

A Butterfly
alienmelon · 2025 · Interactive Fiction, Exploration, Horror, Open World, Surreal
PC
Positive98% · 42
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About A Butterfly
"These ruins of a lighthouse have brittle bones.
Ocean once surrounded it. You know the stories...
Of a great beautiful oasis where titans came to die.Grief brought you here.
Now you are trapped in an endless cycle, on a world that is lost to you."Part horror, part interactive poem about overcoming and bittersweet surrender, A Butterfly is an arthouse game open world flight-sim meets walking-sim with interactive fiction elements.You must explore a world that is alien to you. Transcendence comes at a heavy price. Surrounded by a never ending desert where you learn an ancient story. The abyss called your name. You followed it here. Now you are its prisoner.
Ocean once surrounded it. You know the stories...
Of a great beautiful oasis where titans came to die.Grief brought you here.
Now you are trapped in an endless cycle, on a world that is lost to you."Part horror, part interactive poem about overcoming and bittersweet surrender, A Butterfly is an arthouse game open world flight-sim meets walking-sim with interactive fiction elements.You must explore a world that is alien to you. Transcendence comes at a heavy price. Surrounded by a never ending desert where you learn an ancient story. The abyss called your name. You followed it here. Now you are its prisoner.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
If you are looking at playing this game: Do not play this game as a completionist. Do not try to find the secrets or hidden endings. Do not try to consume this game. There are no hidden references to other games. There is no secret meta story. There are no achievements. This is a game that simply asks you to play, to touch, to experience and to consider. Play the game. Read it. Listen to it. It is not very long; you can finish it in one sitting. Complete it, and sit with it. Let it percolate through your mind, let the feelings set in. How do you feel? How would you feel? How will you feel? We will all be trapped there, someday.1 found this helpful
We'll begin when the bird flies. Don't you remember that?1 found this helpful
A very short interactive poem in the form of a flying/walking/crawling sim. There isn't any definitive meaning, but it made my mind wander through themes like existential dread, the void and so on ; a recommended experience if you're into these themes, or simply are looking for some art/game hybrid1 found this helpful
this is what computers were meant to be used for. thank you for creating this.
A poem told in the medium of a game. A thought-provoking piece. Recommended.
Again very abrasive and noisy and aggressive soundscapes and effects for what is almost a bittersweet if mournful poem. It's quite exhausting but short enough to power through and I can honestly say that I've never played something quite like this, with its mixture of different styles, textures and tonalities. Intriguing! 6/10
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