Simulator” “that game was tailor-made for touchscreen interfaces”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Airport Simulator” “Flight Control nailed that on touch screens.”
Comment from 20 Jul 2026 in “Airport Simulator” Important early iPhone game
“Not enough of you played Flight Control in 2008 and it shows.”
Comment from 20 Jul 2026 in “Airport Simulator” “such an important early iPhone OS game”
Comment from 20 Jul 2026 in “Airport Simulator”
Other video games people recommend
The four most recommended other video games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Flight ControlThis page | 9 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“that game was tailor-made for touchscreen interfaces”
“SO PERFECT for the iPhone and on the go play.”
“Just loved playing Flight Control and used it as inspiration for this game.”
“such an important early iPhone OS game”
“how much easier this game was with a finger than a trackball”
“Flight Control nailed that on touch screens.”
“Flight Control was one of my favorite iOS games of all time. Simple, polished, quick to play.”
“Not enough of you played Flight Control in 2008 and it shows.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.