Press kitAlmost Labs · October 2026
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| Title | ParaSim |
|---|---|
| What it is | A paragliding simulation game. Real French terrain and satellite imagery, real hourly weather, a wing that flies, stalls and collapses like one. |
| Developer | Almost Labs — a small team based in France |
| Platforms | Mac (macOS 15 or later), iPad and iPhone (iOS and iPadOS 18 or later) |
| Release | Coming soon to the App Store. Open beta on TestFlight since September 2026 (50 seats). |
| Price | Free download: the Col de la Forclaz and the whole school, no limit. One in-app purchase, “All of France” (€7.99), opens the nine other sites, free take-off anywhere in France on the map and their challenges. No subscription, no ads, no loot. |
| Languages | French, English |
| Multiplayer | Up to eight pilots in the same sky, through Game Center; radio of preset phrases, generated call signs. |
| Controls | Touch, keyboard and mouse |
| Age rating | 4+ |
| Website | https://almostlabs.io/parasim/ |
| Beta | https://testflight.apple.com/join/fXvqtcSj |
| Press contact | contact@almostlabs.io |
Short description (quotable)
ParaSim is a paragliding simulation game for Mac, iPad and iPhone. You fly over the real French terrain — Lake Annecy, Mont Blanc, the dune du Pilat — in the real weather of the day, with a wing that stalls, collapses and spirals like a real one. A radio-guided school teaches the basics, up to eight pilots share the same sky. Free at La Forclaz; one purchase opens all of France.
Long description
ParaSim puts you under a paraglider above the real French terrain: ten sites built from the IGN's own survey and imagery, from the Col de la Forclaz above Lake Annecy to Planpraz facing Mont Blanc, Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet, the Puy de Dôme and the dune du Pilat. Every named summit, col and massif is there. The weather is the real hourly forecast, or a kind of day you pick — thermal, calm, windy, low base, sporty.
The wing is flown like a real one: brakes, weight shift, speed bar, big ears, rear risers. It stalls, collapses and spirals, and every incident is explained where it happens — what it is, why, how you get out. A school of six radio-guided lessons, four advanced ones and four handling exercises takes a beginner from inflation to the reserve. Then the sky opens: the site triangle, eight timed challenges, and rooms of up to eight pilots in the same thermals through Game Center.
ParaSim is a game, not a training tool, and says so before anything else appears. It is free to download — the Col de la Forclaz and the whole school with no limit — and one purchase, “All of France” (€7.99), opens the nine other sites, the map and their challenges. No subscription, no ads.
Pictures
Click a picture for the full-resolution PNG (2868 × 1320). The instruments read in English in this set; the French set is on the French page.
Icon and wordmark
The icon in 1024 × 1024. The name is written “ParaSim”, one word, capital P and S; on dark backgrounds “Sim” may be set in the orange #fb923c. PNG 1024
Trailers
About Almost Labs
Almost Labs is a small team based in France making games and apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac. almostlabs.io
Data credits (to be kept with the pictures)
Terrain: AWS Terrain Tiles (Mapzen). Imagery and named terrain: IGN — Géoplateforme and BD TOPO (Licence Ouverte). Weather: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0). Screenshots and trailers © 2026 Almost Labs, free to use for coverage of ParaSim.