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Altitude

Altitude

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Released Dec 4, 2009 Developer Nimbly Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux MultiplayerFlightSide ScrollerShoot 'Em UpStrategy
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-08-12)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

91.7%positive1,946 reviews
Recommended · 117 found this helpful

“Fact: I've played this more then any 60 dollar game. It's just fun, and you can play it for 5 minutes if that's all you got, or two hours. No negatives, just an addicting little cartoon plane game that can hook you.”

— a player, Steam review · 1,756 hrs played
Recommended · 115 found this helpful

“Altitude is not a complicated game Altitude does not have sophisticated graphics Altitude does not have a story Altitude does not contain fancy explosions. Altitude is fast paced and highly addictive Altitude has a number of planes with a number of flight styles Altitude has a…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Not recommended · 428 found this helpful

“I wrote a review over a year ago and deleted it because of the backlash from the community. Decided to write it again to inform people about a few things. The game has two big problems: 1. Lack of new players Most of the servers are empty. The game is dead. 2. The attitude…”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-04 via SteamCharts.

258all-time peak
0 50 100 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period No data collected for this period 55 avg · Sep 2014

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-24.

52achievements
4.8%median completion
1.7%rarest: Miranda 10 in a row
62.6% of players 46.9% of players 33.2% of players 31.6% of players 30.1% of players 28.0% of players 25.7% of players 25.0% of players 17.6% of players 15.5% of players 15.5% of players 15.1% of players 13.4% of players 12.3% of players 9.0% of players 7.8% of players 7.7% of players 7.6% of players 7.3% of players 7.0% of players 6.7% of players 6.1% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.6% of players 4.4% of players 4.0% of players 3.7% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.1% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 1.8% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 62.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
62.6%Pilot Certification — Complete Training: Pilot Certification
46.9%Splanelunking — Complete Training: Splanelunking
33.2%We Fly High (Ballin) — Complete Training: We Fly High (Ballin)
Rarest badges of honor
1.7%Miranda 10 in a row — Shoot down 10 enemy planes without dying
1.7%Explodet 10 in a row — Shoot down 10 enemy planes without dying
1.8%Miranda Multikill x 4 — Shoot down 4 enemy planes within 4 seconds of one another

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-08-12 07:53 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jul 20, 2025
Altitude 1.1.9 minor update

ChangedUpdated server launcher to use IPv4 if an IPv4 address is specified as the IP in the configuration file.Fix issues relating to non-centered mouse navigation (camera-center policy `NEVER_MOUSE`

Apr 01, 2022
Altitude 1.1.6

Changed Changed geometry decompose issue logging to warning level, it was previously an error.

Apr 01, 2022
Altitude 1.1.6

Changed Changed geometry decompose issue logging to warning level, it was previously an error.

Dec 21, 2021
Altitude 1.1.5

The logging library used in Altitude has been updated to log4j version 2.17.0. Altitude 1.1.4 was never released because it used log4j 2.16.0 and they patched log4j again before i could release.

Dec 11, 2021
Altitue 1.1.3

Patched log4j security vulnerability. Limit server_launcher to 128 mebibytes of heap (-Xmx128m). The value can be changed per server by editing `server_launcher.cfg`.

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction, Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsMultiplayer · Flight · Side Scroller · Shoot 'Em Up · Strategy · PvP · Competitive · Football (Soccer) · Shooter · Arcade · 2D Fighter · 2D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements52
Official sitehttp://altitudegame.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

OS *: Windows® 10 / 7 64 bit Processor: 2.0 Ghz Memory: 512 MB Graphics: 128 MB VRAM Hard Drive: 300 MB of free space