Flywrench similar games & best alternatives

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Flywrench

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2015

Should you play it?

Flywrench is a frenetic action game from the makers of Nidhogg about piloting an aerobatic ship through the depths of space.

What works

  • Tight and precise controls
  • Unique and challenging gameplay mechanics
  • Excellent electronic soundtrack
  • Level editor with steam workshop support
  • Fast restart and short levels enabling flow

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep difficulty spike in later levels (mercury)
  • Short main campaign length
  • Some players find late-game frustrating
  • Minimal narrative and social features
  • Lack of sound effect volume control

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Road to Ballhalla

  • Slime-san: Superslime Edition

  • VVVVVV

  • Garlic

  • Open Hexagon

  • INK

More violent

Games that feels like Flywrench but with more combat and destruction

  • Void Sols

  • Sektori

  • Downwell

  • ScourgeBringer

  • Teleglitch: Die More Edition

  • Shotgun Cop Man

Less creative

Games that feels like Flywrench but with less focus on creating and customizing

  • Slash It

  • Spikit

  • Neon Beats

  • Ding Dong XL

  • Duet

  • Weable

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Flywrench. 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 Flywrench. These titles are not in What to play next.

Flywrench: 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. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026