Learn to Fly 3
Released May 2017
Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!
94% positive · 11K reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Learn to Fly 3 launched on Steam on May 12, 2017 as a port of an existing web game. The developer shipped two feature patches after launch: a larger update on July 4, 2017 (adding windowed mode and save migration from web platforms), and a final update on June 1, 2018 (adding one new body item — a Space Invaders-themed cosmetic — alongside bug fixes). That June 2018 post also announced the studio's next game, Inline, signaling a shift in focus. There have been no developer communications of any kind since June 1, 2018, a gap of over eight years as of today. The store description presents the game as a complete package with four modes, 100+ parts, and 80+ achievements, with no mention of planned additions. No unreleased DLC is listed. The game's full content was in place at launch (having already been a complete web game), with only minor post-launch additions. All evidence points to the game having reached its final state with the June 2018 update.
Evidence
Version 1.2.13 added one new cosmetic body item ('Pixels') in honor of Space Invaders' 40th anniversary, plus bug fixes. The post also announced the studio's new game, Inline, indicating a shift in development focus. This is the last known communication from the developer.
Version 1.2.12 added windowed mode and save migration from web platforms, along with minor bug fixes. Developer noted no extra content beyond these features.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Light Bringer Games inc.
Achievements
40
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
In Learn to Fly 3, you have to build, customize and upgrade a spaceship to reach space in an arcadey environment. Each playthrough earns you new parts to mess around with and assemble new exciting contraptions.
The game offers 4 different modes:
Story Mode, where you have to earn money, upgrade your ship and make it to space. Try to beat the time challenges or just take it at your own pace.
Payload Mode, where you have to build a much stronger ship that is able to pull heavy payloads along with it and carry them all the way into space. Light ships may be able to get to space in story mode, but it's going to take a lot more power to get those payloads off the ground!
Classic Mode, reminiscent of the previous Learn to Fly games, where the goal is to fly as far as possible horizontally. It forces you to use parts differently and think of new strategies to favour distance over altitude.
Finally, Sandbox Mode allows you to mess around with many game and physics constants. Infinite fuel, 100x gravity, over-powered thrusters, a gazillion obstacles in the air... you're free to do whatever you want!
The game offers 4 different modes:
Story Mode, where you have to earn money, upgrade your ship and make it to space. Try to beat the time challenges or just take it at your own pace.
Payload Mode, where you have to build a much stronger ship that is able to pull heavy payloads along with it and carry them all the way into space. Light ships may be able to get to space in story mode, but it's going to take a lot more power to get those payloads off the ground!
Classic Mode, reminiscent of the previous Learn to Fly games, where the goal is to fly as far as possible horizontally. It forces you to use parts differently and think of new strategies to favour distance over altitude.
Finally, Sandbox Mode allows you to mess around with many game and physics constants. Infinite fuel, 100x gravity, over-powered thrusters, a gazillion obstacles in the air... you're free to do whatever you want!
Key features
- Build crazy spaceships from a combination of over 100 unique parts, each with their own distinct flavor and mechanics
- Halfway between realistic physics and a simpler arcade feel for an easy to learn yet deep experience
- Pick from 24 stages, 18 launchers, 24 boosts and 23 bodies, and each can be upgraded multiple times
- Research upgrades that affect all sorts of different aspects of the game and carry through play sessions
- Over 80 in-game achievements, each with their unique rewards
- Customizable HUD with all sorts of relevant information
- Customizable character and ship color
- Customizable music
- Every playthrough unlocks new items and bonuses for you to work with
- Penguins
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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