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Learn to Fly 3

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2017

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Quick resume

Build your spaceship from scratch, earn funds and invest them into building a bigger, better spaceship as you try and fly your way up to space!

Global score

95/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Casual, Free To Play, Indie, Simulator, Strategy

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    Pros

    • Free to play with no pay-to-win
    • Nostalgic and charming gameplay
    • Extensive customization and upgrades
    • Accessible and simple controls
    • Engaging achievement system

    Cons

    • Grinding can be tedious and time-consuming
    • Some technical issues and lag reported
    • Limited social or multiplayer features
    • Basic graphics and sound design
    • Occasional bugs and crashes

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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      "Focus is on personal progress and self-set goals rather than direct competition or leaderboards."

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    • Continuation

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      "Many players report long play sessions, grinding for achievements, and habitual engagement."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a nostalgic, stress-relieving experience and distraction from real life."

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    • Expectation

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      "Engagement is voluntary and driven by intrinsic interest and nostalgia rather than obligation."

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    • Experimenting

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      "Strong emphasis on trying new builds, weapons, and upgrade synergies; players enjoy exploring mechanics."

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    • Exploration

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      "Unlocking new characters, weapons, and modes provides some discovery, though environments are limited and repetitive."

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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      "Minimal social interaction or community involvement; primarily a solo experience."

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    • Growth

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      "Players develop skills and strategies to overcome difficult challenges and improve performance."

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    • Health

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      "Sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related features."

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    • Idle

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      "Game supports idle play but also requires active engagement and decision making."

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      "Game supports some idle grinding and AFK progression, but also requires active engagement for upgrades and achievements."

    • Intimacy

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      -5

      "No close social relationships or emotional sharing; interactions are limited to solo play."

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    • Leadership

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      "No leadership or group management roles; purely individual gameplay."

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    • Progression

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      "Core gameplay revolves around accumulating upgrades, achievements, and increasing stats."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Many players find the game relaxing and nostalgic despite some grind."

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    • Sensation

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      "Visuals and sounds are charming but simple; sensory stimulation is moderate and pleasant."

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    • Status

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      -4

      "Achievements provide personal satisfaction but little social recognition or status elevation."

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    • Story

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      2

      "The game has a light narrative and lore elements, mostly humorous and thematic rather than deep story immersion."

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    • Strategy

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      "Requires planning and problem solving for builds, troubleshooting, and business management."

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    • Thrill

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      "Some excitement from competition, but overall low risk and tension."

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    • Value

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      5

      "Free to play with good entertainment value; players appreciate no cost and fun experience."

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Idle, Thrill, Violence, Survival. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Story, Thrill.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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    Last update: 30/04/2026