ParaSim — Press kit
Almost Labs · October 2026

FACT SHEET

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 14 or later), iPad and iPhone (iOS and iPadOS 17 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 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.

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.

Files :
  screenshots/  9 × PNG 2868 × 1320 (English)
  parasim-icon-1024.png
  parasim-teaser-16x9-1080p.mp4, parasim-teaser-9x16.mp4, parasim-teaser-4x5.mp4
  4K trailer : https://almostlabs.io/parasim/video/parasim-teaser-en-4k.mp4
