Fly Dangerous similar games & best alternatives

Fly Dangerous

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2022

Should you play it?

Extremely high skill-ceiling 6dof flight racing in a variety of environments with leaderboards, multiplayer and VR support

What works

  • Free and open source
  • Highly customizable controls and physics
  • Challenging and addictive time trials
  • Support for vr and multiple input devices
  • Active developer and community engagement

Things to keep in mind

  • Early access with limited content and modes
  • Some performance and optimization issues
  • Steep learning curve for controls
  • Lack of narrative or campaign
  • Multiplayer still developing and sometimes dead

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

More violent

Games that feels like Fly Dangerous but with more combat and destruction

More story-driven

Games that feels like Fly Dangerous but with deeper narrative immersion

Less social

Games that feels like Fly Dangerous but with less teamwork and cooperation

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Fly Dangerous. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • 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 Fly Dangerous. These titles are not in What to play next.

Fly Dangerous: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Survival, Leadership.

Last update: 22/08/2026