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HYPERBOLIC

Race the real solar system

Free · iPhone · iPad · iPhone Duo

A ship on the start line, its engines glowing, on a ribbon track that winds between black monoliths toward a giant banded planet.
01 / 06 · Beyond the heliopause

Solar Monolith

One slab, one line, and the Sun behind you.

Four ships side by side on the start grid, between monoliths edged in orange light.
02 / 06 · The Moon

Earthrise

Skim the lunar horizon as home climbs into view.

A ship racing across the grey lunar surface toward a half-lit Earth, city lights glowing on its night side.
03 / 06 · Valles Marineris

Mars

Red dust, thin air, and canyon walls on both wings.

A ship threading a gate on the dusty rim of a Martian canyon, trailing orange light.
04 / 06 · Cassini Division

Saturn

Thread the gap between the rings at orbital speed.

Saturn rising over its rings, with chunks of ring ice drifting in the foreground.
05 / 06 · Jupiter overhead

Io

Outrun the eruptions on the most volcanic world we know.

Ships racing over yellow sulfur plains past glowing lava lakes, with banded Jupiter low on the horizon.
06 / 06 · Close orbit

The Sun

The final lap. Fly as close as you dare.

A ship on a glowing heat-shield track in front of the blazing Sun, prominences curling off its limb.
How it plays

Hold to boost. Slide to steer. Release at the edge.

Boosting builds heat. If you let it max out, the engine overheats. If you let go at the right moment, the heat becomes thrust.

  • Perfect vent

    Let go while the heat sits in the marked window and the engine dumps it in a burst of thrust. The engines turn ice cyan when it's time.

  • Perfect gates

    Fifteen gates a lap. Fly through dead centre for a speed boost, a chime and a burst of light.

  • Flow

    Chain perfect vents, gates and near-misses to climb from x1 to x4. Top speed rises and the music opens up.

  • Three rivals

    Vega, Altair, Deneb and more: AI pilots named after stars, flying by your rules. Draft them and pass them close for Flow.

The real sky

The sky is today's.

Every level's sky is computed from real ephemerides for the moment you race. The Earth rises in its true phase. Saturn's rings are lit by today's Sun. Io slips into Jupiter's shadow exactly when it really does. Directions and light are real. Only the sizes are exaggerated.

More

Built to come back to.

  • Race friends live

    VS FRIEND: real-time, head-to-head races with a friend over Game Center, rematch included.

  • Daily challenge

    A new course every day, rotating through all six scenes. The board resets at 00:00 UTC.

  • Game Center

    Leaderboards for every level and 21 achievements. A few of the achievements are hidden and tied to the real sky.

  • Apple Music

    Race to the original soundtrack, or to your own library and playlists.

  • iCloud sync

    Unlocks, best laps and their ghosts follow you to all your devices.

  • iPhone and iPad

    One game, built for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo.

  • 13 languages

    From English and 日本語 to Svenska and 简体中文.

  • Free

    No ads, no tracking, no data collected.