Fun racing-plus-combat gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The combination of racing and fighting is what makes Airframe Ultra truly special.”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
Airframe Ultra
Worth buying? What 142 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 142 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 60%Mixed · 60%Videocult, Akupara Games2026Racing · Action · Arcade
−25%$12.99$9.74
US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A chaotic, stylish PS1-flavored combat racer with physics-heavy bikes and brawling, but online-only with a grindy shop progression and rough launch state. Skip it if you want single-player or a polished game.
Great for
Players who enjoy chaotic, janky multiplayer with friends and Rain World-style hostile design
Main risk
Online-only with a grindy, confusing progression system and no single-player or bots
What players love
Great PS1-style visuals and audio
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It emulates the PS1 graphics without being limited by hardware (though there's still vertex warping, as a treat).”
Steam review · 2.2 h played ↗
Fun unpredictable chaos, losing is part of it
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It kicks my teeth in constantly and gets me really angry about it. I love it!”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Great with friends and as a party game
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Go get some copies of this and get some friends and play in a private lobby and you'll have a whale of a time.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Physics-based movement with high skill ceiling
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“There's so much movement to discover and a lot of mechanics to uncover that aren't obvious”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗
Cheap price for the fun
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“absolutely worth 13$”
Steam review · 3.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Online-only, no single player or bots
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“There's no bots for solo-play, no campaign, and no progression (XP/bikes/parts/cosmetics) unless you play online.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Grindy, confusing shop progression
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“Players are now encouraged not to spend money on weapons during a race in order to afford cosmetics and bike parts once the race is over.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Unfinished, little changed from betas
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“This is not full release, this is a glorified beta.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Poor tutorial and ignored player feedback
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“That snarky-ass achievement about the airbrake pisses me off so much.”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗
Cluttered tracks and hard-to-read visuals/UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“maps are densely packed with debris and/or traffic with occasional open space, and if you scrape against anything, it will quickly spiral into an ugly struggle”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗
Crashes lose unstashed progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“spend 45 minutes in a race just for the game to crash and nothing to show for it because the progression is idiotic.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnknownController support1 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-3220 / AMD FX-4300
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (1 GB) / AMD Radeon HD 7750 (1 GB) / Intel HD Graphics 630
Storage1 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 / 11 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-6400 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB) / AMD Radeon RX 560 (4 GB)
Storage1 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-3220 / AMD FX-4300
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 (1 GB) / AMD Radeon HD 7750 (1 GB) / Intel HD Graphics 630
Storage1 GB available space
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