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Jet Lancer cover art

Jet Lancer

Code Wakers · Armor Games Studios · 2020-05-12

SteamGOG

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view, Text

Releases: May 12, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), May 12, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 12, 2020 (Mac)

Jet Lancer is a high-velocity aerial combat shooter where you duel enemy aviators, hunt giant robots, and defy death at supersonic speeds as you evolve from an unknown rookie aviator into a once-in-a-generation ACE pilot.

Jet Lancer is an Action, Indie game released in 2020, priced at $14.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 1243 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1
playing now
92%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 79 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (223 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 27,661 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,243 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.24 at Humble Store (2025-08-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 69 of 102 observed days · $0.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21021020202026Week of 2020-05-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 6 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.242020-05-122026-10-142020-05-12 — best price $14.992020-11-19 — best price $9.892021-02-10 — best price $4.492021-06-09 — best price $9.892021-10-14 — best price $9.892021-11-21 — best price $14.992021-12-11 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $9.892022-03-02 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-11-01 — best price $14.992023-01-03 — best price $14.992023-03-06 — best price $14.992023-05-23 — best price $14.992023-08-25 — best price $5.992023-11-13 — best price $4.492024-01-05 — best price $14.992024-03-07 — best price $6.742024-05-29 — best price $14.992024-08-13 — best price $14.992024-10-07 — best price $3.742024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-02-05 — best price $14.992025-04-28 — best price $14.992025-08-14 — best price $2.242025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-05 — best price $14.992026-01-03 — best price $14.992026-02-20 — best price $2.992026-04-14 — best price $2.992026-06-08 — best price $2.992026-07-23 — best price $2.992026-08-17 — best price $2.992026-09-03 — best price $2.992026-09-11 — best price $2.992026-09-19 — best price $2.992026-09-27 — best price $2.992026-10-05 — best price $2.992026-10-13 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
94.8%
earned "Do a Barrel Roll!"
16.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

6 supported languages: English, Russian, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,5831%42
Switch (Nintendo)230%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionArcadeFlightSci-fiShooterDifficultFast-PacedBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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