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VTOL VR cover art

VTOL VR

Boundless Dynamics, LLC · 2017-08-03

Steam

ActionIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Aug 03, 2017 (SteamVR)

VTOL VR is a near-futuristic combat flight game built for Virtual Reality. Pilot advanced multi-role jets, using your hands to flip switches, press buttons, and manipulate the virtual flight controls.

VTOL VR is a 2017 Action, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (98% of 21,701 reviews).

75
playing now
98%
positive of 22k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$29.99
steam price (US)

75 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

VTOL VR trailer thumbnail

VTOL VR - Trailer (2020)

≈360,897 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 75 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,318 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~165/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,533 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 548k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 21,937 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $17.99 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 3 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
65065020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 650 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 607 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 467 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 592 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 23 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

333662026-09-14 20:00 — 178 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 80 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 100 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 258 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 191 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 83 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 211 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 139 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 88 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 266 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 221 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 71 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 126 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 170 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 113 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 222 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 167 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 82 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 113 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 234 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 171 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 100 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 189 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 75 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4735Aug 2017Aug 2026Aug 2017 — avg 16 · peak 53Nov 2017 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2018 — avg 10 · peak 33May 2018 — avg 7 · peak 19Aug 2018 — avg 11 · peak 37Nov 2018 — avg 10 · peak 30Feb 2019 — avg 15 · peak 37May 2019 — avg 14 · peak 33Aug 2019 — avg 23 · peak 58Nov 2019 — avg 19 · peak 57Feb 2020 — avg 21 · peak 51May 2020 — avg 31 · peak 64Aug 2020 — avg 77 · peak 205Nov 2020 — avg 56 · peak 137Feb 2021 — avg 68 · peak 150May 2021 — avg 76 · peak 167Aug 2021 — avg 67 · peak 133Nov 2021 — avg 68 · peak 139Feb 2022 — avg 180 · peak 425May 2022 — avg 203 · peak 446Aug 2022 — avg 281 · peak 620Nov 2022 — avg 205 · peak 491Feb 2023 — avg 231 · peak 489May 2023 — avg 243 · peak 589Aug 2023 — avg 210 · peak 484Nov 2023 — avg 201 · peak 467Feb 2024 — avg 271 · peak 694May 2024 — avg 224 · peak 486Aug 2024 — avg 277 · peak 635Nov 2024 — avg 216 · peak 553Feb 2025 — avg 260 · peak 619May 2025 — avg 180 · peak 403Aug 2025 — avg 189 · peak 397Nov 2025 — avg 199 · peak 434Feb 2026 — avg 212 · peak 586May 2026 — avg 147 · peak 325Aug 2026 — avg 139 · peak 291
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$17.992017-08-042026-07-092017-08-04 — best price $25.492017-11-28 — best price $29.992018-04-19 — best price $23.992018-08-13 — best price $23.992018-09-13 — best price $29.992018-11-27 — best price $29.992019-01-24 — best price $29.992019-05-10 — best price $23.992019-07-10 — best price $29.992019-11-21 — best price $23.992020-01-02 — best price $29.992020-01-22 — best price $23.992020-07-09 — best price $29.992020-11-02 — best price $29.992020-12-25 — best price $25.492021-04-21 — best price $23.992021-07-18 — best price $29.992021-11-08 — best price $29.992021-12-22 — best price $23.992022-03-04 — best price $29.992022-07-08 — best price $23.992022-07-31 — best price $29.992023-03-16 — best price $20.992023-05-23 — best price $29.992023-11-28 — best price $29.992024-03-07 — best price $20.992024-06-27 — best price $19.492024-09-23 — best price $29.992024-12-02 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-11-28 — best price $26.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-07-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam WorkshopIncludes level editor3 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Russian

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2022-01-06, latest 2023-12-22 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

VRJetWarActionCombatFlightPhysicsMilitaryRealisticSimulation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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