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Fly'N

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2012

Should you play it?

Somewhere between a platformer, a puzzle game and a great big dollop of pure fun, Fly’N will challenge your skills through more than forty levels set in a luxuriant world. Experiment with the four Buds to save the World-Trees from Dyer, the loony hair-dryer who intends to destroy their Helys!

What works

  • Beautiful and unique art style
  • Challenging and rewarding gameplay
  • Engaging soundtrack
  • Varied character abilities
  • Good value for price

Things to keep in mind

  • High difficulty may frustrate casual players
  • Some control quirks reported
  • Timed levels can be stressful
  • Minimal story depth
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Kaze and the Wild Masks

  • Oozi: Earth Adventure

  • 12 Labours of Hercules VI: Race for Olympus (Platinum Edition)

  • Shio

  • Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams - Rise of the Owlverlord

  • BLACKHOLE

Less competitive

Games that feels like Fly'N but with less competition against others

  • Glimmer in Mirror

  • Aquaria

  • Hoa

  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

  • Nihilumbra

  • Teslagrad 2

More violent

Games that feels like Fly'N but with more combat and destruction

  • Aeterna Noctis

  • Hollow Knight

  • Laika: Aged Through Blood

  • There Is No Light: Enhanced Edition

  • Hollow Knight: Silksong

  • AWAKEN - Astral Blade

Less status-driven

Games that feels like Fly'N but with less focus on status and recognition

  • Pepper Grinder

  • Mushroom 11

  • Promenade

  • MO:Astray

  • Airscape - The Fall of Gravity

  • Ori and the Blind Forest

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  • 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).
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  • 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'N. These titles are not in What to play next.

Fly'N: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Fantasy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026