LUFTRAUSERS similar games & best alternatives

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LUFTRAUSERS

PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita • 2014

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Addictive and challenging gameplay
  • Deep customization with 125 plane combinations
  • Dynamic and engaging soundtrack
  • Tight and responsive controls
  • Good value especially on sale

Things to keep in mind

  • Short overall game length
  • Some missions rely on luck and can be frustrating
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative modes
  • Limited enemy variety and single map
  • Some ui and control rebinding issues

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Seraph's Last Stand

  • Shooting Stars!

  • Run Build Pew!

  • GunSuit Guardians

  • Bit Blaster XL

  • Shooty Skies

More exploratory

Games that feels like LUFTRAUSERS but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • The End Is Nigh

  • Airships: Lost Flotilla

  • Shootout on Cash Island

  • Overture

  • Super Mega Neo Pug

  • GoNNER

Less competitive

Games that feels like LUFTRAUSERS but with less competition against others

  • Aircraft Evolution

  • B.I.O.T.A.

  • CrocoMars

  • Froggy's Battle

  • Goobies

  • Raptor: Call of The Shadows - 2015 Edition

More story-driven

Games that feels like LUFTRAUSERS but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Jet Lancer

  • SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER

  • Sector Six

  • Vox Populi Vox Dei 2

  • Glorkian Warrior: The Trials Of Glork

  • Battlecruisers

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with LUFTRAUSERS. These titles are not in What to play next.

LUFTRAUSERS: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Exploration.

Last update: 21/08/2026