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Race The Sun cover art

Race The Sun

Flippfly LLC · 2013-12-09

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRacing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 19, 2013 (Mac), Aug 19, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 21, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Oct 08, 2015 (Wii U), Jul 30, 2015 (iOS), Oct 21, 2014 (PlayStation Vita)

You are a solar-powered craft. The sun is your death timer. Hurtle towards the sunset at breakneck speed in a futile race against time. Delay the inevitable by catching speed boosts which reverse the setting sun - if only for a moment. Don't crash, stay in the light, and don't slow down!

4
playing now
93%
positive of 6.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (67 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Race the Sun is a 2013 endless running video game developed and published by American indie studio Flippfly and released on August 19, 2013, for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. In Race the Sun, the player controls a solar-powered spaceship, dodging various objects on the way such as laser beams, other ships and other stationary obstacles, while gathering pick ups that can be used in game, all while the sun slowly sets on the horizon. The game ends either when the player hits an object and the ship gets destroyed, or when the sun sets.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 42 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 254k–508k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,354 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Humble Store (2016-05-11) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 12 of 22 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
595920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1012026-08-06 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 9 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 10 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-02-28 — best price $9.992015-06-06 — best price $9.992015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-09-04 — best price $2.992015-12-06 — best price $1.992016-02-08 — best price $2.492016-06-12 — best price $3.492016-07-11 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $2.992017-05-15 — best price $9.992017-09-07 — best price $4.992017-11-23 — best price $1.992018-02-15 — best price $2.492018-10-29 — best price $2.992019-04-08 — best price $9.992019-09-02 — best price $1.992019-12-01 — best price $2.992020-03-10 — best price $4.992020-08-14 — best price $2.492021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-09-06 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-02-14 — best price $2.492022-10-24 — best price $2.992023-04-17 — best price $9.992023-08-22 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $1.992024-01-23 — best price $9.992024-03-08 — best price $9.992024-05-13 — best price $2.492024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-11-13 — best price $4.992025-02-28 — best price $1.992025-06-27 — best price $4.992026-01-23 — best price $2.492026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3352026-05-30 — 7 pageviews2026-06-02 — 11 pageviews2026-06-05 — 17 pageviews2026-06-08 — 33 pageviews2026-06-11 — 18 pageviews2026-06-14 — 9 pageviews2026-06-17 — 12 pageviews2026-06-20 — 7 pageviews2026-06-23 — 21 pageviews2026-06-26 — 15 pageviews2026-06-29 — 10 pageviews2026-07-02 — 16 pageviews2026-07-05 — 8 pageviews2026-07-08 — 20 pageviews2026-07-11 — 10 pageviews2026-07-14 — 17 pageviews2026-07-17 — 6 pageviews2026-07-20 — 10 pageviews2026-07-23 — 15 pageviews2026-07-26 — 12 pageviews2026-07-29 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 10 pageviews2026-08-04 — 16 pageviews2026-08-07 — 14 pageviews2026-08-10 — 19 pageviews2026-08-13 — 15 pageviews2026-08-16 — 11 pageviews2026-08-19 — 11 pageviews2026-08-22 — 19 pageviews2026-08-25 — 20 pageviews2026-08-27 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
73.6%
earned "Sparrow"
5.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportVR SupportedSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsIncludes level editor2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)34,6884%13
Steam (Steam)28,5861%25
Xbox One (Xbox)13,6620%25
PS4, PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)16576%14

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DVRNoirArcadeRacingRunnerDrivingRelaxingSurvivalTutorial

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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