Fly Dangerous

About

Fly Dangerous is a single player and multiplayer arcade racing game with a science fiction theme. It was developed by Juki and was released on May 24, 2022. It received positive reviews from players.

Fly Dangerous is a love letter to racing. Fly in space or over varied, infinite, procedurally generated terrain, with total freedom of movement and a Newtonian Flight Model. Its flight assists can be toggled at will, allowing total control over your racing ship with your favorite flight stick setup to beat your own track record or compete on leaderboards. If you don't care about lap times, you can…

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

Skip User Reviews

80%

Audience ScoreBased on 293 reviews

gameplay13 positive mentions

grinding1 negative mentions

The game offers a nuanced 6 degrees of freedom flight model with customizable flight assists that provide a high skill ceiling, appealing to both beginners and experienced sim racers.
It has strong controller and HOTAS support, including VR compatibility, enhancing immersion and control precision.
The racing and time trial modes provide addictive and challenging gameplay, with global leaderboards and ghost competition fostering a strong community and replayability.

The default controls and keybinding system are unintuitive and difficult to configure, especially with mouse and keyboard, leading to a steep learning curve and frustration.
Performance and optimization issues exist, including lag, stuttering, crashes, and occasional bugs, especially on certain hardware and VR setups.
The current content is limited and somewhat barebones, with a lack of variety in game modes, maps, and visual polish, making it feel like an early access tech demo rather than a complete game.

gameplay
29 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
45%
45%
10%
The gameplay features smooth, responsive flight mechanics inspired by Elite Dangerous, offering both accessibility for newcomers and depth for skilled players aiming to master momentum and boosting techniques. While some find the boosting a bit janky and the flight model challenging initially, the overall arcade-style experience is satisfying and has a promising high skill ceiling. Continued development and community contributions are anticipated to enhance variety and polish.
- “The levels introduce you to the mechanics and physics of flying (very much similar to that of Elite Dangerous) and walk you through maintaining momentum, drifting, and timing your boosts to optimally turn sharp corners.”
- “The flight mechanics are well implemented and feel smooth and satisfying, especially if you can fly with the assists turned off.”
- “Mechanically, this game is very responsive and makes it feel like every button or movement you do has importance in some way.”
- “The flight model is a little tough to get used to, and the boosting mechanic is a little bit janky.”
- “It's easy to overlook this game; as gameplay goes, this seems pretty basic.”
- “Games like GTA5 or Battlefield, even though they are not flight sims, feel way better in comparison to this game's flight mechanics.”
graphics
27 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
44%
45%
11%
The graphics receive mixed feedback, being generally decent and pleasant with some impressive space backdrops and lighting, but often criticized for lack of refinement, outdated visuals, and readability issues in the HUD. While the aesthetics are good enough to keep players immersed, performance can vary and more optimization and visual polish are needed, especially given the game's early access state. Overall, the visuals support enjoyable gameplay but aren't standout or ultra-realistic.
- “The flight controls, mainly the boost for turns and the capped top speed remind me of Elite: Dangerous. If you enjoy the flight model there, you will here as well. The music tracks are very enjoyable (Digital Battleground especially, absolute banger) and the graphics are also quite pleasant.”
- “Not too much to do but flying around a huge map is relaxing, lots of terrain and decent graphics and smooth controls and it's free which isn't the case for most flight sim games.”
- “Awesome game, great updates and graphics overall. 0g_vr (me) rates this a 10/10.”
- “Bad half the controls don't work and it runs horribly, not to mention the graphics are trash.”
- “The graphics are just straight up outdated.”
- “The visuals need a lot of work and the levels seem to be randomly generated, which doesn't often create interesting flight paths or anything resembling naturally generated terrain.”
music
18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
33%
17%
The music in the game is widely praised for its energetic and fitting soundtrack, featuring standout tracks like "Digital Battleground" that enhance the racing experience. While some users wished for more track variety or a built-in music player, many enjoy blending the game's music with their own playlists, finding the overall soundtrack engaging and well-suited to the game's vibe.
- “The flight controls, mainly the boost for turns and the capped top speed remind me of Elite: Dangerous, so if you enjoy the flight model there you will here as well. The music tracks are very enjoyable (Digital Battleground especially, absolute banger) and the graphics are also quite pleasant.”
- “Fun, free spaceship racer with pretty visuals and an excellent soundtrack.”
- “Music is super fun and makes the race vibes feel great.”
- “Could use more music choices; currently only has one track.”
- “At first, I thought it would benefit from having a built-in music player so you could choose your own race music.”
- “But you can turn the music down and run an MP3 player underneath it, and that works great.”
optimization
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
31%
46%
23%
Optimization in the game shows room for improvement, with some users experiencing occasional stutters and inconsistent performance, particularly on CPU-intensive tasks. However, the game offers extensive customization options and is expected to see ongoing enhancements from developers, resulting in better performance and stability over time. Overall, while current optimization is acceptable—especially in VR and the developer build—there is clear potential for further refinement.
- “In the dev option tab, you can literally change ship handling and performance values, atmospheric components, and so much more than what I know what to do with.”
- “Good performance and stability too, haven't had any serious bugs or crashes.”
- “I think it's more CPU than GPU intensive for the most part, but probably can be improved a lot by messing with some settings, and over time as it gets optimized better.”
- “Performance randomly got bad for me, not sure why as it was fine last time I tried it. Might have to mess with settings.”
- “Many things could be said about missing features or optimization as of May 2022.”
stability
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
50%
50%
The game generally runs well and performs smoothly, including on the Steam Deck, contributing to a positive experience. However, some users report significant stability issues such as frequent freezes, poor controls, and graphical glitches that can severely impact playability.
- “Also it runs great, which is a nice bonus.”
- “Runs great, plays great, community is great.”
- “Runs great on Steam Deck, love the vibe and tunes.”
- “Freezes every while and stops rendering some parts of the terrain.”
- “I really really want this game to work, however as it is right now it's extremely buggy to the point I was unable to play it.”
- “It seems like the controls are just really bad and I have heard the game is buggy as well.”
story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25%
75%
The story aspect is seen as having potential for more diverse mission types beyond racing. However, some users experience technical issues, such as controller compatibility, which may affect immersion in the narrative.
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game's atmosphere is highly customizable, allowing players to adjust ship handling, performance, and various atmospheric components, providing a deep level of control that may be overwhelming for some users.
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Users felt a strong emotional impact from disabling flight assist, experiencing feelings of frustration and diminished self-confidence.
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The humor is lighthearted and playful, featuring simple, amusing elements that add a fun and whimsical tone to the game.
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Grinding in the game is significant, requiring players to invest considerable time in gathering resources, building wealth, and progressing through engineers before they can fully enjoy high-speed spaceflight and combat. This extensive grind may be a barrier for some players.