✦ Discoveries

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▦ Photo gallery

No photos yet — press ◉ (or P) to take one

How to fly

Drift is a cosy place. Take your time.

Mousesteer the ship W / Sthrottle up / down A / Droll Shifthold to warp (interstellar speed) Spacebrake to a stop Tabdiscoveries — travel back to anywhere Oauto-explore — drift to new systems hands-free Ptake a photo (HUD & ship hidden) Gphoto gallery Msound on / off Escrelease the mouse / pause

Distance flown earns a trickle of XP; discovering systems earns plenty — rare stars, strange worlds and nebulae give a bonus. Planets are solid: mind your speed or bounce. On touch screens, steer by dragging anywhere on the view and fly with the buttons on the right.

🎮 Controller

L sticksteer R stickroll RT / LTthrottle / brake A / RBhold to warp X · Yphoto · auto-explore LB · Back · Startdiscoveries · gallery · help

Your journey saves automatically. Back it up or start fresh from ⚙ Settings.

⚙ Settings

Sound, help, and your save data.

Ambient sound

Your journey

Saved in this browser. Export to back it up or move to another device.

“Start again” keeps this galaxy; “new universe” builds an entirely different one.

DRIFT

A COSY SPACE SIM

Calming, relaxing, meditative. Explore an infinite procedurally generated universe, with procedurally generated ambient music. The universe and music is unique to you.

Supports mouse & keyboard, touch screen, or game controller input. Run on your computer, mobile, tablet, or Steam Deck as a web app (PWA). Using a controller? Press any button to wake it — the browser keeps it hidden until you do.

Relax.

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