Extreme Landings is a technical flight simulator for mobile, focused on emergency scenarios and realistic instrumentation.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Games
Sentiment
4.0
435k reviews
Nemesis
Flight Pilot Simulator 3D!
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire this app for high-stakes piloting challenges that arcade-style simulators lack, though the current control scheme forces a high social cost of entry.
For Aviation enthusiasts and mobile gamers seeking realistic flight simulation and technical piloting challenges.
What does it look like?
Key features
Simulates over 5,000 flight incidents and emergency conditions for pilot training
Worldwide flight navigation using 548 airports and 8,000 waypoints based on real-world cartography
How much does it cost?
Freemium model relies on a high-volume free user base monetized via ads, with content-gated IAPs for specialized aircraft and mission packs.
Velocity
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Extreme Landings has entered a zombie state, as the last release occurred on October 15, 2025, which is more than 7 months prior to the current date. Prior to this, there was a significant multi-year gap in development activity between 2019 and 2025. The development trend is effectively non-existent, with no evidence of active maintenance, feature updates, or live operations. The most recent activity was limited to minor bug fixes.
Who built it?
RORTOS SRL
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What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads mixed. Users appreciate realistic flight simulation mechanics provide an engaging experience for aviation enthusiasts on mobile devices, but report mandatory motion-based tilt controls frustrate users who prefer traditional virtual joystick input methods.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- Realistic flight simulation mechanics provide an engaging experience for aviation enthusiasts on mobile devices
- Mandatory motion-based tilt controls frustrate users who prefer traditional virtual joystick input methods
65 of 99 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for Extreme Landings
How's the Games market?
Extreme Landings maintains a presence in the simulation category, though its grossing rank frequently lags behind its free-download visibility. The disparity between download volume and monetization rank signals friction in the current IAP-gated content strategy.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Wildlife Studios
With over 2.6 million ratings and a high-velocity release cadence, this app dominates the casual flight simulation market share.
- Maintains a massive, hyper-casual user base through frequent content updates and simplified flight mechanics.
- Aggressive release schedule of 9 updates in six months ensures constant feature discovery and engagement.
- Optimized for broad mobile accessibility, capturing the casual audience that finds complex simulators intimidating.
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Key takeaways for Extreme Landings
Where is it heading?
The mobile flight simulation market is consolidating around high-velocity, arcade-friendly titles that prioritize accessibility over technical depth. Extreme Landings remains exposed to this trend, as its maintenance-mode update cadence fails to address the fundamental control-scheme friction that drives user churn.
- The latest update failed to address the dominant demand for virtual joystick controls, leaving the primary control-related complaint cluster active and unresolved.
- Technical instability and application crashes disrupt the user experience during flight sessions, which compounds the rating drag already visible on Android.
The SWOT
- Emergency scenario engine provides a high-stakes differentiator
- 5,000+ incident library creates a long-tail content moat
- Implement virtual joystick support to capture precision-seeking segment
- Expand B2B aviation training partnerships
Next best moves
Ship virtual joystick controls because tilt-only input is the #1 churn driver → improve retention.
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's reliance on 5,000+ emergency scenarios is a liability, not a strength…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Virtual joystick controls (available in Flight Pilot Simulator 3D! but missing here)
Since the last report: The app has entered a zombie development state, with user sentiment declining due to persistent, unresolved complaints regarding mandatory motion-tilt controls.
Bottom line
Extreme Landings holds a technical edge through its emergency scenario engine, but the forced tilt-control scheme and aggressive paywalls alienate the core enthusiast base, so the PM must prioritize virtual joystick implementation to prevent further churn to arcade-style rivals.
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