Recreational Fear Lab logo: a hand wired with electrodes over a heartbeat line

Recreational Fear Lab

Unflappable

Just scary enough

  • Too high and you’re scared to death.
  • The middle is where fear is fun.
  • Too low and you’re bored to death.

Tap, click or press space to flap. Grab the tell-tale hearts along the way for a bonus.

Every flight is different

A game by Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen

Bored to death.

You sank out of the sweet spot.

Your title

Asleep at the Wheel

0 points · your best 0

0 gaps · 0 hearts

Your fear curve
Panic 0% · Sweet spot 0% · Bored 0%

Recreational Fear Lab research suggests fear is most enjoyable in a sweet spot: enough to thrill you, not so much that you panic.

Meet the Recreational Fear Lab

A game by Jens Kjeldgaard-Christiansen

Prototype settings

Tune the feel

Settings are saved in this browser. While you test, scores aren’t comparable with anyone else’s.