Flappy Diver 2 is out, free on iPhone and Android. The first version, released last December, was a quick arcade game: tap, dodge, don’t run out of air. This one is a proper dive. You sink from the reef to the abyss in one go and build your own kit in an equipment room. You also dive five real sites in Bali, the island our team lives and dives on.
It is still a one-thumb game. Tap to swim up, let go to sink, watch your air. What changed is everything around that tap.
What is new in Flappy Diver 2
One dive, from the reef to the abyss
Each dive starts on a sunny coral reef, then sinks through open water, past a shipwreck and into the abyss, where your torch is the only light. The deeper you go, the faster you breathe, so your air runs out quicker at depth, as it does on a real dive. Turtles, mantas and schools of fish keep you company. Squid spray ink, jellyfish sting and sharks hunt.
The equipment room
The plastic bottles and bags you pick up on a dive are recycled into materials. You spend them in the equipment room on real gear across six slots: tank, regulator, exposure suit, fins, torch and dive computer. It goes from a rental kit up to a twinset and a drysuit. Every upgrade shows what it changes before you buy it, and the gear is drawn the way it really looks.
Hold your safety stop
When your air runs low, follow the line up and hold your position between two lines while the countdown runs, then surface. On a real dive, most agencies teach a three-minute stop at about five metres before you come up. The game’s version is shorter, but it builds the same habit. If you want the real-world side of it, our article on whether scuba diving is dangerous covers why the stop matters.
Five real dive sites in Bali
The new Dive Sites mode puts five real Bali sites on a map. Each has its own conditions, objectives and stars to earn, and some need better gear before you can dive them.
- USAT Liberty, Tulamben: a US Army cargo ship torpedoed in January 1942 and beached at Tulamben. She now lies on her side about 30 m from the shore, from a few metres below the surface down to about 30 m.
- Tulamben Drop Off: a wall that starts at 3 m and keeps going past 80 m.
- Temple Point, Menjangan: coral gardens and drop-offs inside West Bali National Park.
- Manta Point, Nusa Penida: a cleaning station where reef mantas come in all year.
- Crystal Bay, Nusa Penida: cold water, strong current at the tide change, and the best odds of a mola-mola, with sightings peaking from July to September.
Each site has its own page on flappydiver.com, with what the real dive is like.
A global top 100 and Today’s Dive
Ranked Dive puts your own gear against everyone else’s on a global top 100, which starts from zero for this launch. Today’s Dive gives every player in the world the same twist for the day, such as strong currents or thin air. Everyone dives it with the standard kit, so it comes down to how you dive.
Try a dive in your browser
No phone at hand? There is a free demo dive at flappydiver.com/play: one dive, no download, no account. The full game, with the equipment room, the Bali sites and the leaderboard, is on the stores.
Download Flappy Diver 2
Flappy Diver is free to play on iPhone and Android. You can play with no account. Pick a diver name to appear on the top 100. Sign in with Apple or Google if you want your scores and gear on every device.
Download on the App Store
Get it on Google Play
Next region: Raja Ampat
New content arrives every season. Raja Ampat is next, then Komodo.
From the game to the real reef
Every site in the game is a real Bali site we send divers to. If the pixel version of the Liberty wreck or Crystal Bay makes you want the real one, our team in Bali puts together dive trips around them. Have a look at our scuba diving trips, read up on Bali, or tell us what you have in mind.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Flappy Diver is free to play on iPhone and Android. A demo dive also runs in your browser at flappydiver.com/play.
No. You can play straight away. Choose a diver name to appear on the global top 100. Sign in with Apple or Google if you want your progress on more than one device.
Yes. The USAT Liberty wreck, the Tulamben Drop Off, Temple Point, Manta Point and Crystal Bay are all real dive sites in Bali. Each one has a page on flappydiver.com about the real dive.
One continuous dive from the reef to the abyss, an equipment room with six gear slots, the safety stop, five real Bali dive sites, a global top 100 and Today’s Dive, a daily twist that is the same for every player.
Raja Ampat is next, then Komodo. New content arrives every season.
Yes. Our team in Bali builds custom dive trips. Tell us which sites you want to dive and we will put a trip together.
