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Altitude cover art

Altitude

Nimbly Games · 2009-12-04

Steam

ActionCasualFree To PlayIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 01, 2009 (Linux), May 01, 2009 (Mac), May 01, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Now Available on PC, Mac and Linux!

Altitude is a free-to-play Action, Casual, and Indie title released in 2009, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 1,940 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-05

2
playing now
92%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
45h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Altitude is a multiplayer 2D aerial combat video game developed by American independent software developers Erik Measure and Karl Sabo. The game was released on May 1, 2009 for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It became available on Steam on December 4, 2009. It has become a free game in 2014, from the previous 9.99 price.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2018-06-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-14 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
551Jul 2012Jul 2026Jul 2012 — avg 36 · peak 84Dec 2012 — avg 28 · peak 74May 2013 — avg 20 · peak 59Oct 2013 — avg 13 · peak 49Mar 2014 — avg 13 · peak 41Aug 2014 — avg 12 · peak 39Jan 2015 — avg 34 · peak 80Jun 2015 — avg 28 · peak 66Nov 2015 — avg 24 · peak 67Apr 2016 — avg 22 · peak 69Sep 2016 — avg 19 · peak 49Feb 2017 — avg 16 · peak 49Jul 2017 — avg 10 · peak 30Dec 2017 — avg 9 · peak 29May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 53Oct 2018 — avg 6 · peak 23Mar 2019 — avg 5 · peak 22Aug 2019 — avg 4 · peak 18Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15Jun 2020 — avg 6 · peak 30Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2021 — avg 5 · peak 23Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 19Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 16Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 11May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 17Oct 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 24Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 12Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 28Jul 2025 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 14Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.002015-01-012021-05-062015-01-01 — best price $0.002018-05-29 — best price $4.992018-06-22 — best price $1.992018-07-05 — best price $4.992021-05-06 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

702026-05-31 — 2 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1 pageviews2026-06-08 — 7 pageviews2026-06-12 — 4 pageviews2026-06-16 — 2 pageviews2026-06-20 — 3 pageviews2026-06-24 — 0 pageviews2026-06-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-02 — 2 pageviews2026-07-06 — 2 pageviews2026-07-10 — 1 pageviews2026-07-14 — 2 pageviews2026-07-18 — 1 pageviews2026-07-22 — 2 pageviews2026-07-26 — 2 pageviews2026-07-30 — 2 pageviews2026-08-03 — 3 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2 pageviews2026-08-15 — 3 pageviews2026-08-19 — 4 pageviews2026-08-23 — 2 pageviews2026-08-27 — 2 pageviews2026-08-31 — 0 pageviews2026-09-04 — 7 pageviews2026-09-08 — 2 pageviews2026-09-12 — 2 pageviews2026-09-16 — 6 pageviews2026-09-20 — 0 pageviews2026-09-24 — 1 pageviews2026-09-28 — 3 pageviews2026-10-02 — 3 pageviews2026-10-06 — 0 pageviews2026-10-10 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
62.6%
earned "Pilot Certification"
4.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam Achievements

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,1303%52

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

Player tags

2DPvPFunnyArcadeCasualFlightShooterStrategy2D FighterController

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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