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Airplane Mode

Bacronym · AMC Games · 2020-10-15

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 15, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 15, 2020 (Mac)

Airplane Mode delivers all the thrills of a real-time, six-hour commercial airline flight—in Coach. At least you've got a window seat. Buckle up.

Airplane Mode is an Indie and Simulation game released in 2020, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 400 reviews).

0
playing now
66%
positive of 400 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$11.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Airplane Mode is a 2020 simulation video game developed by Brooklyn-based creator Hosni Auji and Bacronym and published by AMC Games. It was released on October 15, 2020, for Windows and macOS. In the game, players control a plane passenger as they go on a flight that lasts multiple hours in real time. The player can watch movies and perform other tasks such as eating in-flight meals and drawing as they wait out the duration of the flight. The game received mixed reviews from critics.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 51% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (80 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 8.0k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 400 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2022-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 10 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120202026Week of 2020-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$2.392020-10-152026-09-072020-10-15 — best price $10.792020-12-22 — best price $5.992021-06-24 — best price $5.992021-11-24 — best price $5.992021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-04-11 — best price $5.992022-06-23 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $3.592022-12-22 — best price $2.392023-03-16 — best price $3.592023-06-29 — best price $2.392023-11-22 — best price $3.592023-12-21 — best price $3.592024-01-29 — best price $2.392024-03-14 — best price $2.392024-04-15 — best price $2.392024-05-27 — best price $2.392024-06-27 — best price $2.392024-08-05 — best price $2.392024-09-16 — best price $2.392024-10-28 — best price $2.392024-11-27 — best price $2.392024-12-19 — best price $2.392025-01-27 — best price $2.392025-03-13 — best price $2.392025-05-05 — best price $2.392025-06-26 — best price $2.392025-08-18 — best price $2.392025-09-29 — best price $2.392025-11-17 — best price $3.592025-12-18 — best price $2.392026-03-19 — best price $2.392026-06-25 — best price $2.392026-09-01 — best price $2.392026-09-03 — best price $2.392026-09-05 — best price $2.392026-09-07 — best price $2.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1302026-05-30 — 4 pageviews2026-06-03 — 5 pageviews2026-06-07 — 4 pageviews2026-06-11 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 5 pageviews2026-06-19 — 6 pageviews2026-06-23 — 3 pageviews2026-06-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-05 — 12 pageviews2026-07-09 — 5 pageviews2026-07-13 — 5 pageviews2026-07-17 — 6 pageviews2026-07-21 — 2 pageviews2026-07-25 — 3 pageviews2026-07-29 — 5 pageviews2026-08-02 — 2 pageviews2026-08-06 — 7 pageviews2026-08-10 — 5 pageviews2026-08-14 — 9 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1 pageviews2026-08-22 — 4 pageviews2026-08-26 — 7 pageviews2026-08-30 — 3 pageviews2026-09-03 — 1 pageviews2026-09-07 — 3 pageviews2026-09-11 — 5 pageviews2026-09-15 — 12 pageviews2026-09-19 — 4 pageviews2026-09-23 — 4 pageviews2026-09-27 — 9 pageviews2026-10-01 — 3 pageviews2026-10-05 — 4 pageviews2026-10-08 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
32.7%
earned "Short Haul"
3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1153%31

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

FunnyIndieCasualComedyFlightSatireEconomyRelaxingRealisticSimulation

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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