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F-22 Lightning 3 cover art

F-22 Lightning 3

NovaLogic · 2009-06-18

Steam

Simulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: May 20, 1999 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mass Destruction! Use tactical nuclear weapons to level entire city regions. The most realistic weather environments ever created. Changing weather effects including: rain, snow, hail, and wind. Extreme temperatures affect flight performance. Fly it yourself or let the world's most advanced fighter do it for you!

F-22 Lightning 3 is a Simulation game released in 2009, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (70% of 204 reviews).

0
playing now
70%
positive of 204 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

F-22 Lightning 3 is a combat flight simulation game developed and published by Novalogic in 1999. It is a follow-up to F-22 Raptor (1997) and the third and final game in Novalogic's F-22 series.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 16,638 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.2k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 204 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.09 at WinGameStore (2026-07-15) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 40 of 63 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420142026Week of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.092015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $3.392017-02-14 — best price $2.492017-06-20 — best price $9.992017-09-07 — best price $2.492017-12-21 — best price $2.492018-05-24 — best price $2.492018-10-18 — best price $8.392019-04-01 — best price $2.492019-06-26 — best price $2.492019-09-26 — best price $2.492019-12-04 — best price $9.992020-04-06 — best price $2.492020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-16 — best price $2.502021-04-05 — best price $2.492021-08-03 — best price $2.492021-11-27 — best price $2.492022-01-24 — best price $2.492022-06-08 — best price $8.392022-09-01 — best price $2.492022-12-06 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $2.002023-09-11 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-05-01 — best price $2.492024-08-10 — best price $9.992024-12-09 — best price $2.492025-03-18 — best price $9.992025-06-16 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $2.222026-01-02 — best price $2.492026-05-22 — best price $9.992026-08-01 — best price $2.492026-08-21 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2432026-06-01 — 8 pageviews2026-06-05 — 15 pageviews2026-06-09 — 11 pageviews2026-06-13 — 10 pageviews2026-06-17 — 6 pageviews2026-06-21 — 13 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-29 — 6 pageviews2026-07-03 — 3 pageviews2026-07-07 — 7 pageviews2026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-19 — 3 pageviews2026-07-23 — 11 pageviews2026-07-27 — 13 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 10 pageviews2026-08-08 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 9 pageviews2026-08-20 — 17 pageviews2026-08-24 — 12 pageviews2026-08-28 — 11 pageviews2026-09-01 — 7 pageviews2026-09-05 — 5 pageviews2026-09-09 — 12 pageviews2026-09-13 — 7 pageviews2026-09-17 — 7 pageviews2026-09-21 — 10 pageviews2026-09-25 — 9 pageviews2026-09-29 — 21 pageviews2026-10-03 — 16 pageviews2026-10-07 — 10 pageviews2026-10-11 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

FlightSimulation

Census log

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

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