b

Shooter· Anime· Story Rich· Free to Play

Released Jun 2017

play like you desire b free flight experience

91% positive · 4,206 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

The developer explicitly stated on January 14, 2018 that they were ceasing development on b, declaring "this is the end of considering Updates." Since that announcement, the developer has continued to release periodic maintenance and polish updates — but these have remained firmly in the territory of technical upkeep rather than new content commitments. Notably, update #18 (June 28, 2026) is categorized as a major content release in the news data, but reviewing its contents it is a significant feature/polish patch (graphics improvements, new options, technical overhaul) rather than a new content expansion. The developer has not walked back the 2018 completion statement or announced any future content for b. On August 26, 2026, the developer announced that b 2 — a sequel with online multiplayer set on an alien environment — is now available as a separate game on Steam. This is a successor product, not an update or expansion to b itself, and it reinforces rather than contradicts the view that b's own development cycle is closed. The game launched on June 26, 2017 as a free bumblebee flight experience and remains available as a finished, free-to-play product. No future content has been announced for b specifically, and the developer's 2018 completion statement has never been rescinded. The last substantive update to b shipped on June 28, 2026 (update #18).

Evidence

Developer explicitly announced ceasing development on b, stating 'this is the end of considering Updates,' citing a Unity engine issue halving frame rate.

news post · Jan 14, 2018 source development ending

high

Developer announced b 2, a separate sequel game with online multiplayer on an alien setting — a new product distinct from b, not new content for b.

news post · Aug 26, 2026 source ambiguous

medium

Media

Details

Developer

u&i

Publisher

u&i

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

partial support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

Anime Story Rich Free to Play Memes Open World Female Protagonist Shooter Family Friendly Simulation Indie Casual Difficult Great Soundtrack FPS Action

About this game

this is a play like you desire game.

b free

flight experience: a newly created undulating meadow in spring / summer with a central big tree and day-night-cycle on every start is the playground of b -- a bumblebee of subgenus gaudium formosum, recognizable by their cheeky :p.

manual included

note: colliding with meadow is an option since update #18

day and night transition

select your own mp3 or wav music file for day and night

weather

vr support

optional

gameplay

this is a simple fly as a bumblebee around a big tree above a hilly grass field experience.

It's being shared here for people other than I possibly enjoying this being able to do so.

previous versions

available from Steam game properties Beta branches

made with

game engine

Unity

3rd party libraries, from Unity Asset Store

DirectX 11 Grass Shader
Azure[Sky] Dynamic Skybox
NPR Paint Filter
Simple SSAO
Unity UI: OxOD Open/Save File Dialog System
uAudio: Mp3 Player/Streamer
Realistic Star
Dynamic Starry Sky
LowPoly Asteroids Pack
Mesh Effects
NVIDIA Ansel
Tri-ceratops
FSR 3 - Upscaling for Unity
GPU Instancer Pro

licensed music, from Shockwave-Sound

day music: Days In the Sun -- Janis Johan Hynynen
night music: From Night to Dawn -- Emmett Cooke (IMRO)
accompanying audio: LYN074: Nature & Environments Set 3 -- Christos Panayides; LYN152: Ambient Environments -- Bjorn Lynne; Surround Ocean Surf
to moon: Active -- Nicolas Major (SOCAN)
at moon: Forgive Forget -- Wright, Alex (ASCAP - CAE#: 700329096)
from moon: Our World -- Taylor, Jared Chance (ASCAP - IPI#: 719751517)

font

M PLUS Rounded 1c, SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1

nightsky texture

The Milky Way panorama -- ESO/S. Brunier; technically modified for scintillation and a cubemap;

panorama to cubemap script -- Yutaka Yoshisaka

system requirements are a guideline, they are not guaranteed to be the only one or satisfying anyones criteria. Facing the center is particularly CPU-intensive and might decrease framerate.