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LUFTRAUSERS

Vlambeer · Devolver Digital · 2014-03-18

SteamGOG

ActionCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 20, 2014 (Android), Mar 18, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 18, 2014 (Mac), Mar 18, 2014 (Linux), Mar 18, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Mar 18, 2014 (PlayStation Vita)

The skies are aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer’s stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS! Take to the skies in customized fighter planes to battle battleships, submarines, and rival aces for glory, honor, and high scores.

LUFTRAUSERS is an Action, Casual, Indie, and Simulation game released in 2014, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 4520 reviews).

2
playing now
91%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (51 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Luftrausers is a shoot 'em up video game developed by Netherlands-based indie developer studio Vlambeer and published by Devolver Digital for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. It was released in March 2014 and ported to Android by General Arcade on May 28, 2015. A demake of the game, titled LuftrauserZ, was developed by Paul Koller for Commodore 64, Commodore 128 and Commodore 64 Games System, and released by RGCD and Vlambeer on December 8, 2017.

Trailer

LUFTRAUSERS trailer thumbnail

LUFTRAUSERS - Launch Trailer (How to Train Your Rauser)

≈8,492 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 75 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 113k–272k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,530 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
Gamesplanet$1.99-80%
Steam$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Nuuvem (2019-04-16) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 121 of 149 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
575720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1260Feb 2013Aug 2026Feb 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Jul 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Dec 2013 — avg 0 · peak 0Jul 2014 — avg 30 · peak 125Dec 2014 — avg 39 · peak 278May 2015 — avg 16 · peak 39Oct 2015 — avg 27 · peak 170Mar 2016 — avg 24 · peak 68Aug 2016 — avg 11 · peak 26Jan 2017 — avg 12 · peak 34Jun 2017 — avg 13 · peak 41Nov 2017 — avg 9 · peak 33Apr 2018 — avg 6 · peak 15Sep 2018 — avg 6 · peak 16Feb 2019 — avg 6 · peak 21Jul 2019 — avg 7 · peak 22Dec 2019 — avg 6 · peak 19May 2020 — avg 7 · peak 18Oct 2020 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2021 — avg 6 · peak 28Aug 2021 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2022 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2023 — avg 7 · peak 46Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 20Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Apr 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-05-18 — best price $9.992015-07-31 — best price $5.042015-12-16 — best price $2.502016-02-03 — best price $9.492016-05-09 — best price $9.992016-12-12 — best price $2.492017-09-27 — best price $9.992018-05-23 — best price $9.992018-12-01 — best price $9.992019-08-29 — best price $2.492020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-03-02 — best price $9.992020-10-21 — best price $2.492021-05-02 — best price $9.942021-10-27 — best price $9.992022-02-23 — best price $2.492022-05-16 — best price $9.992022-08-29 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $1.992023-04-14 — best price $9.992023-07-24 — best price $1.992023-10-03 — best price $9.992024-02-05 — best price $1.772024-05-03 — best price $1.992024-08-01 — best price $1.992024-11-01 — best price $1.992025-02-08 — best price $1.402025-05-21 — best price $1.992025-10-09 — best price $1.992026-02-11 — best price $1.992026-05-28 — best price $9.992026-08-15 — best price $1.992026-09-14 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

486132026-05-29 — 19 pageviews2026-06-02 — 21 pageviews2026-06-06 — 13 pageviews2026-06-10 — 25 pageviews2026-06-14 — 60 pageviews2026-06-18 — 63 pageviews2026-06-22 — 51 pageviews2026-06-26 — 38 pageviews2026-06-30 — 72 pageviews2026-07-04 — 29 pageviews2026-07-08 — 27 pageviews2026-07-12 — 24 pageviews2026-07-16 — 31 pageviews2026-07-20 — 62 pageviews2026-07-24 — 39 pageviews2026-07-28 — 30 pageviews2026-08-01 — 24 pageviews2026-08-05 — 28 pageviews2026-08-09 — 36 pageviews2026-08-13 — 58 pageviews2026-08-17 — 36 pageviews2026-08-21 — 50 pageviews2026-08-25 — 24 pageviews2026-08-29 — 33 pageviews2026-09-02 — 34 pageviews2026-09-06 — 68 pageviews2026-09-10 — 486 pageviews2026-09-14 — 175 pageviews2026-09-18 — 52 pageviews2026-09-22 — 33 pageviews2026-09-26 — 21 pageviews2026-09-30 — 24 pageviews2026-10-04 — 18 pageviews2026-10-08 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
83.2%
earned "SMALL SCIENCE"
26.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)17,1203%12
PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)14,1010%12

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionArcadeFlightShooterAddictiveDifficultFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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