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Altitude

Nimbly Games · 2009-12-04

Steam

ActionCasualFree To PlayIndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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

Now Available on PC, Mac and Linux!

0
playing now
92%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 26% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

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

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

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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

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Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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