Luftrausers
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.
SimulatorStrategyIndieArcade
- Trophies
- 12
- Platinum possible
- No platinum
- Space needed
- About 54 MB
- Time to beat
- about 4 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
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.
Luftrausers is an airplane-based shoot 'em up. Unlike traditional shoot 'em ups, in which the direction of the player craft is fixed, Luftrausers allows 360 degrees of motion, more akin to a multidirectional shooter. However, the player's main weapon can only fire from the front, forcing the player to take into account the position and angle of the airplane. Players must take into account the momentum of their plane while flying, using gravity and drift to maneuver as much as forward propulsion.
Jan Willem Nijman of Vlambeer started Luftrausers while on the airplane home from the March 2012 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. Polygon reported that he was inspired by the "beauty of his view" and did not have on-flight television. At the time, Vlambeer was finishing development on Ridiculous Fishing, a game whose development was marked by a high-profile struggle with a similar, subsequent game known as a clone.
The game received "generally favorable" reviews on all platforms, as reported by video game review score aggregator Metacritic.
Official trailer
Trailer. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
- Developer
- Vlambeer
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital
- Engine
- Game Maker Studio
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, Windows, PlayStation Vita
- Age rating
- PEGI 7
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- No
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- No
- Age ratings
- PEGI
- 7
- CLASS IND
- 10
- USK
- 12
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation Vita | Worldwide | 2014-03-18 |
Subscription history
| Service | Tier | Added | Left |
|---|---|---|---|
| PlayStation Plus | 4 Nov 2014 | 1 Dec 2014 |
Trophies
Trophies12
Platinum possibleNo platinum
- Platinum
- 0
- Gold
- 1
- Silver
- 4
- Bronze
- 7
- Total
- 12
- Points
- 315
- YOU WERE RAISED ON THIS SUBMARINE FOR A REASON
- BIG SCIENCE
- MASTER RAUSER
- EXPERT RAUSER
- SEA SUPERIORITY Sink a Battleship
- AIR SUPERIORITY Outsmart an Ace
- UNDERWATER SUPERIORITY Destroy a Submarine
- SMALL SCIENCE Unlock a part
- WHAT DOES SFMT STAND FOR?
- DONT MESS WITH THE RAUSER
- SERIOUSLY, DONT MESS WITH THE RAUSER
- SEEN IT ALL
Space and patches
Space neededAbout 54 MB
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
Single-player only, with no online features.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released in the store | Yes |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Does not exist |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Credits
- Publisher
- Devolver Digital
- Developer
- Vlambeer
- Released
- 2014-03-18
- Age rating
- PEGI 7
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 4 hours
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