Fractal Fly

About Fractal Fly

Fractal Fly is a single player casual simulation game. It was developed by Tectrid and was released on February 10, 2022. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

In Fractal Fly what you do is simply… fly! There is nothing to win, just the world around you to explore: Fractals are computer generated landscapes, but you don’t have to know how it works, all is already setup for you so that you can just enjoy it. There are countless details in a fractal, you can lose yourself in the landscapes, just admiring and listening to the peaceful music that accompany i…

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79%Audience ScoreBased on 104 reviews

music5 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

Offers a unique, relaxing, and trippy experience flying through complex fractal-like 3D environments with mesmerizing visuals and chill music.
Supports VR and desktop, providing smooth performance on mid to high-end hardware, with intuitive morphing features to alter the environment.
Free to try with additional purchasable DLC that expands the worlds and enhances the exploratory experience; the developer is active and responsive.

Not true fractals with infinite detail or zoom; environments have fixed limits and can feel repetitive and shallow after a short time.
Controls and movement lack full 6 degrees of freedom and customization, with some users finding navigation clunky and disorienting, especially in VR.
Visuals can be blurry or suffer from aliasing and distortion effects; menus are rudimentary and UI needs improvement.

music
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
42% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 25% negative mentions
The music in the game is generally praised for being nice, relaxing, and fitting the calming atmosphere, though some users prefer to play their own tunes alongside or instead of it. A few suggest that more variety or thematic diversity in the soundtrack could enhance immersion. Overall, the music contributes positively to the experience without being a standout focus.
- “Very nice and relaxing music.”
- “The music is good, props to the artists.”
- “Personally, this game wasn't interesting for me, but I can see how others might find some enjoyment as it has a pretty environment and chill music.”
- “The music is relaxing, but a mix-up of themes would be welcome.”
- “I'm not saying the 'black-n-white-n-grey' need Star Wars music, but something more 'operatic' might enhance the immersiveness for myself.”
- “I mean I guess this can be a calming or relaxing experience if you enjoy the environment and the music, which aren't bad.”
graphics
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
30% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 30% negative mentions
The graphics receive mixed reviews, with some praising the impressive visual effects, scale, and environmental morphing, while others criticize dated visuals, aliasing issues, blurriness, and lack of graphical settings. Overall, the visuals create interesting fractal environments but can feel limited or inconsistent depending on the user's hardware and expectations.
- “The sense of scale goes hard with the graphical effects, and the "morph" adds more dimensionality.”
- “Cool visuals, infinite fractal universes.”
- “The graphics look terrific on my PC - lots of variation, and you can morph the environment.”
- “Graphics look dated and suffer from a lot of aliasing and no anisotropic filtering.”
- “Small boring semi-fractals with very blurry visuals.”
- “Graphics for this free "game" look terrible even at 220% resolution multiplication.”
gameplay
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions
The gameplay is heavily criticized for lacking meaningful interaction or traditional gameplay loops, resembling more of an art exhibit than a game. Users find the mechanics shallow and unengaging, with issues in 3D perception and unclear functionality of features like the expand/shrink mechanic. Overall, it offers little beyond viewing and minor manipulation of fractals.
- “Instead of being a game, Fractal Fly is a software application that presents a poorly made art exhibition showing various 3D fractals with no gameplay, just looking at and poking stuff to make the fractals look different.”
- “There are no gameplay loops in this rejected art school dropout exhibition, no meaningful gameplay or game-like interaction.”
- “There are some frustrations: after a certain distance, things don't look or feel very 3D; there's odd distortion around the edges of the field of view that makes you feel like you're in a flat 360 experience rather than a proper 3D one; and the expand/shrink mechanic doesn't make much sense or do what you'd expect.”
story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
25% positive mentions, 75% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The story aspect is not discussed in the provided texts, which focus primarily on the experience and visual clarity on different VR headsets, particularly the Oculus Quest 2.
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The game is well-optimized, delivering a consistent 60fps at 1080p on slightly older hardware (GTX 1080ti) with max settings. Some performance dips occur in the Mineral Sky DLC during heavy particle effects, but overall the performance remains smooth.
- “Performance was excellent. I don't have the newest hardware (GTX 1080 Ti), but I was running a solid 60fps at 1080p for 90% of the time with the fractal level at max. The Mineral Sky DLC was the only one that slowed me down to 30fps at times, but that was only when I stopped the morphing with masses of particles, so I kind of asked for that.”