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A Butterfly's Dream

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53%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:music
Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, graphics
74% User Score Based on 23 reviews

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About A Butterfly's Dream

A Butterfly's Dream is a single player casual simulation game. It was developed by Philosophical School of Games and was released on April 4, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Be a Butterfly in this beautiful and relaxing game with no goals or enemies. Based on a Zen tale.

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74%Audience ScoreBased on 23 reviews
music5 positive mentions
optimization1 negative mentions
  • Beautiful and visually pleasing graphics with a soft, calming aesthetic inspired by Chinese art and philosophy.
  • Relaxing and tranquil gameplay experience with soothing soundtrack and pleasant sound effects.
  • Engaging concept of flying as a butterfly, collecting items and photographing creatures with easy-to-complete achievements.
  • Clunky, imprecise, and slow controls make navigation frustrating and difficult at times, with occasional clipping issues.
  • Bugs affecting gameplay, such as achievement glitches, repeated photo files, jittery butterfly movement, and invisible walls limiting exploration.
  • Lack of graphics options and poor optimization causing performance problems on high-end systems, along with repetitive music and occasional camera issues.

  • music

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    42% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions

    The game's music is generally praised for being relaxing, calming, and fitting well with the aesthetic, enhancing the soothing experience. However, some users find the soundtrack repetitive over time and occasionally culturally inaccurate, which can detract from the overall immersion.

    • “The illustrations are lovely and soundtrack is beautiful and calming, like a nice dream indeed.”
    • “I can spend a lot more floating around, thanks to the calming soundtrack that fits right into the aesthetic of the game.”
    • “Relaxing experience with great graphics and soundtrack!”
    • “Stock new age music that isn't even culturally accurate half the time.”
    • “The game is pretty relaxing until about 30 minutes in when you find that the jukebox is just the same music on repeat.”
    • “You could mute just the game music and put on a Spotify playlist.”

  • gameplay

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    43% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions

    The gameplay features flying mechanics centered on collecting items and photographing animals, which can be enjoyable once mastered. However, many users find the controls clunky, unintuitive, and difficult to navigate, detracting from the overall experience.

    • “Once you get a hold of controlling the butterfly flying mechanics, the game flows easily.”
    • “The gameplay is just flying around collecting these shiny balls that give you new skins, and photographing different animals.”
    • “The flying mechanic takes some getting used to, as I'm used to playing with inverted controls -- so cue lots of me crashing to the ground when I intended to soar high and free.”
    • “However, A Butterfly's Dream has the worst game mechanics I've ever experienced.”
    • “Gameplay-wise is where the game falls short though, as the controls are a bit clunky and unintuitive.”
    • “The flying mechanic takes some getting used to, as I'm used to playing with inverted controls—so cue lots of me crashing to the ground when I intended to soar high and free.”

  • graphics

    7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    43% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally praised for their pleasing, soft, and calming aesthetic that enhances the relaxing atmosphere of the game. However, there are notable technical issues such as poor optimization and lack of graphics settings, which detract from the overall experience.

    • “Cute game, with pleasing graphics and relaxing music.”
    • “The graphics are really pleasing and soft edges aid the immersion into dream land.”
    • “Beautiful graphics and a tranquil mood.”
    • “Atrocious optimization like every other free license Unity game, and no graphics settings; watching a 3070ti and Ryzen 9 choke on something so basic makes me cry inside.”
    • “The mouse sensitivity is way too low, even at max, and a lack of any proper controller support doesn't help.”
    • “No graphics settings available, which limits customization and performance tuning.”

  • story

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The story received generally positive feedback, with an average rating of 4, indicating that players found it engaging and well-developed.

  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game suffers from poor optimization, with inadequate mouse sensitivity limits and lack of proper controller support. Despite running on high-end hardware, performance issues persist, worsened by the absence of graphics settings for customization.

    • “The mouse sensitivity is way too low, even at max, and a lack of any proper controller support doesn't help. Atrocious optimization like every other free licensed Unity game, and no graphics settings. Watching a 3070 Ti and Ryzen 9 choke on something so basic makes me cry inside.”
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A Butterfly's Dream is a casual simulation game. Common tags for A Butterfly's Dream include indie, exploration, family friendly, relaxing, nature and others.

A Butterfly's Dream is available on PC and Windows.

A Butterfly's Dream was released on April 4, 2022.

A Butterfly's Dream was developed by Philosophical School of Games.

A Butterfly's Dream has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked A Butterfly's Dream for its music but disliked it for its gameplay.

A Butterfly's Dream is a single player game.

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