PAPER DRIFT
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Free on iPhone & Android

Paper Drift The paper plane game: fall fast, find the line.

Steer a folded paper plane down an endless shaft, through eight worlds of girders — and the things that hunt you.

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Hold a side to steer

Fly flat to dive. Bank to brake.

Every run is a fall. The only question is how far you get.

Beams end the run

Walls only scuff you.

Every stretch of the shaft needs steering — and there is always a way through.

Classic → Desert

Every 400 points, a new world.

Eight worlds, from a paper factory to an alien lab — and a haunted manor each Halloween.

Saguaro!

Some worlds hunt you back.

The Saguaro throws cactus balls that sprout roots. Dodge wide…

27 points · 140 m

Crumpled.

It happens to every plane. Retry is instant.

Your turn.

Think you can fall further?

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Paper Drift gameplay: a white paper plane diving down a shaft between girders and windows
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8 worlds · one long fall

Every 400 points, the shaft becomes somewhere else.

A run tours the worlds you have reached — dealt at random, never picked. Each one brings its own girders, its own air and its own traps.

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Hazards that hunt you

Six of them come after your plane.

A drone that throws parcels, a rockfall, a saucer with a tractor beam, a cactus that throws, an ice wizard and a spectre. Learn their tells — every death is fair.

  • The Drone

    Depot

    It throws parcels up at you: sidestep them.

  • The Saucer

    Aliens

    Don't stay in its beam: half a second and you're abducted.

  • The Rockfall

    Foundry

    They fall where the top glows — some bounce off the walls.

  • The Ice Wizard

    Glacier

    Dodge the icicles, and keep out of its frost ray.

  • The Saguaro

    Desert

    Its cactus balls sprout roots to the sides: dodge wide.

  • The Spectre

    Halloween

    Get out of its shadow before the ghost appears.

How to beat every boss →

Four ways to play

Endless, Time Attack, Daily Drift, Race.

  1. 01Endless

    Chase your best down a new shaft every run, touring the worlds.

  2. The Time Attack course list with medal slots for each course

    02Time Attack

    8 hand-built courses with checkpoints, a ghost of your best and 4 medals each.

  3. The Daily Drift screen with today's course and a practice board

    03Daily Drift

    One course a day, the same for everyone. One run, plus a bonus run. Always free.

  4. Race mode: two paper planes flying face to face on a split screen

    04Race

    Two players face to face on one phone, split screen, on the map you pick. Crash and you respawn.

Keep folding

Collect the shaft.

  • The Showcase: a shelf of collected window figures from the Desert

    67window figures

    Tap the figures that peek from the windows to keep them in the Showcase — common to ultra rare.

  • A hot-air balloon stamp being put together like a jigsaw puzzle

    13stamps to piece together

    Catch stamp pieces mid-flight and put the jigsaw album together. Finish it and a plane is yours.

  • The Hangar with a stained-glass paper plane and the list of planes

    99colours

    18 planes and 19 trails to earn, painted with paper coins. All cosmetic — every plane flies the same.

Watch

See it move.

New clips every week on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube — @paperdriftgame everywhere.

Five ways to die in Paper Drift
Crushed, special delivery, cactus, skewered — and abducted. The hazards that hunt your paper plane.
Games like they used to be
Short runs, no internet: tap play and you are already falling. Crashed? Go again in one second.
Not a single hand-drawn picture
Everything in Paper Drift is code drawing folded paper — and the game flies every level before it ships.

Fair by design

  • Nothing for sale flies better

    Every unlock is cosmetic. The plane you start with flies exactly like the one you finish with.

  • Every level is test-flown

    The game flies each stretch of the shaft itself — every entry, both mirrorings, with a human reaction delay — before it ships.

  • No account, no internet

    Every mode plays offline and your progress stays on your phone. Short runs, instant retry.

  • Made for your hands

    Halves, Steer Pad or Tilt, left-handed layout, Reduce Motion, High Contrast, Bigger UI, colour-vision modes and Slow Mode.

From the blog

Guides, tips and paper planes.

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Questions

Good to know

Is Paper Drift free?

Yes. Paper Drift is free to download and play on iPhone and Android. Optional videos can revive a run or refill energy, and an optional shop sells coin packs, one-hour unlimited-energy passes and Remove Ads. Nothing for sale changes how your plane flies.

Does Paper Drift work offline?

Yes. Every mode plays without an internet connection, and your progress stays on your device. Ads, the shop and the online leaderboards need a connection.

How do you play Paper Drift?

Hold the left or right side of the screen to steer your paper plane (or use the Steer Pad or tilt your phone). Fly level to dive faster and bank to slow your fall. Walls only scuff you; girders end the run.

How many worlds are there?

Eight: Classic, the Depot, the Aliens, the Foundry, the Jungle, the Glacier, the Desert and — every year from 19 October to 8 November — Halloween. A run moves to a new world every 400 points.

Can two people play on one phone?

Yes. Race mode puts two players face to face on the same phone in split screen: each player steers on their own half, and a crash respawns you instead of ending the race. It is always free and works offline.

Which languages is Paper Drift in?

English and Spanish.

Who makes Paper Drift?

Snowcode, an independent studio. There is no hand-drawn art in the game: every fold, shadow and ink edge is drawn by its own code.

Free on iPhone & Android

Fold. Fall. Again.

Download Paper Drift and find out how far your paper plane can fall.

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