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Settings and accessibility

Every option in Settings, what each one does and how it ships. Plus cloud save and what the game keeps.

Data taken from the game’s code · version 2.0 · Updated 29 September 2026

Controls

Option	What it does	Default
Control scheme	Halves · Steer Pad · Tilt	Halves
Left-handed layout	Swaps the in-run score and pause key to the other side	Off
Show control hints	A hint on your first runs	On
Calibrate tilt	Sets the neutral angle to how you hold the phone	0°
Place and size the arrows	Steer Pad editor: drag each key, set its size and the keys’ opacity; left, right or both	100 %

Option	What it does	Default
Music	0–100 %	80 %
Sound	0–100 %	90 %
Mute keys	Music and sound can each be muted from the pause screen	Off
settings.haptics	Vibration for crashes, scuffs, bosses and menu taps	On
settings.duck	—	On

Option	What it does	Default
settings.print_look	A print effect over the whole picture	Off
settings.battery	Menus at 30 fps	Off

Option	What it does	Default
settings.shake	Full · Low (45%) · Off	Full
settings.reduce_motion	settings.reduce_motion.blurb	Off
settings.high_contrast	Drops the far wall behind the shaft for a plain background; the window figures stay, in plain frames	Off
settings.bigger_ui	All menu text 25% larger	Off
settings.colourblind	settings.colourblind.off · settings.colourblind.deuteranopia · settings.colourblind.protanopia · settings.colourblind.tritanopia. settings.colourblind.blurb	settings.colourblind.off
settings.slow_mode	The whole game at 100%, 85% or 70% speed. settings.slow_mode.blurb	100 %

Option	What it does	Default
settings.notifications.toggle	One reminder 2 days after you last close the game, delivered between 10:00 and 21:00 your time. Your phone schedules it; nothing leaves the device. Android only.	On
Daily streak reminder	A daily nudge to fly the Daily Drift and keep your streak before the day resets. Opt-in.	Off

Option	What it does	Default
settings.language	settings.language.system · English · Español	settings.language.system

Option	What it does	Default
settings.replay_tutorial	The tutorial runs again on your next Endless game	—
settings.export	Copies your save to the clipboard	—
settings.defaults	settings.defaults.blurb	—
settings.reset	Deletes every level, quest, record, medal, ghost and unlock — you type ERASE to confirm	—

Slow mode changes the simulation’s rate, not its physics: the course is the same. It counts for unlocks and personal bests, but is not posted to the world leaderboards.
Reduce motion also holds the Title screen’s demo flight still.
The game is not screen-reader playable (it is a reflex game), but every menu control is labelled.
No account is needed and it plays offline. Adverts are served by Google AdMob, as the privacy policy explains.
The controls in detail in how to play.

With Google Play Games (Android) or iCloud (iPhone), your progress is kept in the cloud and moves to another phone on the same account.
Settings, notifications and the rating prompt belong to each device: they are never uploaded or replaced.
A fresh save adopts the cloud’s quietly. If this phone and the cloud have both been played since they last matched, “TWO SAVES” comes up with each one’s level, coins, best score and stamps so you can pick which to keep. The other is replaced.
Purchases are kept either way. If the cloud copy comes from a newer version of the game, it is left alone until you update.

Paper Drift is free on iPhone and Android.