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LUFTRAUSERS cover art

LUFTRAUSERS

Vlambeer · Devolver Digital · 2014-03-18

SteamGOG

ActionCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

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.

2
playing now
91%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
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)
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

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 17% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 113k–271k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,520 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.40-80%
Fanatical$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
Gamesplanet$1.99-80%
Humble Store$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 82 of 115 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

602026-08-06 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$10.01$0.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-04-29 — best price $6.922015-07-06 — best price $9.992015-10-12 — best price $2.492016-01-13 — best price $9.992016-02-08 — best price $9.492016-05-09 — best price $9.992016-11-16 — best price $2.492017-06-23 — best price $6.992018-02-08 — best price $2.502018-06-25 — best price $2.492019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-08-29 — best price $2.492019-12-07 — best price $9.992020-02-08 — best price $9.012020-06-15 — best price $9.992020-12-10 — best price $8.892021-05-14 — best price $2.492021-10-27 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-04-22 — best price $1.812022-07-08 — best price $9.992022-10-27 — best price $2.492023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-04-14 — best price $9.992023-07-09 — best price $8.272023-09-07 — best price $1.992023-12-18 — best price $1.992024-03-04 — best price $1.992024-05-21 — best price $1.992024-08-01 — best price $1.992024-10-17 — best price $6.992025-01-07 — best price $1.992025-04-03 — best price $9.992025-06-28 — best price $1.402025-11-05 — best price $9.992026-02-11 — best price $1.992026-05-14 — best price $1.402026-08-05 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

128132026-05-29 — 19 pageviews2026-06-01 — 28 pageviews2026-06-04 — 26 pageviews2026-06-07 — 34 pageviews2026-06-10 — 25 pageviews2026-06-13 — 35 pageviews2026-06-16 — 90 pageviews2026-06-19 — 69 pageviews2026-06-22 — 51 pageviews2026-06-25 — 44 pageviews2026-06-28 — 36 pageviews2026-07-01 — 38 pageviews2026-07-04 — 29 pageviews2026-07-07 — 33 pageviews2026-07-10 — 27 pageviews2026-07-13 — 34 pageviews2026-07-16 — 31 pageviews2026-07-19 — 50 pageviews2026-07-22 — 19 pageviews2026-07-25 — 38 pageviews2026-07-28 — 30 pageviews2026-07-31 — 33 pageviews2026-08-03 — 35 pageviews2026-08-06 — 27 pageviews2026-08-09 — 36 pageviews2026-08-12 — 37 pageviews2026-08-15 — 30 pageviews2026-08-18 — 40 pageviews2026-08-21 — 50 pageviews2026-08-24 — 27 pageviews2026-08-26 — 45 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.

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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