Airplane Mode
Skip · Strategy · 2020
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 15, under the fair line, at $11.99.
- Length
- 2h
- Value
- $6.00/hr
- Reviews
- 66% of 401 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Airplane Mode delivers all the thrills of a real-time, six-hour commercial airline flight—in Coach. At least you've got a window seat. Buckle up.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 16 GB of memory, nVidia GTX 480, AMD Radeon 7870, 8 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
It has been discounted 35 times in the 6 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
It is pricier than 74 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 81 percent. Barn Finders ($19.99, scores 51) outscores it, and so does Train Station Renovation ($18.99, scores 55). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about Airplane Mode
5 of the 354 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written October 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 52 percent of the 145 reviews written there were positive, against 66 percent overall, and those are 41 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
33% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Airplane Mode is one of the most unusual and quietly audacious simulation experiences available on Steam. Instead of placing you in the cockpit or giving you control over a massive aircraft, it asks you to inhabit the least glamorous role imaginable: an economy-class passenger trapped in a long-haul flight with nothing to do but wait. Developed by Bacronym and published by AMC Games, the title leans wholeheartedly...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Very relaxing simulator that accomplishes what it set out to do (which is simulate the entire experience of being on an airplane) pretty successfully. My only complaint is you cant add your own music or videos onto the phone or seat-back monitor. I feel like that would have elevated the game from something i play a few times to something I would be coming back to again and again. But overall would recommend if you...
while the idea of the game is funny and sounds enjoyable the game crashed too often for me resetting all progress and all achievements that I tried to unlock.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Airplane Mode scores 15/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/931310/airplane-modeReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.