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I was taken aback by the lush island I found myself on outside of the cave.

From that point on, Aloft seemed to largely hand me the reigns.

Aloft screenshot of the player-character paragliding across a pink sky towards a floating island above the clouds

When I felt that I was becoming bored of the more survival-y bits, the sim-y features were there.

Aloft is out now in Early Access on PC.

For more, check out these otherupcoming indie gameson the way or head over to ourIndie Spotlightseries.

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